Simmons Sea-Skiff 18

[Dave Carnell]

WB #186 arrived today. It has the first of a 3-part series by Ellis Rowe on building the Simmons Sea-Skiff 18.

[Bill Perkins]

Great Dave , I didn't know that was happening .I'll pick up those issues for sure .

[AngWood]

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Norumbega Boatworks]

Ellis still has that boat available for sale- a sweet boat better than the competition by far

[Skiff Junkie]

Man, I waited all day yeaterday with anticipation to see my copy in the mailbox, but when I got home, it wasn't there. Oh well, maybe today.

Anyway, here's the link to the ad for Ellis' boat.
Simmons18

[dmede]

this is a potential problem as after seeing the articles i will probably decide that this is the next boat i must build... i need more space!

[ 08-25-2005, 01:23 PM: Message edited by: dmede ]

[Keith Wilson]

Damn, another attack of boat lust to fight off . . .

[DrakeChristensen]

'bout a year ago I was on the verge of moving to the S. Carolina coast and almost started building one of these...ended up staying ~Chicago for now so was thinking of something else more appropriate toe the region...after seeing this article I'm starting to think I should find a way to use this boat regardless of where I live...

[Todd Bradshaw]

I rebuilt an original Simmons 18 once for a friend. He used it a fair bit on Lake Michigan in reasonable weather and it worked quite well. As I remember, he put a 25 horse Yamaha on it and it seemed to be enough to make it do what it was supposed to do. Considering how light and easy to launch/trailer/store and maintain the boat was, how well it performed and how seaworthy it seemed, I can't see how anybody wouldn't enjoy having one, even in Chicago.