Started on this hull Saturday for a friend of mine, who goes by Hogjaw here on MMT.

Boat is a 1852 with 23" sides
3/16 bottom and 1/8 sides
Extended front deck with dry storage in bow.
full weld in floor
removable gun box
one single rear operator seat with storage.
4" catwalk gunwales
hunt deck

He will be running a 35 GTR on it when it is finished. I will also be taking it to XXX designs to be painted as well, as I was so pleased as to how my last build turned out.

Got to plant food plots at the deer lease this weekend, but an of Friday and plan to at least get the floor tacked in and the catwalks on, and hope to finish up on it the following weekend. I will post some more pictures as it comes along, and will have a review up once he gets up and running.

Justin

nice boat. work looks good

It's awesome to see my boat progress posted here.
I've been running a 1648 for the past couple of years and love the boat, but with my two girls (ages 3 and 4) now starting to make occasional hunts and a new baby due in 10 days, I had mentioned to Justin (Captain JJ) that I wanted to get a bigger boat for added safety. Justin offered to build me a custom boat and this is how it's shaping up. I'm obviously very excited to see it coming together and can't say how much I appreciate what he's doing.

It looks good

Chris,

Played hooky today from the real job to work on your boat. Will work on it again tomorrow, but got to go up to the camp this weekend for a work weekend. Should be finished up next weekend though.

Got the floor in it today as well as the front deck. Got on side of the gunwales on ( I'm still waiting on a length of angle to finish the other side) and started trimming up the hunt deck and transom. Welded some 2" round stock under the gunwales that will be drilled and tapped for mounting a bow fishing light bracket, and I'm going to weld some for mounting a pop up blind.

Got some welding to finish up tomorrow, and will then start on the rear seat and gun box.

Few more pictures of today's work

Updated pics ?

Yeah, I finally was able to get back to work on it today, although I didn't get to put a full day in with other stuff going on. Going to try and get a full day at it tomorrow and should be damn close to finishing up and being ready for paint.

Few more pictures of today's progress.

I like down slope on the huntdeck, it ties it together and looks awesome.

goodlooking lines turned out nice

Thanks guys! Hope to have it about wrapped up today

It's looking great. Excited to come up and see it today. Thanks again Captain JJ.

This boat running now? Almost looks like one that left form the wax beside me yesterday with a GTR.. Very nice looking boat!

Looks good really like that driver box and side shelf

The boat looks awesome! From the rail under the bow deck to keep my fuel tanks in place, to the shell/beer shelf on the side, to welding in round stock strategically around the boat to be drilled/tapped for scissor blind and bowfishing rail installation, to boxing in a corner of the driver's seat/box to protect the back of the switch panel and connections from any crap that I'll throw in the driver's box, etc., etc., Justin has done way more than what I could have expected.

The hull obviously looks great, but he's gone above and beyond in terms of the details to make this boat complete for pretty much any use that I will have for it. I can't wait to get it in the water. Thanks again Justin.

Nice! Congrats on the build 1852 is a good size

Finally got around to finishing up on this hull. Boat came out really great, I love the lines of it. Will be getting it to the painter next fro the camo job and turf. Can't wait to see how that turns out and then see some performance numbers.

Some more pictures of the finished hull.

A few more

Looks good can't wait to see how it performs.

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Finished product came out nicely

Really nice looking welds all over that boat. Nice job. What kind of machine are you using?

It looks great!
As soon as I can break away, I'm going to come pick it up. I should have the paint and hydroturf started by either Saturday or Sunday.

Really nice welds

Waiting patiently to see this rig with paint and turf all rigged up. Excellent build.

Thanks
Phil

I wish that I could take credit for how nice this boat turned out, but that belongs to Justin (CaptainJJ). I picked it up this morning and will have it to XXX Designs for paint and hydro turf this weekend. As soon as that's done, i'll drop my Gatortail on it and we'll have the update that I, at least, have been waiting for.
Again, I can't thank Justin enough for all of his work put into this hull.

I'm glad that my wife isn't aware of mudmotortalk.com or else she'd finally know what was in those two large boxes that got delivered last week. Here's the swamp camo hydro turf that will be installed next week.

That is a nice pattern for the turf boat is going to look great.

Between mayhem at work and a quick stay in the hospital for my 1 month old son, I didn't get a chance to bring the boat to Tim at XXX Designs for paint and turf until the Wednesday before last. A week later, Tim called to say that it's ready and I picked it up this morning. I couldn't be more pleased with the finished boat, and I couldn't be more excited to get this thing in the water.
I think the photos speak for themselves, but the build by Justin Justrabo (Captain JJ) and the paint/turf from Tim Boudreaux have far exceeded my expectations.
The finished boat is an 1852 that Justin built with 3/16 bottom, 1/8 sides, fully welded floor, hunt deck, bow deck with dry storage and overhang for gas tanks, removable gun box, driver seat/dry storage box, spud holders at stern, 4" catwalks, and beer/shell shelf.
Tim painted the whole rig in shadowgrass (with green background/base) and installed swamp camo Hydroturf on floor, bow deck, gun box, drivers box, beer shelf, and hunt deck.
Justin is a long time friend with a lot of talent to whom I'm now very indebted, and Tim is a new acquaintance that is obviously extremely good at what he does and whose work supports the recomendations that he received.
Many thanks to you both.

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Hogjaw, Justin built you a masterpiece and XXX done a fine paint job. congrats you got a damn nice rig.

I like a boat with a high bow like that

^^ I agree, I like the look of the bow a lot.. Hell of a rig hogjaw you got yourself a goodun

Awesome job? Congrats

Just curious what are all the little holes in cat walks and front?

Damn nice boat!