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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

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

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.

Sea Strike 16: sea trials & shakedown
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Sea Strike 16: sea trials & shakedown
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Sea Strike 16: sea trials & shakedown
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Sea Strike 16: sea trials & shakedown
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Sea Strike 16: sea trials & shakedown
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Sea Strike 16: sea trials & shakedown
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Sea Strike 16: sea trials & shakedown
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Sea Strike 16: sea trials & shakedown
Photo 8
Matt

Absolutely stunning

Walt Hansen

Great build.

And then

She floated

6 September 2025

The day she went in the water.

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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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https://boatbuildlog.com/builds/bowdidge-marine-ss16

Printed 26 October 2026