See update of finished sea flea here aka Arachno-Flea:
   • Arachno-Flea mini max sea flea 2023  
Only takes 8 minutes to build a sea flea - who knew?
8 day build and test runs of a mini max with 9.9 Merc. somewhere in the Haliburton Highlands Ontario. Commentary with time tags below:
0:26 - had to replace switch on old table saw
0:58 - twisting together the bow to close the "gore" was a gruesome task - lots small passes removing material with circular saw
2:20 - about this point we realized nothing lined up the way it does in the plans...the stringers were too short!...PL premium 8X used to fill the gap...then lots of sanding/rasping
3:05 - also added a second transom pad between the stringers to ensure PL was not the only thing holding things together
3:28 - while it rained, worked on the motor board...
3:36 - to get angle of motorboard "correct", made a small sample piece and tried the angle cut...the first angle was too steep so glad I did so (oursis slightly more vertical than the plans)
4:51 - I lose it trying to get "tee nuts" to line up with bolts...FIRST - clamp the nut with your vice grips, SECOND make sure somebody at HomeDepot did not switch 32 turn with 24 turn nuts. I got about 8 of 14 to take. I used plain old 1 1/2 inch stainless screws where the tee nuts failed...likely could have used all screws instead of tee nuts
5:29 - hacking off screw and bolt ends - screws cut flush - another strike against tee nuts in my book
6:19 - red handled kitchen scissors on bottom of boat - used for fiber-glassing...don't tell.
8:12 - put some sort of metal on your motorboard where the engine clamps - the scrap tin seen here covers some rather nasty gouges from the maiden voyage!
9:35 - after swamping - and almost sinking - the boat twice in the first two days, second guessing the choice to cut out the holes in the stringers, may fiberglass them in this winter.