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Hometown:

Dixon, Calif

About Me:

I am building a stitch and glue 10' pram of my own design for stillwater fishing.

Boats I own:

Clackacraft drift boat

At 8:08pm on January 12, 2009, Randy Dersham said…: Hello Tom, Greg Hatten gave me a heads up that you had a question about kerfing the bottom of your pram.

We debated if we wanted to kerf on the our new Tubby pram. It's only 8'7" LOA and has quite a rocker. In the end we didn't. It took two people to get it to bend but the fur came around well without a kerf.

If we were to kerf it wouldn't have taken more than three passes with a skill saw and not more than 1/4 deep. Fill the kerf with thickened epoxy before bending into place.

At 6:18pm on January 12, 2009, Greg Hatten said…: Hey Tom,
The 16' boat I built wasn't a stitch & glue but I didn't need to do any kerfing for the bottom... sorry I can't help you with your question. Randy Dersham is right in the middle of building a short pram - I'll ask him to respond to your question... Good luck. Greg

At 7:01am on January 10, 2009, Greg Hatten said…: Tom, welcome to the site... hope you enjoy all the wooden boat "chatter"... would like to see some pictures as you progress on the pram. Greg