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Poormans Boatright

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Here is another build I currently have going on at my shop. The owner (Damon) lives close to me in Bubbaville, TX.
Damon is a pleasant guy to be around, he is quite humorous, however he tends to worry or dwell on petty issues a tad bit. When he first brought his boat to me
he wasn't quite sure what all he wanted to do, let me reiterate that, he didn't know how much he wanted to spend! Ha! Well he tells me first weld up broken ribs in the center of the boat, ok, I explain to him welding them up isn't going to fix the problem, I've seen too many of these 8' wide boats break the ribs right down the center on every rib. I tell him it needs to be reinforced with some form of structural material, he agrees. We decided to reinforce all the ribs with 2 x 2 x 1/4" angle on every rib.

He also wants to cap the ribs on the side of the interior of the hull with sheet aluminum. Which I did using .0800 sheet.

Here is what has been done so far, we will see how far he wants to go with it, or how deep his pockets are!
 

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I got the front rails tacked on today, here is the updated pics.
 

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Barefoot, its only 101*, we can hang!

O.K., I got the floor pieces cut n ready to weld in, the owner wanted to put foam insulation under the deck, which he did. The rails got welded out also, here is the update.
 

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Cool build. Nice jd2 bender. What grade aluminim is that you are bending. Having any issues with cracking of the pipe/tube. What size pipe/tube are you using
 
Hmm, just about the exact size boat I used to really want.

Someone once told me those wide tin boats were problems waiting to happen. I kinda ignored it-I was younger and you want what you

want...

Thanks for showing how all that glorious and wonderful space comes at quite a cost later on.

I think before I step off that dock I'll save up twice as much (maybe more?) to have it done up right like this one.
 
Thanx, guys. Stomper I'm using 1" 6061 schedule 40 pipe, I've had no issues bending it.

Here are the updated pics.
 

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Got a good start on the back deck area, I'm running out of time though, I will be returning back to work on the 13th and I need to finish this boat up, Damon keeps adding to this build, he seems to be in no hurry though.
 

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got some more progress done on this rig.
 

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I made this front grab rail/cooler rack for the front deck area, check it out.
 

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Thanx, trapsteve.

Boat is complete on my part, Damon came n picked it up, going to painter then safefloor dealer. I will post pics of it painted later on. Here are some random pics of the whole rig.
 

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A few more pics.
 

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Damon got the outside, the inside, the rails and the console painted. He had to bring the boat back to me because the painter found 2 small holes on the side that needed to be welded. I snapped a few pics to show how it is progressing. He decided to buy a brand new Suzuki motor and the boat is at the dealers as we speak, then off to Safefloor for a new floor to be sprayed in.
 

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