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I kind of want to share the build process we have at Canyon Bay Boats. I know alot of people like watching the build process. If anyone has any questions I can answer them!
Gelcoat application
Skinned before insfusion
Laying down the 7308
Boat laid up with 7308
Beginning Stages of Vacuum Infusion
Finishing Infusion
Stringer system
Stringer System Installed
__________________ Captain Todd Foucher
Canyon Bay Boats
It is our 2400 model. I will post some more pics very soon.
Another shot of the stringer system
Closed cell foam installed and the stringers are foam filled. That is the freshwater tank up front.
Transom with aluminum 3/8" plate for extra strength when holding a Verado 21" of the transom!
Transom thickness.
Transom cut out for thru hull fitting. We use penske board and ceramic for our transoms.
__________________ Captain Todd Foucher
Canyon Bay Boats
Last edited by Slingnbait; 03-09-2010 at 05:23 AM.
The gelcoat is the camel color. The mold is the green. Not a stupid question at all. The aluminum plate on the transom was used to help "absorb" any flex that might happen from so much weight being hung off the transom. The transom itself is way overbuilt but it is always better to be safe than sorry. We are really overbuilding our boats so we don't have customers come back with problems. I will be posting more pics today with the deck being built through the foaming process and then showing the deck being capped onto the hull. We do not foam in our tanks. The reason being, even with closed cell foam we do not want to take any risks that if our tank gets a scratch and it exposes bare aluminum we do not want the foam next to it. No matter what alot of people think, closed cell foam will retain water at some point. We actually thru bolt our tanks to the stringers and use pads on the bottom for cushion. I will show a picture of that coming up.
__________________ Captain Todd Foucher
Canyon Bay Boats
jbonnett, the infusion process allows us to get a stronger build to the boat. 60% fiberglass to 40% vinyl ester resin. Each boat that comes out in its class is within 50#'s of each other. When you are hand laying(rolling) a boat the consistency is not there. You also leave opportunities for air pockets. Between infusion and cold molded I think they are the best ways to build a solid boat.
__________________ Captain Todd Foucher
Canyon Bay Boats
Nice pics Todd. I am going to miss seeing you at the Skyway in 3 ft seas tossing your net. When you get the itch for fishing, give me a call and we can go out. Hope you do well over at C.Bay.
excellent work. I build an 12 -18 up north much like you guys are building your 24. very good attention to detail and seems like clean rigging. Hope you sell many!
Looks like a traditional transom,those euro transoms waste so much space and it makes it tough to un-tangle a fouled prop with an outboard. What are the specs of this boat?
Specs are:
LOA 23' 8"
Beam 8'8"
Deadrise 18 degrees
Weight totally rigged around 3600 #'s
Draft Fully loaded 13"
175hp to 350hp rating
Cockpit depth 22"
Fuel 100 gallons without the head and 84 gallons with a head console
__________________ Captain Todd Foucher
Canyon Bay Boats
Specs are:
LOA 23' 8"
Beam 8'8"
Deadrise 18 degrees
Weight totally rigged around 3600 #'s
Draft Fully loaded 13"
175hp to 350hp rating
Cockpit depth 22"
Fuel 100 gallons without the head and 84 gallons with a head console
Thanks!
8'8" beam? I'm not sure but in many states the max allowed to trailer without a special permit is 8'6"?
Well I know in Florida it is 9'3" if I am not mistaken. Our 2375 has a 9'4" beam and I trailer that thing around all the time. I guess it depends on if the boys want to take the time and go after you for it.
__________________ Captain Todd Foucher
Canyon Bay Boats
Are you worried about that rod holder drain tube eventually clogging up? The cup holders in my console drained a similar way, but with even less of a low loop in the drain tube. After time, I guess from water collecting at the low point, dirt and mold filled up the tube. I tied blasting it with a hose and had no luck. Eventually I just replaced the tubes.
Also, any reason to not to use nuts and bolts on those rod holders instead of just screws?
Haven't run into any problems with the rod drains as of yet, but that is something we will follow. The reason for thru bolting the rod holders in the rod lockers is to ensure that they will not pull out. We tried screwing them in before and they would eventually pull out.
__________________ Captain Todd Foucher
Canyon Bay Boats
Haven't run into any problems with the rod drains as of yet, but that is something we will follow. The reason for thru bolting the rod holders in the rod lockers is to ensure that they will not pull out. We tried screwing them in before and they would eventually pull out.
Ok you are saying you through bolt with nuts and washers, however the pictures show normal wood screws.
Canyon Bay Build Process 
