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  • TheShaddix
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2013
    • 759

    #1

    Wooden boat hulls for giveaway and sale

    Moving to a new place in a week, so I need to get rid of as many of these as I can.

    Local pickup only, will not ship (unless the price makes sense). Available for pickup either from Vista (92084) or within 30 miles of Irvine. Shipping these ends up being around 40-50 bucks, so it's not worth the hassle.

    I have quite a few of these hulls. Some are really good, some are pretty good but with very minor imperfections. Each can be built to run without any issues. I have build about 3 so far and ran them. Over the years we got these to a point where they run flat on water, so then all of the old boats were rebuilt to have the right amount of tunnel height, etc. The center fin helps a lot with the turning ability as long as the rudder can accommodate. Some have nice carbon fiber inlays in them that I installed at some point (really thick 12k carbon, way better than usual 3k). A few hulls are almost fully built and just need a few touches. Instead of listing each one, I am listing 2 right now, and if anyone is interested, come by and take a look at the rest. I can give away a few hulls for free. I can also sell the really good ones for 50 each (or less depending on the hull). I have no time or motivation to build any of them right now, so hopefully they go to the right hands to be build and run. Most are made of pine, some are made of poplar. Very solid and high quality construction. Made by my father who is a violin maker. I hate to get rid of these, but I have a bunch of them, so I decided to keep the very best 5 or so for myself to build later or just have on the shelf. If you have questions on how to build them, I will be more than happy to advise or even help with a few things. They are just like your regular catamaran hull, plus the center fin at the bottom. They can be built as a twin motor layout or single, depending on the speed goals. I have one that I built to run about 85 mph. Due to the extra weight they are much more stable on choppy water than light fiberglass stuff, but they do need more power to accelerate fast, so I've only built them as twins. I always do the same setup which is a pair of 240 SW esc's and 2000 or 2200 motors, the prop sizes depend on what type of running they'd be doing mostly. I install the water pickups always at the bottom of each sponson. Some hulls have painted or clear-coated lids which can be sanded down to bare wood and re-coated. All of the boats are coated with high quality west system epoxy (105/207) so all they need is just a few layers of clearcoat to be safe. I've had them for a few years and each still looks new without a single distortion.






  • namba123
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2018
    • 197

    #2
    I will take them!

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    • TheShaddix
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2013
      • 759

      #3
      I can give you a couple if you want to pick them up, but you have to come by this week as we are moving. PM me and we can arrange a time and date for you to come by.

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      • PiroSteel
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2014
        • 164

        #4
        WOW for this Workshop !

        Great Job
        I like the dolphins

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        • Terrynewtorcboats
          Junior Member
          • Oct 2018
          • 5

          #5
          I’d gladly pay shipping for just one, let it be one that still needs sanding and clear coat. It will be the first boat I actually build up for running. I’m new, only have two boats now but want to really get into the hobby. How much for shipping to Star Idaho, 83669? My daughter lives in Murietta and her husband works in Escondido if it’s possible to drop one off at the cement plant there. I’d truly like to build one up. My email is teardropn@gmail.com for a response. I’m new to this spot on the Internet and don’t understand just how it works. Thanks
          Last edited by Terrynewtorcboats; 02-05-2019, 12:41 PM.

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          • TheShaddix
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2013
            • 759

            #6
            No free hulls available, all gone.

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            • Terrynewtorcboats
              Junior Member
              • Oct 2018
              • 5

              #7
              How much?

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              • TheShaddix
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2013
                • 759

                #8
                I have one available for 100 picked up. The only issue is the spoiler tail piece is broken but I can fix it. It'll have a slight line though that can be sanded out. Other than this hull, I only have the ones I plan to keep for myself because no one would want to pay what I think they are worth.

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                • Terrynewtorcboats
                  Junior Member
                  • Oct 2018
                  • 5

                  #9
                  They are beautiful, but my wallet says no. Wish I could afford one. Thanks, best of luck selling them.

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                  • TheShaddix
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2013
                    • 759

                    #10
                    boat is sold
                    Last edited by TheShaddix; 02-14-2019, 10:26 PM.

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                    • namba123
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2018
                      • 197

                      #11
                      Here are a few on sale on ebay! https://www.ebay.com/itm/292973121497 & https://www.ebay.com/itm/292973129387

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                      • TheShaddix
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2013
                        • 759

                        #12
                        Nice one... I gave a lot of these boats to you (namba123) for free or super cheap (20-30 bucks) to build or give to your friends at the pond, not to go and post on ebay to make profit and then post a link here. You have absolutely no integrity. Not to mention I gave you a ton of free stuff last time you came by. I actually can't believe you'd go around and do this sort of thing as I thought you were a decent person... Anyway, I hope no one ever deals with this guy here. Can clearly read his feedback on ebay to get the picture...
                        Last edited by TheShaddix; 02-20-2019, 07:05 PM.

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                        • fweasel
                          master of some
                          • Jul 2016
                          • 4311

                          #13
                          Wow, that's unfortunate
                          Vac-U-Tug Jr (13mph)

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                          • namba123
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2018
                            • 197

                            #14
                            Tell them how we had a dead and you backed out of it and keep the boat I wanted the most.

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                            • TheShaddix
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2013
                              • 759

                              #15
                              Now I see what this is about. I reported you on ebay as you re-branded the boats as your own, not to mention trying to make 10 times more on them which is very unethical. There is a word for people like you, but I will refrain from name calling here because you simply don't deserve any more attention than you've got. I honestly regret ever giving you a single boat or a piece of hardware.

                              Just so everyone is informed of the whole story before this gets spun out of control: This guy namba123 picked up about 5 or so boats from me about a year ago, practically for free, as I thought he was a cool dude and enjoyed the hobby, so I figured why not... I had way more hulls to give away but did not want all of them going to the same person as I wanted other people to get a chance to have them. Fast track to now, I made this thread to give away the rest (as I was about to move to a new place) and the first person to chime in to take more hulls is once again namba123, no surprise there. Greedy? Perhaps. I figure no one else chimed in, probably out of respect, so once again namba shows up at my apartment. This time I showed him most of my remaining boats. I gave away a few and the rest was sold for about $20 per boat which is pretty much free with all things considered. I also gave him a lot of different hardware parts just because. He wanted to grab two more boats, but ran out of cash, so I said he could take one home and pick up the other one later based on the promise to paypal me the same day for the boat he took. Days go by and no payment received. He kept saying how he did not want to drive to my place to pick it up and I needed to meet him closer this time (you heard that right...!). I realized quickly whom I was dealing with, so I told him to just keep the boat, no payment needed. At that point I simply did not want to see the guy again. I did not get any reply via phone so I figured he got bummed out that he would not get the other hull he wanted, oh well. I cut my losses and moved on. A few weeks later I get a paypal payment of $30 with a message saying that he's guessing he won't be seeing the other boat and a text message saying the same thing. I replied saying no, won't be seeing any more boats from me. That's the end of the story. And now he decides to post on ebay and claim we had a deal. What do you call this sort of person? You tell me because I don't have a name for it.

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