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Jacques Mertens
 
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Default Clark Craft - Bass Boat 16

It depends what your priorities are.
That Clark-Craft design is an old one but a good hull.
That plan is for plywood on frame, a method that requires more labor and
skills.
Ask Clark-Craft if they have some recent references for that boat.
Our designs, GV17 and GV15, are very wide, the Clark-Craft is narrower. If
what you want is a narrow beam, how about our flat bottom garveys like the
GF14? They go together very fast: they are probably 10 times faster to build
than the plywood on frame boat.
If the flat bottom is not acceptable, how about this: get the Clark-Craft
plans and adapt them to stitch and glue. The scantlings of the GV17 will
work and you have them.
The only problem is to develop the hull panels but there is some free
software out there. The Carlsson program is fine if you start with an
existing design for plywood.
PS: If you don't want to do the CAD work, I am certain that you will find
some volunteers at:
http://www.amateurboatbuilding.com/
--
Jacques
http://www.bateau.com

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
AS many of you know I have been looking at many different boat designs for
my first boat project. I couldn't wait to complete project so I picked up

a
Baker Twin Tunnel for fishing the local tournaments, but I still have the
bug to build a boat.

I want a smaller boat for really gett into the back waters. I purchased a
set of plans for the Bateau GV 17 as one option. Its got some pretty nice
layout options, but now I am thinking smaller. I know I could copy

Fritz's
GV15 bass boat, but I am more curious about the Clark Craft.

http://tinyurl.com/q4by

Has anybody hear built this boat or know where I can find some pictures of
it from different angles. I really would like to see a profile of the

hull
and transom. Maybe also a top view.

--
Bob La Londe
Yuma, Az
http://www.YumaBassMan.com
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