Wooden Skim

[decxter]

I've started building a wooded skim following the same sort of method Tungsten used on his Mako.

I though I'd try a skim first as its my first build and I've no real experience with working with wood but I have to say its been great fun and really rewarding. The board is far from finished but let me know what you guys think so far.

Anyone any ideas how I can save some weight its already at 4lbs.

[tungsten]

Wow decxter, nice 1! Wait until it's sanded and glassed! Your choice of different woods looks really good. Don't worry too much about weight. You will lose some board weight sanding the rails to shape; then you can save some weight if you sand the surface down to 180 grit before glassing, because you need less epoxy. I would guess your board comes out around 6-7 lb, which is a nice weight for a skimmy IMO, I don't like them too light (in mush and waves).

[decxter]

Finally got a chance to put the top on.

Just need to do some sanding and a little bit of filling then its ready for glassing.