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Thats because the thinist decking material is 3/4 of an inch, to find shorter screws you will have to go to a different type of screw.

I used decking screws also.

On the hull, they were brass, I used Galvanized a few other places.

OK, as long as you have a plan!

I hope i have my figures right on this Troutguy, i cant find my Trig book. With a 12 degree side, 14 inch boards, 4 inch rocker rear 6 inch rocker bow, you will be wider at the top by about 4 inches at the stern, 5.6 inches middle, and 3.2 inches at the bow. With a 15 degree side its 5 inches at the stern, 7 inches at the middle, and 4 inches at the bow. I dont remember if i went 12 degrees or 15 degrees, ill check, and that 15 degree figure is correct, it has been used, i either changed it to 12 degrees or thought about it.

If you go with a 3 or 4 inch rocker to the stern the sides will be 10 or 11 inches at the rear seat Troutguy.

Your welcome Troutguy, my boats worked well for me.

Correction Troutguy, i measured the boat just now, the rocker is 3 and a half in the stern and 5 and a half in the bow, leaving 6 inches in the bow and 8 inches in the stern. 12 inch boards for sides.

Both boats had the same rocker. From the middle to the bow i had six inches and in the stern it was 4 inches. Look at it this way, its a semi drift boat bottom. One thing i should mention, the freeboard is little low, using a 12 inch board, but i knew what river i was going to use it on, and how i would use the boat. For all around use i would certainly think about raising the sides one and half or two inches.

With a 36 inch width, i would use a 24 inch bow, and a 30 inch stern. That is what i had on my 32 inch boat, but i think it would work on a 36 incher as well. Going to 32 inches on the stern wouldnt make much difference, if you wanted, the main thing I wanted was to be closer to the center line.

What i got with a 5 or 6 inch rocker, woodman, was a jon boat that really handeled well with a paddle.

what i wanted when i looked at boat plans was a jon boat for ozark streams that would paddle like a canoe. All the plans are for square boats, paddler of center line, and too much bottom in the water to turn well. The plans i have seen arent very good paddle jons.

It sure is a good looking jon, but i dont think i would want to paddle it very far, looks like it would be hard with the straight sides.

Thats the way i did it, lol

I never found any plans I liked, Troutguy. I ended up designing the two i made from scratch, they made better looking and better paddleing boats.

That the 16 ft 40 incher woodman, it was around 145 150 lbs.

The guy in the last two pictures weighs about 250 lbs

More pics

Maybe this will work

I think you will like a 36 incher, if i build one this spring i am going with 36 also Troutguy. I found pictures of the 40 inch boat, ill try to figure out how to post them.

yeah, wood man, i been following your builds , really nice work there!!

Oh!! Troutguy, you do have 80 or 100 C-clamps, dont you????

Troutguy,do this, get a couple of 16ft lengths of moulding {1/4 round} and use some spreaders to bend them into the shape of the bottom. You will be surprised at the difference between 32 and 40 inches when you can see it. Remember the gunnels are going to be 6 or 8 inches wider, and the bottom of a jon boat has more surface area on the water for its length than a canoe. My 40 inch was like a rock, but it sounds like you would like a 34 or 36 incher. With a 36 lb thrust motor my 32 incher would hit 6 or 8 mph.

I have thought of a 20 footer with a 16 foot center and 2 foot additions on each end to keep the joint from dead center, but extra joint that way Muddy.

A few years ago, I built a couple of jon boats, one with a 40 inch bottom, and one with a 32 inch. The 40 inch was really stable, the 32 was less so naturally, but still better than a canoe. The 32 inch paddled better than a canoe IMO. They both had a 24 inch bow and a 30 inch and a 34 inch stern, if I remember. The sides were raked out at 12 degrees, and the bottoms had quite a bit of rocker that made them turn well. I could turn the 32 inch 180 degrees with one sweep of the paddle. The 40 inch had a plywood bottom, the 32 was 1 by 12 board, the 40 was about 150 lbs, the 32 was a bit less, maybe 130 or so.