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The full build of Doreen, a 2026 Raider Coastal 230, as she came together out of bare plate between July and October, with 24 shop photos, newest first, plus build films, a river film and the channel intro.
Photo: Full profile with hardtop and bow rails · Aug 27, 2026
Film 07 · Channel intro
I'm 50, I Sank My Jet Ski, and Now I'm Getting a Raider
I've wanted a boat my whole life. Then I sank my Sea-Doo Fish Pro Trophy on the Cumberland at about 60 mph and a police airboat came to get us. Two years of saving later, I ordered a Raider. This is the intro to the channel and what we plan to do with her around Nashville, Lake Barkley and Donelson.
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Film 06 · The routes
Left or Right? Cumberland River Routes
Pull out of Clarksville Marina at Mile 127.4 and you have two ways to go. Upstream is 63.8 river miles to the Nashville riverfront with one lock at Cheatham. Downstream is 94.6 miles to the Barkley Canal with no locks at all, or 96.8 to Barkley Lock and Dam. We traced both on the map, then covered what lives in the water and what every season looks like out there.
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Film 05 · Music video
DOREEN
Every build photo we have, from the July jig to the welded RAIDER logo, the cabin, the helm and the rod holders up top, plus the walkthrough the Raider crew shot this month. Cut to a track I made in Suno.
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Film 04 · The river
The Cumberland: A River Story
Doreen's home water, from a 460 million year old sea floor to Donelson's flotilla, steamboats and dark-fired tobacco, Fort Donelson and Fort Defiance, Clarksville and the Screaming Eagles, and the Corps locks and dams.
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Film 03 · July to October 2026
The Build Story: Jul to Oct
The whole build so far, from the jig in July to the helm and second station in October. Fourteen chapters with plain captions, the build sheet and factory specs, and a thank you to the crew at Raider.
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Film 02 · The Build Story
Built at Raider: The Build Story
Chapter by chapter through the hull build, with what you are looking at and why it matters, the numbers off the build sheet and Raider's factory specs, and a thank you to the crew in Colville.
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Film 01 · July 2026
Build Log: Hull Build
Six shop photos, jig to fish box, cut to the beat. Ten days of the build in about a minute.
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13 Shorts · newest first
Build Shorts
24 shop photos · newest first
Oct 8 back to Jul 20
The build films are also up on YouTube.