catasup padamaran standamaran supCAT

April 10, 2026
Chomping at the bit, seems like a good description for the current state of affairs. Some hours of the day are warm enough for glue to cure. Also, robins are back, gobbling all the worms on the driveway.

Plans for you DIYers out there are STILL in the works.

As always, a supCAT starts with two pontoons and a deck. It includes a base set of pontoons and a deck, but the phrase ‘build to order’ figures heavily into how those base pieces look. For example, the pontoons can have a barrel back stern end, and the deck can feature a thin contrasting pinstripe in between the larger pieces. Options include a variety of lengths and widths, several different wood species, ‘pinstripes’, a custom decal, hatches, and ‘one of a kind’ deck designs.

There's something about wood boats that is hard to quantify. For me as a builder, I love the smell when I'm working the wood into shape, Long thin strips of wood are bouncy in your hands. The thrill of watching a pontoon take shape under your hands is addictive. As a paddler, the feel of a wood boat as it slips through the water is very satisfying.

Pictures below are from the July 2018 supCAT splash (aka the rare time a daughter and a boyfriend visit the old home place and are willing to model.) It handled well and felt great. As the pics show, this fourteen foot model nicely fits two people. A sixteen foot model is on my strongback right now (Nov 24), but coldness is messing up my epoxy plans, something about not curing at lower temps...