13 Bananas is what we're naming this Kodiak. I'm not sure it will stick...
It all started last summer on an Atlantic fishing trip in my 27' Tolman Jumbo. Jake brought some bananas on this trip and stowed them away in the top shelf of the coffin box. Short story is he did eat the bananas and we still caught tuna. We all had a great time and talked a great deal about building his GA Kodiak.
I finished another 24' Jumbo late last summer and am all geared up to build Jake's Kodiak now. The boat barn was only 16 X 32 and worked fine for smaller boats, but cramped up a little when building the shelf, chines, bottom panels, etc. And once assembly started, there wasn't anywhere out of the weather to cut or build other parts. So, we added a 19' X 24' addition.
I'm in the material gathering phase now. The 30 gallons of ebond epoxy arrived Monday and today I ordered $3000 worth of fillers and e glass. I'm picking up about 50 sheets of fir ply and mdo tomorrow. The Jig is already built so I should be making sawdust on Friday. I'm recently retired (lol) and will be building this one pretty much full time. Hopefully it will be finished this time next year for tuna season!
--dave