Scratch Built Shrimp Boat.
Hello to All.
This is going to be a build for a scratch built Shrimp Boat. We are starting with a 40 inch Beals Island Lobster boat hull. I got the plans from a thread on RC Groups.
This will be my third boat that I have built. The first two are two Scratch built lobster boats that are on another forum here on RCU. They turned out very well and I have been running them almost everyday. They are not the normal lobster boats, but converted to pleasure craft.
The shrimp boat will be 40" long and I'll be using an 800 series motor on 6 volts. The super structure will be moved forward from where it is now with more of a shrimp boat look. My plan at this time to to have the cranes that lower and lift the nets operational. At least that's the plans. Depending on how things go I will add lights, both internal and external. That would be kinda cool to be able to run it at night.
Here are the first pictures, The 3/8 stuffing box has been ordered. The keel is 1/2" poplar and the formers are 1/4" lanian ply
Comments or suggestions are always welcome.