Home Made Drift Boat

[PNWGator]

Stunning craftsmanship!

 

[kansasdad]

Amazing beauty in wood. I hope she fishes as nice as she looks.


@shrapnel or anyone else who knows, what is the purpose of the "knobs" in front of the fore and aft seats? In the aft section, these knobs sit on top of the curved plywood, with the cup holders in the base.

 

[Moose Knukle]

Brilliant

 

[BirdManMike]

Cajune Boatbuilding

Custom wooden boats in Montana

www.cajuneboats.com

I thought it looked just like one of his boats. Nice work!

 

[Steelsearchin]

Amazing beauty in wood. I hope she fishes as nice as she looks.


@shrapnel or anyone else who knows, what is the purpose of the "knobs" in front of the fore and aft seats? In the aft section, these knobs sit on top of the curved plywood, with the cup holders in the base.

Hip holders to keep a guy from tumbling into the drink??

 

[shrapnel]

Amazing beauty in wood. I hope she fishes as nice as she looks.


@shrapnel or anyone else who knows, what is the purpose of the "knobs" in front of the fore and aft seats? In the aft section, these knobs sit on top of the curved plywood, with the cup holders in the base.

Either referred to as knee locks or casting braces, they help stabilize a fisherman when he is standing up and casting as the boat is floating downstream.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Amazing beauty in wood. I hope she fishes as nice as she looks.


@shrapnel or anyone else who knows, what is the purpose of the "knobs" in front of the fore and aft seats? In the aft section, these knobs sit on top of the curved plywood, with the cup holders in the base.

You lock your knees in there, between the knobs” while your dad bangs the boat down through a big set of rapids as you fight a huge steelhead.

 

[Gary]

The only question I have is - will it float?

Just kidding - that's a beautiful boat for sure. Wish I had that kind of talent.

 

[marshman]

Wow sure is pretty, are you afraid to fish out of it?

 

[kiwi hunter]

absolutely exquisite

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

Beautiful boat! I've built one with Jason's plans back in high school. Due to some unfortunate events, I'm having to replace it with a new one. It's slowly assembling in my garage. I didn't go with the recurve sides and curved transom though. Now I have boat envy!

 

[Durango Mike]

A friend has been working on a drift boat for nearly 3 years. He bought the plans (plans only, not a kit!) from a local guy and started cutting plywood and making forms to bend the plywood into shape.

Everything on this boat is hand made and pictures don’t do it justice on how well this boat is put together...

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That's spectacular!