The Black Pearl LSH Spec Hydro 2019

[jaike5]

Damn, that is close to a rigger! Hope your doing Petty blue, love that colour, couple of STP stickers will really make that blue pop!

[T.S.Davis]

No way. This one is mine. He has a Petty blue Stealth that's a tough runner on it's own.

[jaike5]

Yes his boat is very strong, Ty Has become quit a crafty driver too. Will be fun to watch you two duke it out on the pond this summer. post a pic of the your's rtr with paint or clear.

[T.S.Davis]

Ya know what's funny......when Pete and I were compiling data from all the different boats we've raced I discovered an error in Ty's setup. A glitch in the matrix? Now.....do I fix it? Hahaha

[jaike5]

Noooooooo !! You know the rule , if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!

[T.S.Davis]

Mine is faster. The hiccup is why.

[jaike5]

I see, you know these youngsters have lightning reflexes, and superb eye sight .
Fastest boat doesn’t always win. Then there is the equilizer.... water conditions. Advantage Ty!!

[T.S.Davis]

We're off on a tangent here but we recently found out Ty's vision was/is off. Gets his glasses this week. We're totally screwed.

Pete, I checked that half round at the nose last night. 5/8".....ish. Depends on what you use for skin I suppose. The bottom is 1/16 ply but I'll likely deck 1/32 so I'll sand to fit. Somehow I messed up two stringers. One on each side of the boat. I'll have to get a pic. Not sure how I managed to screwed up exactly the same on each side. Made me go ....hmmmm.

Oh, I also omitted sticks most everywhere. Overkill for an LSH in my opinion. I did add a few strips of mahogany where I know the boats take a beating. Where the tub skin meets frame just behind the nose. More pics needed.

Pretty pleased so far. We'll see how they go soon enough.

[Shooter]

There are definitely a few bugs that I need to work out. Hence, the reason we build these first boats and validate the design!! I just noticed that I missed a spruce stick slot as well!!

[Shooter]

A little more progress on mine...

I sized up some floatation. Also, I'm completely re-thinking the wood motor mount. I completely forgot about the temperature aspect. Heat soaks will probably cause the motor mount screws to loose clamp load, and it's probably not a good idea to have a hot endbell in direct contact with wood anyways. Duh! I will be modifying mine back to the original P-sport style with the aluminum plate.

[T.S.Davis]

I'll be ready for deck tomorrow.

[Shooter]

I have all the skins done and getting ready to deck as well...

[Shooter]

However, I just couldn't help myself and I started to glass the seams. It's very thin glass, conforms well to right angles, etc...

[T.S.Davis]

Not doing that Pete. Overkill. Especially on an limited boat. Ty's boat doesn't have glassed seems. We'll never get close to that speed with these.

[Shooter]

Finally finished decking the boat. Looking good!