Conchfish 16

What paint did you go with?

BLP it’s a local company.. two part epoxy paint. Two boats ago I painted it with it..

BLP is great paint. I have recommended it on here many times.

This is a fantastic build Travis

Thanks!! I have used it for years on cars.. great auto paint. The guy at the store said there is a group of guys in Tampa I think who orders a bunch to pai t boats with

Build looks great.

Sure wish someone would pop a mold and start making these on a limited basis (hint-hint).

Travis Smith said:

Thanks!! I have used it for years on cars.. great auto paint. The guy at the store said there is a group of guys in Tampa I think who orders a bunch to pai t boats with

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There is. But they only order the non tintable white and they put it on some really big boats.

I have to order it because there is nobody around who sells it. There is one place semi local that stocks their Camo paint but won't even order anything else, so I have to order directly from them.

I would love too!! I would really enjoy it..


Will they actually ship it to you?

Net 30 said:

Build looks great.

Sure wish someone would pop a mold and start making these on a limited basis (hint-hint).

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There's supposedly a guy in Edgewater that is doing just that.

https://www.microskiff.com/threads/...flats-skiff-launched.54524/page-2#post-458840

His email is wrong on that post, it's [email protected] not kiff* at gmail...

I don’t know that they are building the Conchfish. I think they are doing the piranha

Piranha boatworks in Sanford is doing the plumb bow boat

Travis Smith said:

I would love too!! I would really enjoy it..


Will they actually ship it to you?

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They do and I guess I first used it roughly 25 years ago.

Really wish someone local would start carry it.

did you use thin wall irrigation pipe? It should have bent a lot easier than that.

It is the thinnest they had.. the schedule 40 was probably 3/16 thick and this was probably 1/8 thick... it was a pita. It was starting to crimp. I had to heat it to get it this much.

It’s 1.5” PVC if anyone was wondering

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You have been busy. Looking good. I'm in that slow phase of installing cleats getting ready for foam and the sole.

Travis Smith said:

It is the thinnest they had.. the schedule 40 was probably 3/16 thick and this was probably 1/8 thick... it was a pita. It was starting to crimp. I had to heat it to get it this much.

It’s 1.5” PVC if anyone was wondering

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The trick is fill the PVC with sand past where you want to bend it and it will hold heat longer and not want to crimp when you bend it.

In my previous boat I used schedule 40 and it flexed with no problem and I never even heated it. At least no one will see it besides what y’all see here lol

Chris you’re nearly done. Before you know it y’all will be fishing out of it.

I heated schedule 40 with a heat gun to bend and it didn't burn like that. Hopefully it's a good enough sweep that it won't catch rod tips