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Big Jimmy

Jimmy Skiff II

ozzmeister00 · 2026

A build log

Big Jimmy

Jimmy Skiff II

kept by ozzmeister00

2026

The boat

Jimmy Skiff II

Designer
John C. Harris
Plans from
Chesapeake Light Craft
Length overall
13′ 0″ (3.96 m)
Construction
stitch and glue
Started
2 July 2026
Built by
ozzmeister00

First boat,

What it took

By the numbers

4
Hours at the boat
2.3 months
From first day to last
1
Days written up
0
Photographs
62
Words written

The work

Contents

Chapter 01

Hull Exterior

Turning over, keel and skeg, rubrails, exterior structure.

1 day 4 hours from September 2026
9 Sep 2026 Hull Exterior 4 h

Flip, outwales, and first epoxy coat on bottom surfaces

Flipped the boat over Rounded over the daggerboard trunk slot Faired and rounded over the bottom side of the outwales Cleaned up the skeg fillet Applied first coat of epoxy to the daggerboard trunk slot, skeg, and the bottom side of the outwales

Also touched up cockpit epoxy where I'd missed spots yesterday because seeing it in daylight and upside down helped.

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