Herloom 14' Arkansas Traveler Mod

[MikeG1]

I am excited to see the finished boat!

I have a 1960 traveler and am ready to ship it up to you for the same treatment!

Mike

 

[Piomarine]

Thanks Mike! I think this will be the only boat I do for a while :mrgreen: That said, I took a couple hours this afternoon to clear my head from the end of school after an all-nighter, two finals, and finishing two semester projects...all before noon...So I decided to lay some carpet on the kneeling rails.

Now I need opinions from the peanut gallery...should I carpet the recess walls or leave them as natural wood? I go back and forth and can see benefits of both. I'm just taking a poll

 

[bonz_d]

Well done! Coming along very nicely.

My project has come to a bit of a standstill because it's too cold in the garage. The small kerosene heater I'd bought isn't warming it up much. Now watching for a torpedo heater instead.

 

[Piomarine]

I am really mad at myself. I stupidly thought that all of the wood frame under the benches would be safe from water and I was very very wrong. This has been an abnormally wet year and my tarp sprung a leak. I went to go check on it yesterday and found all of my exposed wood wet and starting to grow mold, I broke down and stripped all of the framing out and later today I am sealing everything. I should have it put back together by the end of the week.

 

[rednecknproud21]

I hate when setbacks like that haopen

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[Piomarine]

I got most of it put back together today unfortunately, some things didn't quite fit together the way they came off so I will have to remake a few parts but it will be fine.

 

[Piomarine]

Today was a big work day on the boat! got everything else put back together, got the pieces I needed remade, got my hatches installed, and nearly everything carpeted. Just one more bench to carpet, foam to add, and electrical circuits to add and seats to buy and install.

 

[Piomarine]

Another busy day. I'm trying to get as much done before the new semester starts as I can. I got everything tacked down just to see how it is all looking, and also trimmed the carpet on the walls. I still have to adjust a couple of the decks for a proper fit but I am extremely happy with how it looks all cleaned up.

 

[Fire1386]

Looking very nice. Good job....

 

[Piomarine]

Last day of work got cut short because of buying the wrong part and running out of daylight but I managed to get my conduit fitted and hatches adjusted to lay flush. I'll strap it next chance I get.

 

[Piomarine]

I got some more work done on the boat this week. I got the conduit installed and wiring run for the running lights. I tested everything and feel comfortable knowing that all of my lights can be run off of a 9V battery...I don't have a big battery yet...I also carpeted and installed the last bench, and today got the docking cleats installed. Next week I will take my paperwork to Parks and Wildlife and get everything legal then hopefully soon do a big water test. All I really need at this point is my two seats and one seat post.

 

[Catch Release Repeat]

How long will a 9v battery last, been wondering about that myself.


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[user 20022]

Very nicely done! Gives me ideas for my tin. What's the water like on Joe Pool? Rough?

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[Piomarine]

Last I checked most of the ramps at Joe Pool are still closed. ACoE is still showing the lake at 8' above normal levels but I can't speak for conditions on the lake as I have never been on it. As for the longevity of a 9V battery...I can't speak to that either, all I can say is that it will power my two lights albeit dimly.

Also Prowler, where are you at in Texas?

 

[user 20022]

I'm here in Carrollton.

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[Piomarine]

OK so I am ready to get seats. I will be getting two of them but I really need help figuring out where to put them. My original plan was to put the passenger seat towards the middle on a 9-12" pedestal, but after thinking about it, I think that might throw off balance and planing as well as make it hard to see when driving. My other thought was to put it on the door of the storage hatch facing the stern. I really need some thoughts on this.

In other news I did manage to start getting the gunwale supports put back on. I'm going to lay a little more foam under the side benches and then get the rest of them put on. At that point it's install the seats, get a battery, get it legal, and get it in the water!

 

[Piomarine]

Got some good work done on the boat today, I got all of the foam added in the kneeling benches, and the 4 of the 6 gunwale braces installed. With those braces installed, most of my benches are in permanently. I am down to installing seats and taking her for ride!

Speaking of the seats, I had a neighbor buddy climb into the boat with me so I could see my visibility with a passenger and I have decided on the second design and putting the bow seat directly on the storage hatch. I'm so close I can taste it!!!

 

[Fire1386]

You are getting close, nice work indeed.....

 

[Piomarine]

Seats came in! I should be getting them put in by this weekend and going for a ride real soon!!!

 

[gillhunter]

Looking really good. Nice work.