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Bowdidge Marine SS16

Sea Strike 16

Mike P · 2023 to 2025

A build log

Bowdidge Marine SS16

Sea Strike 16

kept by Mike P

2023 to 2025

The boat

Sea Strike 16

Designer
Mark Bowdidge
Plans from
Bowdidge Marine Designs
Length overall
16′ 0″ (4.88 m)
Beam
7′ 2″ (2.18 m)
Hull
plywood
Construction
plywood fiberglass composite
Started
8 July 2023
Launched
6 September 2025
Built by
Mike P

What it took

By the numbers

26 months
From first day to last
1
Days written up
8
Photographs
40
Words written

The work

Contents

Chapter 01

Sea Trials & Shakedown

First sails or runs, trim, tuning, and the punch list that follows.

1 day from September 2026
10 Sep 2026 Sea Trials & Shakedown

Epoxy and plywood mostly, endless sanding, set up for family fun and fishing. I can’t say enough about the design: runs so smoothly at speed, just glides through the swells. It’s light and 70hp is all it needs.

Matt

Absolutely stunning

And then

She floated

6 September 2025

26 months after the first day in this log.

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Bowdidge Marine SS16
1 entry, 8 photographs, written down as the work was done.

The words and photographs in this log belong to Mike P.

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Printed 11 September 2026