Building the Zip vol# 52 

Joshua, what an incredible series of videos that only a certified obsessive compulsive individual can execute with such patience and commitment! Thank you for all your effort, which is a source of tremendous inspiration. All the best!

Beautiful build. Harkens back to the golden age of runabouts. Genuinely classic. Congratulations!

First time I watched whole straight from morning to evening, start of the build to its completion running on water and wow..Sir you are amazing..salute

That is the most beautiful little boat I ever saw.

So you built a boat. You also did an incredible job of it and your attention to detail was second to none. I hope your kids enjoy it and they are proud of their dad because he certainly went the extra mile with this project. By the way.... I hope you are proud of yourself mate, that is simply beautiful. Well done. 👍👍👍👍👍🇦🇺

Brings back memories of when all the boats on our lake, were made out of wood. Great job.

The boat looks great. I'd say that's Tenmile lake if you're out of North Bend.

All those big, fancy houses on the lake... and every single one was envious of you flying by in your mahogany beauty! Great video, glad to see you enjoying the fruits of your labor!

Simply awesome!!! I enjoyed the progress videos as well as the launch and performance reviews. Thanks for sharing!

Your boat is a thing of beauty!

Love your boat and all the explanation along the way!

beautiful boat :)

Gorgeous boat!

Dude, your craftsmanship is amazing, thank you for sharing. Smitty

Dude, I've watched all your Zip clips. I enjoyed watching you make "great progress" all the way through. Fantastic work!!! I hope you and your family get many years out of it!

Holy cow! I've been drooling over Glen-L, Clarkcraft, Hankinson, etc. plans for 30 years. That is the prettiest Zip I have ever seen. That is some beautiful work. Well done to the builder. I'll bet it takes you 30 minutes to put gas in it because everybody stops to look at it and talk. She's a head turner for sure. I've built a couple wooden canoes and one day hope to make the plunge into building a little runabout. If I can come even somewhere close to the build level of yours, I'll be happy.

Good job! Absolutely inspiring! Congratulations from Hamburg!

Beautiful boat... great job..

Can’t believe just found this, watched all the vids so far, this is amazing.

I just finished watching your entire series on Your Zip build. All I can say is OUTSTANDING!! What a beautiful boat. Enjoy your time on the water with your family.

Amazing work. Can’t imagine the feeling you had taking it for it’s first ride.

How pretty is that thing on the water?? Unreal. Genuinely soo delighted for you. Lovely to see the kids enjoying it too. There's definitely worse ways to spend 4 years. It's been a great journey. Massive thanks for sharing all this with us Joshua. Ur a top man

So cool just to see her in the water ..... A great big thumbs up

2 stroke? Are you kidding? Such a nice boat to have that motor!

She's a beauty. You've done an amazing job with this build. Congratulations. 🛥

From wood gas all these years to finishing the boat it’s got to feel great great job Josh

What an amazing project. The boat is unbelievably beautiful and the craftsmanship impeccable. Thanks for the excellent documantation abd videos of the project. I would have loved to be able to see some of the construction. However, I would not want to be there when you get that first scratch . You deserve to be very proud.

Very well done. Like many of your subscribers, I too have been following your progress from the beginning. Enjoy your creation.

Absolutely superb craftsmanship! Gorgeous boat!

Well done. Beautiful boat!

Beautiful. Reminds me of my brothers old century with an outboard.

Fantastic job boat looks amazing

Perfect job congrulations 👏👏

I've watched every video, thanks for taking the time to make each and every one. Gongradulations on your beautiful creation, you should be extremely proud. She turned out amazing. Building a boat of my own is on my list, you have certainly served as an inspiration. I'm gonna miss the videos, you'll have to build a bigger one now!

Wow sick job and sick looking boat my god thats gorgeous

Wow just watched your build from start to finish really impressed 👌🏻

She looks beautiful. Great job. Thank you for the monthly videos over the past years. I've followed every one.

Such an inspiring, beautiful, and helpful boat and series! It has inspired me to build a zip! So far I have finished the hull and will be flipping it right side up for good; in the next couple days. Thank you again!

Josh, you did something simply fantastic , you will be an inspiration for future dreams for sure Great great work tkx

Josh, beautiful boat! Looking forward to watching the whole build you have documented. Very awesome job!!! I’m hoping to build the Glen-L Cracker Box. Your video documentation is truly amazing for myself and anyone else who is going to take on a build like this. Again, awesome job on every level and a truly epic job on blazing a trail for the rest of us.

WOW! Just wow! This man got some serious skills!

Wow, Well done. One day I hope to do the same. Amazing.

Great job G! She's gorgeous and runs well

She handles so well

What a boat man! Can't wait to see the next one lol.

WOW! She is Gorgeous!! You put an amazing amount of work into her. You must be VERY proud. I must admit, I am jealous! I bought plans for a zip myself after viewing one of your early videos a few years ago. I have not yet started the project. Your videos have both encouraged me that I can do it, and terrified me about the time it takes to actually build it. But, the end result, it is breathtaking!

Beautiful!

Very Very nice work!

What a beautiful boat and the most though "how to". You can buy all the materials but you can't buy skill or patience. Super job all around.

Beautiful boat! Hope you get to enjoy it as much as you can this summer! Thanks for sharing your build!

Love it been watching your progress for a while. Congrats on the zip enjoy.

Great job!

That is a boat to be proud of! Good job!

Realy beautiful boat, love the varnish on it too. Well done

great job ,i have been following you for most of the journey, beautiful boat

Congratulations man. Awesome boat.

Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay you must feel well chuffed congratulations man!!

Great job man best of luck to you

Bloody awesome stuff Josh. Great to ride along with you mate. Thanks!

Well done. Very nice job with lot of dedication. I hope I can build something like this some time. I am a newbe though. Very nice boat

The boat is beautiful. Looks like it runs out great. And i love the windshield.

uff! what a beauty!

The bottom of the boat seems to be a little thin as it's reflecting even these very small waves. Had a similar boat, build in the 60's, I rebuild it almost completely. For the bottom I choose 10mm ply instead of original 5mm. Mine had a 30hp engine at an width of 1,45m and about 200 kg boat weight plus about 200 kg of engine, battery, petrol, luggage... Good for 28 nautical miles, being the slowest of our fleet but the seaworthiest. No problem at Beaufort 6 on the open water of Netherlands Zuiderzee.

Gorgeous! I’m ordering the wood and will start cutting soon. Never trust people who buy boats. Build your own or stay on the shore.

im impressed!

Very nice

Awesome

Parabéns pelo empenho, o barco ficou lindo,e parece navegar muito bem, com certeza merece meu like 👍😃🚤🧭⚓🇧🇷👍

What a great little boat. One can tell that you paid extra attention to detail and appearance. It seems to do very well on the water. Hope the replacement parts come in soon for the the engine. Can't really enjoy it with the damaged and broken prop!. Don't know what the laws are up in Oragon but next time, maybe allow your kids a little wheel time. I bet they would enjoy it !

incredible

And all those people in those big fancy houses are watching that pretty little boat scoot across the lake in front of them.

Drop-dead gorgeous boat! Beautiful family. Where are all of your PFD's, brother?

Beautiful boat bud! I’ve enjoyed the videos. I’m wrapping up my pole barn this summer and hope to start a boat project of my own in the next few years. My wife roles her eyes when I talk about it, but she did the same when I talked about the garage build. Now I’m tying up loose ends. I’ve got my eye on the GlenL - 24’6” Atlantic skiff.

Look awesome!

Thanks for the update on the Prolly Sync Joshua . She sure did turn out to be a dandy of a boat sir . = )

nice boat like chocolate

Been following your progress since you started. Great job. My "zip" is still at the frame state. Really slacked off the past 3 years, busy all the time. Retiring in a few more years to move back home to Michigan and live in a 5th wheel. Not sure I'll ever get to work on my Zip again.. Congrats on the finish.

Nice boat josh really i like u work .. pls don’t forget to use marine grease to the shaft before fix the new propeller and u a new lock pin .. really am wishing all the best with u boat 🚣‍♀️

love the boat josh,done a vid of mine love to show you,keep safe

Very, very nice!

Very nice! Now that you have a couple of hours on it, check the lower unit lube for any water ingress

Fantastic!

Nice job... I wonder if you could put a merc 60 on there...

Josh, I'm really going to miss your Zip updates, I've always looked forward to the beginning of the month. Maybe you could start a series on building a Woodie to tow this beauty. Thank You very much for the last four years

After seeing your beautiful Zip I know a jet powered Malahini would be great. *hint* I would be up for another multi-year project if you are. Dude, you are a master. Thank you for posting all these years. I'm curious as to your next project? Maybe a cabin as you're in the beautiful northwest?

great boat sir. I watched all of your videos in this build , it's perfect. can you share the layout of this boat? i'm interested to build this kind of boat. I'm from Philippines

Fantastic stuff mate... real happy for you! :) It sure looks sweet glistening in the sunshine... all the wood grain really pops. 👍🏽 I heard a noise at 9:29 which might’ve been the prop getting beat up?

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You did an awesome build I am new to all these and I would like to build one can you list the tools used to build it and materials and price

Sweet

You should add a wake tower to the boat

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Top job. It seems your son prefers inboards:-)

Does the kit come with the windshield or did you make it

Actually within this first month of use I think you have started a new record. The record of repair and maintainance. Rectifier, anode, trim rudder, new prop, and bolt. Ahhhh the second part of boat ownership!

very nice. How many months did you need to make it? Where bought the project?

Dude I love the boat ! I really feel the engine lets it down a bit though . Perhaps this winter you can graft a vintage outboard cowl onto that engine to complete the boat ?

Josh you're going to have to improve the maintenance schedule - I'm sure I saw some dust on that super gloss finish. Lol Only joking man, she's looking real real nice! But just a little warning here, you're going to get boat building withdrawal symptoms pretty soon. Your in the final "Pimp My Boat" phase and then it's ok, what can I do now...? You'll start looking around the web again at other boats... I finished mine last last year (on YT) and I'm already thinking about selling it and building another one! My wife thinks I'm crazy - she might be right! = ) Once again - well done!

hey im wanting to build either a zip or a tuffy. how long did it take you to build yours and how much did you spend on materiels?

Just for the info of it,whats the weight of the boat without engine?Robert :)