1648 fisher-marine progress

[samtech]

Making some progress on build of fisher-marine. Finished the trailer. Added new wood on bunks, wheels and tires, paint, trailer jack, winch, re-did transom, new wiring and lights. Started framing with aluminum angle. Everything is riveted. Made the rod box out of 2x2s, (ran out of scrap aluminum). I have about 50.00 in the aluminum. Dry fit the plywood, ready to seal wood. Going to add foam to floor(deck) this weekend. Below are some pics of my progress.

 

[onthewater102]

Looking very professional thus-far keep up the great work!!!

Don't know if you bought the seats or not - but if you put pedestal bases on that bench by your side console you can reuse the bow & stern seats as your bench seats when under power and save on weight and $$ for extra seats.

If you want a visual it's what I did with my boat.

Oh, speaking of which - if you're using cut foam boards then you're fine, but if you're pouring foam be sure to run 1" PVC drains first. I tried using too small of a drainline in my boat and now I'm probably going to have to tear out my middle deck and re-do it with larger drainage as fishing in the rain creates a pool in the area between the bench seats.

 

[samtech]

Thanks for nice comments. Yea, I'm going to use cut foam board. Good idea about "seating". I borrowed a seat from buddy of mine just to make sure I had the console in right place. I haven't purchased seats yet, but kind of leaning toward a seat made of vinyl with padded insert.

 

[onthewater102]

That's all I've got - they're nice & durable but not a lot of $$$ - actually - I think they're on sale at Cabela's right now...


Yup

https://www.cabelas.com/product/Boating/Boat-Seats/Fold-Down-Boat-Seats%7C/pc/104794380/c/104705280/sc/104341680/Cabelas-Molded-Fold-Down-Seat/1323122.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Ffold-down-boat-seats%2F_%2FN-1100614%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104341680