Reduced the size of these to 800 pixels , using "Paint"......they uploaded far quicker than normal.......and the board is a 5'6" quad-fish with tail wings behind the fins ( when its finished)
been looking for one of these for a few years, rare and hard to find, found it parked next to an old trailer out in the sticks, a 1984 Clackacraft Power Drifter. Owned by a good old boy who had painted the inside and outside with some weird camaflouge since he used it as a duck hunting boat as well as his steelhead/slamon boat.
Power Drifters can be rowed as a drift boat, and with a 15 hp on the back plane over 20 mph. Relatively light hull, all hand laid glass. Going to be my salmon boat for tooling around tidewater. Flat bottom with shallow draft, so the sand bars that my last power boat tended to find not an issue.
Going to strip it down, remove the seats/rails, reinforce the transom, add some side bracing to compensate for the cross-bar seat removal, build some custom pedestal seating, prep it and spray a couple coats of new enamel on the hull and inside, and add some new hardware for this and that.
Good work Huck! i couldnt even check this thread it crashed my computer everytime:)
testing image size, new 5'2" Mini:
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http://www.currumbinwoodworks.com.au/
Return of winter power swell here in France. Need a more serious board. Hope sizing of image is good
Almost a year of test rider feedback and from left to right the progression.
Kudo's Barry!
Note, minor ding left side of #1 ,test rider comedy, drop in by #3 !
Mahalo Greg!!!
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I would rather be someone's shot of whiskey, than everyone's cup of tea.
www.mattysurfboards.com
How big are those? They look like they'd be a ton of fun.
I know I have my build thread going, but, I'll throw down one to contribute to this thread.
Boards shaped: 8
Thanks drzoidberg,
those boards range from 5-6 to 5-8.
They are fun and quick.
I would rather be someone's shot of whiskey, than everyone's cup of tea.
www.mattysurfboards.com
been looking for one of these for a few years, rare and hard to find, found it parked next to an old trailer out in the sticks, a 1984 Clackacraft Power Drifter. Owned by a good old boy who had painted the inside and outside with some weird camaflouge since he used it as a duck hunting boat as well as his steelhead/slamon boat.
Power Drifters can be rowed as a drift boat, and with a 15 hp on the back plane over 20 mph. Relatively light hull, all hand laid glass. Going to be my salmon boat for tooling around tidewater. Flat bottom with shallow draft, so the sand bars that my last power boat tended to find not an issue.
Going to strip it down, remove the seats/rails, reinforce the transom, add some side bracing to compensate for the cross-bar seat removal, build some custom pedestal seating, prep it and spray a couple coats of new enamel on the hull and inside, and add some new hardware for this and that.
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wow cool project Icc, hope you post up more pics as you progress!
so nice
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