Looking good, keep up the good work!
Would the forward bait well be used while fishing ie bottom so you don’t have to run back and forth to get baits? That would be nice, but I don’t think you could run to far without beating up your baits??
Can’t wait to see the final product of some extra hard work.
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Originally posted by LunaSea83Would the forward bait well be used while fishing ie bottom so you don’t have to run back and forth to get baits?
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>You got it.
Also means you could drop bait being caught in the bow somewhere other than a bucket of water sitting on the front deck.
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the sad part is your going to have the best laid out bottom fish killing machine around but by the time you get done we wont be allowed to bottom fish:frowning_face:
Fishing better than ever.
Fishing more illegal than ever.
Heard today they are targeting the Georgetown hole for the next No Fishing Zone… Aka MPA.
Congrats those of you who already got to fish all you wanted to in the ocean. I’m already way less fortunate than you.
Building this boat is crazy sometimes when I think about it.
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Update from weekend:
Sanded bottom of the forward fish box interior so I can raise the depth to the new drain level.
Finished corners with random orbit and grinder, but didn’t take a pic.
Took top 4 inches of foam from below fwd raised seating and removed old lazerette drain line.
Drilled for new forward fishing rod tubes. Three per side, and they’ll all hold 6’6" rods. The inside four will take 7’+.
Around the time I finished with the rod holder drilling, the magic smoke, which they capture in the power tool factories to trap inside of power tools, apparently escaped from my 6 week old shop vac. I had a shop vac before this one, but it was stolen of course. Anyhow, I heard and smelled the magic smoke, and then the shop vac no longer did any of its magic sucking or noise making again. Mojo has killed its first magic power tool.
That boat is going to be customized to exactly how you like to fish…pretty cool stuff. Can’t put a price on that.
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“the sad part is your going to have the best laid out bottom fish killing machine around but by the time you get done we wont be allowed to bottom fish”
With all these fish boxes and live wells there is no way they can check every hole. Lol. Looking good Phin. Looks to be getting close to reconstruction and no more deconstruction.
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Originally posted by jason_blocker“the sad part is your going to have the best laid out bottom fish killing machine around but by the time you get done we wont be allowed to bottom fish”
With all these fish boxes and live wells there is no way they can check every hole. Lol. Looking good Phin. Looks to be getting close to reconstruction and no more deconstruction.
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Good point! Phin, its not to late to incorporate a smugglers compartment somewhere onboard. You know, a secret compartment of sorts.
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Attn all pirates. There will be plank walking for any crew members suspected of conducting illegal activities aboard this vessel!
DNR will probably be too busy checking out my boat while all you pirates drive by with your illegal booty and loot…
It won’t take long to check a bunch of empty boxes, Jason!
Don’t worry though; there are still some fish in a few areas that aren’t illegal yet. I just have to finish and get out there before the rest is made illegal!
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Keep it up, Wes! There are a ton of people on here who appreciate “The Mojo Project” and are looking forward to seeing her when she’s finished.
Thank you
No wonder you building such a big ole boat,look at them liitle feets you got.[:I]
WOW. I just found this thread. GREAT WORK!!!
I’ve been checking this thread for a while, and I have to say that is gonna be one sweet boat by the time you’re done! Hopefully all the restrictions and everything get loosened up, especially with the fishing being so good.
Phin got an opinion question for you.
Since you have rebuilt 2 of these older makos what is your opinion on wood in stringers and transom? The reason I ask is I am looking at 23’ CC and have been looking in particular at parkers they all seem well made but have wood this is in comparison to jone bros cape fisherman with no wood for about same price.
Thanks
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Originally posted by Reel HokiePhin got an opinion question for you.
Since you have rebuilt 2 of these older makos what is your opinion on wood in stringers and transom? The reason I ask is I am looking at 23’ CC and have been looking in particular at parkers they all seem well made but have wood this is in comparison to jone bros cape fisherman with no wood for about same price.
Thanks
“Go Tech GO”
Wood is actually best
IF
It’s done right and not ruined by the builder, boat owner, mechanic, etc doing idiotic or lazy stuff.
Basically, there are tons of points in time for a boat’s wood to get ruined. The 21 I had was one of the few I have seen that had been treated right. I paid for it too. I didn’t have to rebuild that one. I just kind of modified/updated it. What’s happened to it now is a little sad, but oh well…
A lot of builders still use wood. It isn’t so they can cut costs either… The materials actually aren’t much different in cost.
The biggest con for wood is water absorption and then rot if exposed to air.
Biggest con for composite is the lack of strength per weight.
I’m not putting any wood back into this build, but a lot of the original wood is being left in. My decision is based on needing to leave solid areas alone and having something there for me to build onto instead of scraping the entire thing and putting in a vanilla, less functional deck, for example, like you see in some rebuilds.
The other reason I am doing composite for new coring is to cut weight. Weight can be saved by going with thicker foam core in areas where compressive strength isn’t needed. So I’m replacing 3/4" fir deck with 3/4" airex/divinycell. Some areas, I can’t cut weight because I need compressive strength, which pretty much means higher density. The 1 1/2" penske board I
Made the front below-deck fish box 68" inside instead of 48". I will have a removable partition at about 45" right at the back of the big lid. The depth of this box will be about 15". You may recognize the old livewell liner from out of the cockpit sole that I saved a few months ago. This new box will have 4"+ foam all around it (except for the lids), and the bottom of the box will get raised a few inches so the drain can go outboard of the starboard stringer back to the macerator or bypassed to the bilge. Bulkhead will go between the back of the box and the fuel tank, and instead of a fwd bilge, that whole bottom keel area will get filled with foam.
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Seen this on the way home from bike week and reminded me of you in your white jump suite…Your my hero! NOT!!!
what bart said! been readin’ and learnin’, just ain’t been postin’.
i bet you’ve been having some crazy dreams about trying to fit enormous round pegs into enormous square holes… giant macerator pumps chasing you around thru-hull fittings and live wells.
Yeah at some point I’ve just got to build. Every time I can’t work on the boat for a few days, I come up with more ideas and create a days worth more work for myself.
If I am not careful I waste too much time at the boat just measuring and thinking.
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