Here are some shots of some of the projects that I was involved in during this period. I will be posting many more shots as I get the time.
This is the Mako 17 hull with my plug modifications on the bottom and stern , waxed and ready for mold gelcoat and glass.
Mako remake hull out of mold, solid glass hull ready for custom interior, 1984 just across the street from Cambells Marina Tavernier Florida Keys. That's Lawnada my ex and Christian Kuerstiner helping to lift hull into the garage we were renting for a shop.
These are the wood plugs I make to form the hatch drain moldings for the decks. The red is clay that becomes the radius edges. Very fast and simple to do.
Deck is laid up and flipped over and I am pulling out the hatch moldings. I now have this system down to very few parts. To make a custom deck this way it takes from start to finish about a week.
Bert Sherbs deck after all the plugs pulled. This is the deck idea that I believe that Silver King copied.
This deck weighed about 100 lbs
Here I am 25 years old laying up cored stingers in 17 ft. Hull in 1983 using S- glass over core.
Interior shot of hull # 1 of Mako remakes 1983.
Stern lockers before floors going in. Way over built by my standards today as hull would be all core so would not need the stringer.
Charley Causey's hull just launched with Rick Justice who rigged it starting up the Merc. 1983.
Charley and I going out for test ride. I ended up building 3 different skiffs for Charley over the years.This is the canal inPlantation Key in1983.
This is Carl Naverra's all core skiff made up with all S- glass cloth and core. I believe this to be the first all core boat. 1984.
My mom was born in Sweden so I am a first generation half breed American.
Hal Chittums Mako experimental skiff getting ready to flip over for painting. This boat was cored in all plywood. Weighed a ton .Thats Ray Dye and me in what is now the middle of World Wide Sportsmen's shop in Islamorada. 1982.
I have one of your 1984 boats. if i gave you the serial could you give me info on its birth.
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