how good is that!!! what a feeling!
its really unexplainable to open up the throttle and fly down the bay in something you have put so much hard work into and having it all go the way it should!!! i was hammering down the bay punching the air i was stoked!!!!

just an edit here after a couple of trips out we corrected the following issues:
the outboard was rooster tialing a bit so we jacked the motor up to the next notch on the screw holes and that fixed the issue.
i had a leak in the engine splash well. that was sikaflexed up.
and on one outing hte rubrail on one side fell off lol. that was only bogged on to begin with and i guess we didnt put enough on. i sikaflexed it back on this time and it hasnt moved after a couple of months of good hours on the water. im very happy with this little project and was worth all the hard work. there are alot of things i would do differently if i built another but hey its all a learning curve and im getting so much enjoyment out of the boat now.