Back again with a new boat--New Question pg 3

[radiorob]

Looking good man! I'd love to find a deal like that...

 

[fishinchef]

Looking good man! I'd love to find a deal like that...

It took me two months of searching craigslist every half hour to find the boat I was looking for.

I made a little bit more progress today. Its been a rough weekend, I've been back and forth from the hospital while my wife was having her gallbladder removed. She told me to get out and do something for a while this afternoon so I had a buddy come over and help me with the outboard. We build a stand and got it off the transom, and now I'm able to replace the wood and also start the back deck.

Sorry for the small cell phone pictures, I'll get some more up when things get less hectic around here.

 

[fishinchef]

Today I got the "splash over well" (if there's another name for it please let me know) removed from the transom to reveal some lovely rotting wood. My question is who has had boats with and without the splashwell? I'm gonna be running a max hp of 40 (tiller steer). I understand that there is some structural support and I would replace the support. Should I replace the whole well or go without it?

Before

After

 

[ben2go]

Splash wells are there to help keep water from coming over the stern and swamping the boat.If you are not going to be in heavy chop and swells,I wouldn't keep it.I would double up the transom wood to a thickness of 1.25 to 1.5 inches.

 

[fishinchef]

I'm probably going to keep the splash well, I just wanted to see if anyone could think of a reason not to keep it. The transom wood is already about 2" thick unfortunaly it is also rotted. I'm going to replace with the same thickness

 

[Bass n flats]

Ok so it's been awhile since I've posted on this build (btw ive had to change my login name) Since 2009 I've done a lot to the boat I decided to get rid of all the wood framing and go with aluminum framing. I have also picked up a 25 hp Johnson. Currently I am working on a grab bar/center seat (see pics below). Over the winter I will be replacing wood decks with aluminum flooring, expanding front deck, built in tackle storage, jack plate, and paint. Here are a few pics of how the boat sits now.

This is the grab rail/center seat that will be mounted tomorrow

 

[Bass n flats]

After getting the jack plate done I have started to remove the wood decking and extending the front deck adding two more storage compartments and relocating my trolling motor battery. I also removed some extra aluminum that the previous owner had added that had no purpose.

Tomorrow I should be able to complete the framing on the front deck

 

[Bass n flats]

Got the extension for the new storage compartments done. Hopefully I can get the hatch lids done in the next few days.

 

[Bass n flats]

Got the hatch lids for the front done today. Tomorrow I'm going to start on redoing the back deck to give me three hatches.

 

[JMichael]

I noticed this in the last pic of last post and last pic of this post so now I gotta ask. The piece of 1" square tubing behind the rivet gun has the ends cut at about 45° on both ends. What are those cuts for?

P.S. Looking good.

 

[Bass n flats]

It is bracing for a piece of diamond plate that's part of the decking. On both sides of the hatches and the center there will be a small strip of diamond plate

 

[JMichael]

OK, I worded my question wrong I guess, what I'm trying to ask is why did you cut the angle on the ends of those pieces of square tubing.

 

[Bass n flats]

Aaaahhhh. To rivet them to the cross member. I'll try to put up a picture in the morning

 

[JMichael]

I see said the blind man (I think). You're installing your rivets with the gun/tool on the top.

 

[Bass n flats]

Yes oh blind one you are correct

 

[Bass n flats]

I got most of the framing done on the back deck today but ran out of two crucial items....rivets and 1x1 square tubing. When it's done I will have 1 large compartment for 2 6 gallon fuel tanks and then on each side of that I will have a battery box recessed into the deck, you can see the outiline where they will be cut out. One of these will be for my accessory battery and the other for miscellaneous storage.

 

[Bass n flats]

Rear fuel hatch is finished. Should get the rest of my tubing and hinges in the next week to finish my last 3 hatches

 

[Bass n flats]

While waiting to buy some square tubing (I haven't had to buy any aluminum to this point everything was found while looking for scrap metal), I made a trolling mount out of some 3x3 square tube.

 

[Bass n flats]

Hatches are done! Well except for two braces I have to put in tomorrow.

P.S. thanks to Brine for helping me get my hands on the square tube to finish the hatches!

 

[russ010]

hey I've got some 1x1x1/8" square tube and some 1x1x1/8" angle left over.. I still need some of it, but I can give it to you for what I paid for it. I've got 21' sticks of tube, and 24' sticks of angle.

But of course, I can't cut it and bring it to work with me because my truck is in South Carolina at my dad's shop getting the cams and lifters replaced...