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Wooden Skiff
This nice center-console skiff was built by
Svein Kopfelt (blue cap) from Annandale, NJ
and displayed at the 2008 WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport.
Boat Construction (movie)
Project Details
| Designer |
Ken Swan, Hubbard, OR
(purchased plans and instruction kit from Ken)
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| Design |
16’ “Nez Perce” skiff, beam is 5’
6”
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| Builder |
Svein Kopfelt |
| Launched |
May, 2008 |
| Boat name |
KISA
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| Materials |
3/4” mahogany frames; 3/8” okoume plywood
planking; #1 DF keel (cut from a 2x10) and internal
support strips; 1x4 sassafras keelson; white oak “chafing
strips”; silicon bronze fasteners throughout;
marine epoxy in all joints and end grain; two coats
marine grade sealer then two coats marine grade urethane
paint inside and outside; silicon bronze deck hardware;
power is 9.9 HP Yamaha, four stroke.
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| Intended use |
In lakes and reservoirs in NJ and NY as well as protected
ocean waters…fishing and motoring.
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| Time to build |
I spent 595 hours to build the boat
which is way above average. In that time are the extra
items not in the plans.
a) Console with battery compartment;
b) The stern queen seat for storage and fuel tank:
c) The foredeck;
d) Interior decking;
e) Storage under twarth; and,
f) Forward anchor storage. |
For construction details contact Svein at sveinski@hotmail.com
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