I was able to start my boat this past weekend. She will be 14' with a 54" beam. I plan on putting in a front pitchin' platform, two benches with storage, and I'll fill all of the dead spaces with floatation foam. From here on out, I will be accepting advice donations. More pics to come.

Nice!!

Wow, you really are building a boat.

Nice start!  Looks like your heading in the right direction.  Be sure to keep us updated.

I will be accepting advice donations.      

I would have said 'I will be accepting advice and donations".   ;D  ;D  ;D

Good job on the form.  What thickness of plywood are you using.  If it's 3/4 it's gonna weigh a ton.  And waterproof the hell out of it.  If the wood gets wet and swells, bugs will move in.  I wish I had the time to do someting like that....sounds fun.

Post a pic when you have it in the water (with some bass of course).

Sweet!  What are you going to use for sealing/finishing it?  Did you heat or moisture mold the wood first or just bend it into place?

I can't wait to see her finished out, good work!

That looks like it would be fun to build and lots of hard work. I bet thats going to be a great feeling going across the water in a boat that you made with your own two hands. Good luck!

I just finished one about like your building, if I knew how to post pictures here I would. It is 15' long, 58" wide on bottom and 68"  on the gunnels. 1/4" marine ply sides, 1/2" bottom, stitch and glue construction, fiberglass bottom,' sides, used epoxy resin  inside and out, bare hull with seats weighs 196 lbs, livewell and all sorts of little custom features added. Building is easy and goes fast, took 5 weeks part time messing around. Now if the darn local lakes would thaw out I can use it to do some pike kill'n...I just scaled up a 14" Lowe Jon boat, widened the bottom, sides, raised the side height 4 inches and gave the sides lots of flair for a dryer boat, fun stuff this boat building. Have less than a grand in the whole project and have a nice light weight boat that will last a long time. Secret to longivity is the glass sides and bottom with cloth and epoxy and coat everything inside with three coats of aircraft epxy, no bugs, no leaks, no rot, ever...Bob

I used 3/8" AC pine. I will be covering the hull, inside and out, with epoxy and 6 oz. fiberglass cloth.  It will be painted white and red and sealed with 4 or 5 coats of polyurethane. A friend just gave me the trailer for free, it just need tires and new lights and bunkers.

Sweet! What are you going to use for sealing/finishing it? Did you heat or moisture mold the wood first or just bend it into place?

I can't wait to see her finished out, good work!

Nope. I used a special wood bending grease my grandpa told me about. It was called "elbow".  I nailed it at the bow, then threw everything I could find on top of it to bend it, car battery, rims, even the table saw I was using. I left those on until the Gorilla Glue cured fully (24 hours). Don't let anyone tell you that that stuff doesn't work. This is the proof.