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Building a wood runabout1/27/2024 Amy's Favorite Tool this week: $8 tiny hand planar.Huge Mistake: using Painter's Putty, which is oil-based, to fill all 486 countersunk screw holes, then learning that filler must not be oil-based.Frustrations: bending plywood around curved transom, which in turn ripped sheer from transom frame, Amy's miscalculations on fitting side panels.Accomplishments: bending plywood with hot water, making thick epoxy, learning how to fair, transition joint on plywood panels, completed all plywood panels.Frustrations: snapped chine in half, ripping wood with "Kmart" table saw.Highlights: put all longitudinals on, mastered the 2-part epoxy system.Other Attendees: Dave, Samantha, Eric, Liam, Randy.Participants: Moms, Bo, Rouse, Bob, Amy, Chad.First Annual Boatbuilding Weekend begins at 1652 Lakestone Village Lane in Fuquay-Varina, NC.Frustrations: convincing your Moms that you're right.Highlights: assembled building form, checked for levelness.frames arrived from Glen-L, wood ordered.a few weeks later, they find the Glen-L website,, and had picked out the 15-ft.Chad and Amy start dreaming about their own boatbuilding weekend, but steer away from the simple rowboat from the Boat Show and set sights on a more advanced boat.Chad's Great Inspiration during the 2-man boatbuilding competition = "we can do this!" Marshall and Steve win, James and Willie Murphy take second.October 14, 2005- Georgetown Boat Show in Georgetown, SC.The Chronicles of Langville Bros.-a classic dual cockpit runabout at the Georgetown Show 2006, with upholstered seats, jpg.shined up-12 coats of varnish later, jpg.our second favorite tool-the power planar, jpg.mahogany stripped decking on = rest break #2 in the driver's seat, jpg.photo shoot with our favorite and only $7.98 tool, jpg.walk-through done = rest break #1 in the back seat, jpg.and his brother, our great uncle, Irving Langville -photos of the original Langville Brothers jpg Pictures of Langville Bros.-a classic dual cockpit runabout
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