[1bayouboy]

I'll post some of mine as well. I have two '74 Tsunamis...one was an I/O converted to OB...the second an OB version. I've cut the livewell and transom cap out of the OB version and have the transom just about down to the outer skin. On the I/O version I have the whole cap where I can lift it off the hull, but haven't actually removed it yet. That boat just needs more work than the OB so I'm working on the OB first. There are some interesting and subtle differences betwen the two that I think must have been who did the layup. Things like cleat nuts glassed over on the OB version but not on the I/O version.

I've made a mold using the cap from the I/O version by screwing 1/4 luan to it to get the shape, then using a laminate trimmer to get it even with the corners all the way around, then glassing struts to it to get it to hold the shape. The "shoebox" edges I can screw to the struts so they will be removable when it's time to pull the mold apart.....it might turn out to be reusable. It seems to have worked but I won't know for sure until I glass the cap and try to remove it. I'm still tweaking what I want to to on the transom cap....internal livewell or not, etc. I'd like to put a door in but that might be more complexity than I can handle. It would be a nice touch to go with the seamark twin bracket.