Build a Skiff: Finished 22 Ft Skiff

Build a Skiff: Finished 22 Ft Skiff: "Well Here she is as promised. The final stage of or New 22 ft Lady Bug Skiff. At the begining of this project I noted that i was lookin..."

Finished 22 Ft Skiff

Well Here she is as promised. The final stage of or New 22 ft Lady Bug Skiff. At the begining of this project I noted that i was looking for a name I have narrowed it down to 2 The "Long Beach 22" or the "Chesapeake 22' thanks to Alberto. I like both and have to do some research. However I am sure this will not be the end of my Bloging I will continue to blog in the future. I hope this helps you decide if this project is for you i think it is a great project for anyone. And with my help you will be able to build one just like this. Please visit http://www.ladybugboats.com/ for plans thanks again and i will let you know when i start the next blog

Rail Painted

Well Finally the rail is painted and the tape for the bottom and boot is pulled here are the pics up till now the next pics will be outside on trailer and hopefully will post some on the website for sales. Also you can see the next 22 in raw form. I hope you have enjoyed this blog and i will post more and maybe an 18 build. Thanks for watching

Interior Painted

Painted the interior with Bilgekote an Enamel that stands up to oil mildew gas great stuff. Also painted the boot a second coat had some help From Samantha my youngest and then pulled the top tape will pull the bottom tomorrow along with 1st coat of black for the rail.

Sealing Interior

Only have a couple of pics today here they are of the interior getting coated with The sealer mixed with a small amount of paint. Will have the interior painted by tomorrow evening. Thanks for watching.

Build a Skiff: Drain Plug Tubes and Triming

Build a Skiff: Drain Plug Tubes and Triming: "Well here are some more pics from last night wanted to get the drain plug tubes drilled out and glued in so grinding and painting can start..."

Drain Plug Tubes and Triming

Well here are some more pics from last night wanted to get the drain plug tubes drilled out and glued in so grinding and painting can start on the interior. Also have cut the transom framing down the stem and the frames and but splice pieces so they are flush with rail. Will get some more pics up and an update this evening thanks for looking

22 ft Lady Bug Skiff Flipped

Well here we are just flipped her over. Was a bit concerned about the beams in the shop but they handled it with a little creaking. So here are the picks time to cut the frames transom butt splices will take pics and post later tonite or tomorrow Hope you are enjoying.

Painting the Boot

Hello all for some people who are not familiar with the term "Boot" this is the painted on line above the waterline usually it is a contrasting color between the bottom paint and hullside paint here in the photos you can see the first coat of  gloss white boot paint going on our green hull. With the Black Bottom paint the white boot i think a Black rail will look nice with the Jade Green Hull. Kinda a nice commercial looking skiff. When i arrived at the shop tonite i planned on taping the boot off flipping and then painting but ran out of steam and said will flip tomorrow and just paint the boot tonite. Usually I Tape the boot flip the boat and then paint that way the paint runs down onto bottom paint that will get touched up and not on the hull but i did ok and had no spatter or runs. Well hope you are enjoying this build will be moving it out as soon as it gets flipped have to start another 22 right away.

Paint The 22 Skiff Final Coat

Here is the second coat i let the 1st coat set up overnight 12 hrs or maybe more, Scuff with scotchbrite pad red color, Wipe down dry then with thinner, Roll and tip the final coat people say it is as nice as gelcoat I tend to differ but it great for a work Skiff.

Painting The 22 Skiff

Well good evening here are a few days put into one. The firts photos are of the primed Hull after sanding her with 220 grit. Then notice i get the corners and edges with the brush before starting the rolling and tipping. these are of the 1st coat of Pettit Easypoxy Jade Green

Build a Skiff: Lady Bug 22

Build a Skiff: Lady Bug 22: "Good evening well here is what i did today getting closer to the final finish. As you can see from the photos the bottom is painted and i ha..."

Lady Bug 22

Good evening well here is what i did today getting closer to the final finish. As you can see from the photos the bottom is painted and i have filled the minor imperfections with putty. I will sand this and the grey and make ready for the Easypoxy undercoater whit this is like a talc and the more you put on the smoother the final finish will look. I do 2 coats and it looks great. Still trying to pick a model name for the 22 skiff so far I like NAHANT 22 or PILGRIM 22 any suggestions? This skiff is going to be Jade Green with White Boot and Black Rail. Hope you are enjoying this.