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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Gathering of GA boats
« on: February 24, 2021, 04:00:42 PM »
We would be very interested in showing up for a GA gathering. We had our boat in the PT wood boat show a few years back. Would like to see how many could come out.

Mark

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Noodles or no
« on: June 19, 2020, 11:09:28 PM »
We filled the entire under deck with noodles, especially under the cabin area. We were thinking about floatation but noise reduction in the cabin was the ultimate result. Under way we can have a casual conversation without raising voices. As far as floatation, like Brian says "wood floats". In reality, if you put yourself in a situation where rolling your boat is an issue, synch then knots up on you cleats at the dock.

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I have the same trailer... Watch the most forward brace, it will be very close to you keel. We had to add a beefed up brace and a keel roller to avoid the bolts. Let us know how it goes once you load you boat.

Mark

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Hit a Log
« on: March 10, 2020, 09:04:09 PM »
Loud, scary and yes a hard hit!! I guess the point of writing about our little mishap (kinda embarrassed about it too) was the down right toughness of this boat.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Hit a Log
« on: March 10, 2020, 12:46:33 PM »
Never did take pics just wanted to get it fixed ASAP...

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Hit a Log
« on: March 10, 2020, 10:54:02 AM »
Not sure if this is the place to post this or not....

Ok, its been some time since I've posted anything, not that I posted very much while we were building our boat. Anyway, last September my wife and I were headed out for some salmon fishing here on the Puget sound. We usually leave the dock at 4-4:30 am, we want to be on the grounds before light. We have a couple lights on the bow each one is over 1500 lumens, they work quite well but I guess not quite as well as we would have liked. We were going at a slow-ish speed (18mph) and from no where we hit a log. I'm guessing the log was near 25ft long and submerged in the center. The ends of the log were only slightly visible but enough to keep it afloat. We hit it on the bottom just aft the drivers seat on the keel it roll along the hull and then hit the engine, enough to lift it and drop it back down hard. We figured we were F'd! We raised the motor (250hp Yamaha)expecting to see the motor ripped up, but no nothing at all... We pulled the hatches and looked for leaks... nothing. However, we noticed the boxes and the was wash well were cracked away from the transom from the motor coming raising and coming back down hard. We got back in and put the boat on the trailer, climbed under the boat and found nothing. We know we hit pretty hard, but found no damage not even a dent. There was some discolored bottom paint that was slightly scuffed and a few splinters in the motors water intake vent. We inspected at all the main structure knees, stringers, secondary stringers etc. no cracking no damage.

The cracked boxes and wash well were easy enough to fix and clean up and repaint. Just wanted to say this boat is a TANK. We are still in disbelief about the minimum amount of damage. Not sure how we would have faired in a glass or an aluminum boat....

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Anchor chain and rope
« on: October 07, 2019, 05:40:25 PM »
I have both the 16# and the 22#. The 16# works  just fine for bay/cove anchoring.  I use 20 or 25ft of chain with 200ft of 1/2" rode.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Photo gallery
« on: July 15, 2019, 05:30:51 PM »
We built in a bulkhead for the anchor locker in the very forward area and have access to the rode and chain from inside the Vbirth. We angled the floor of the locker to drain water to either side of the boat. We copied the Seasport we own.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Photo gallery
« on: July 09, 2019, 01:52:54 PM »
We went with a windlass

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We put trim tabs on our boat. Not for planing but for leveling the boat at speed. Glad we did it too. Our layout puts 3 persons on the port side of the boat and a driver on the starboard side (seating 3 men over 240lbs on one side of the boat tends to list the boat a tad haha). I wouldn't have installed them if we had a layout that sat people evenly thru the boat.

The type of trim tabs you pick is up to you. We chose Lenco electric trim tabs simply for ease of installation. Bennett trim tabs (hydraulic) are tried and true equipment.

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Introductions - Are you new here? Say hello! / Re: Newbie
« on: March 19, 2019, 12:12:09 PM »
That's exactly how we went about the build, weekends and evenings after work. Yes, we are complete as far as building the boat. For us it took 3yrs and three weeks to launch. We didn't account for our hours, we just made sure we had accomplishments most evenings a had a plan for the weekend.

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Introductions - Are you new here? Say hello! / Re: Newbie
« on: March 15, 2019, 09:49:42 AM »
fishon78
Like you I own a seasport  and built a 28.5' and extremely happy with my GA. The ride, economy, room and feel of building it ourselves, pales my seasport in comparison. Being a wood worker by trade you will find a build like this fairly simple. I have/had limited experience wood working but managed the build in 3yrs (just my wife and I).

Where you at?

Mark B

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Photo gallery
« on: September 08, 2018, 09:39:43 PM »
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival,  we had to show her off this one time. Soooooo many people mistake her for a fiberglass boat.... hahaha

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Photo gallery
« on: May 14, 2018, 09:57:09 PM »
Thought i would put in an up date on our sea trials. We took the boat out for a weekend run this last weekend. We left Everett and went to Anacortes friday morning then made a full sweep of the San Juans. Total miles was 210 miles... after our return home.  Posting a few more pics. Everything about this boat has been great, even found some 3ft chop and very happy with the ride!!

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Photo gallery
« on: May 02, 2018, 06:21:14 PM »
Finally its LAUNCHED!! Had a brand new Yamaha 250 installed (On back order for ever). Only took a few pics, can't believe they actually came out (I was shaking so bad). Anyway, took it out for sea trial with the tech at Tom-n-Jerrys and put it thru a short run. Brian I have to say.... everything you say about this boat and the way it operates is spot on. At 5500rpm we were at 44mph, Hard turns at or around 25mph smooth and clean, goes on plane with very little rise to the bow (smooth and clean), at 25mph I was getting 7.8 gallons per hour on the Yamaha computer. I think I have to say the same thing Dave has said.... "I Love this boat"

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