Had to stop for dinner. After the new rear seats were made My wife told me that we were going to have a little girl, so boat work stopped for about two years. Which brings us up to about a month ago.
Glassed a PVC pipe through the stringer for controls wire and the usual rigging
Closed off the old thru hull deck drains as the new ones will go out the transom at deck level
This is a shot of the new fuel tank which I made. I figure it will hold approximately 47 gallons. That's all I will need this boat will probably never go farther than three miles form the beach except during Drum season on a nice day.
These are the new rear seat covers
This is a pic after the deck was glassed in with two layers of 6" wide 1808 also the bed was in for the fuel tank and a piece of fiberglass exhaust tube was tabbed in for the controls to go thru the deck and one of the rear seats is tabbed in place. This side will house my oil tank, washdown pump, and fuel filter.
Here is a shot of the second seat, this one will be used as a livewell so it was two piece. I made a mold for the well itself and then epoxied them together
a close up
Another interior shot with new seats. This layout is not mine it came from "Marks 20" on the 20' gallery. He was nice enough to give me a call after I sent him a PM and give me some great info.
Here I filled in all of the holes in the gunwhales. My needs won't include outriggers. If i were to have them they will go on the T-top.
This thru hull will serve double duty as the pickup for the washdown pump and the livewell pump. I painted the enitre bilge with an epoxy based paint prior to puttung in the deck.
These are the Coast Guard and ABS inspectors, but I really think he is looking for a place for his little sister. This brings us up to now. I have a lot of sanding and fairng to do. So far I am mixing phenolic microbaloons with my epoxy. Any better fairing compounds and I would like to know, this is my first go around.
I built this console a few years ago it is coated with epoxy on the inside and glassed on the outside. I have sinced purchased a console. I anyone wants this one its free.
I would love to have some advice on painting or anything else, I am thinking of spraying it myself and have an Awlgrip color in mind.