Glueing down Deck.
We finally got the guts to glue things down. Kept thinking we forgot something. The following picts are the boat pre glueing and after glueing. We are using Bosch FS as the adhesive. I had lined up a bunch of weights to put on top. But the damn fit was to flat we decided we did not need them. The entire perimeter was screwed down. We took flashlights and mirrors and went all around and it was tight. We were afraid if we used those weights the beautiful camber of the rear deck might be impacted. Leaving the screws in 5 days.
Since we are using 1.5 inch corecell for the deck, the gutters needed to be built up a little. We cut strips of 3/4 inch divinycell. The edges including gutters will all be glassed in.
The first picture is an upside down of the deck. Richard got a little artistic with his Coosa reinforcement. If you recall, the deck has to span the fuel tank. I would have done it differently, but the deck is very solid with two 17 oz biaxial on the bottom and one on top. We will put another layer on top going up the sides about 4 inches. Somethings to note. The dark gray inserts are coosa inserts where the t top and leaning posts attach. The t top has SS T nuts inserted as you can see. To make sure of alignment, we actually screwed thru the nuts to maintain alignment with T top. Second the stern quarters. The square cut outs are for access to the drains (more later) and cable wires to come up. We are using a GEM system which I will take close ups of later. Those 1.5 inch holes in the corners are where the deck drains exit.
The other pictures are a couple of the boat pre dropping the deck. Which by the way is so light and stiff two of us can handle it easily to drop it into place. 12 tubes of glue used.
the fourth pic is the deck screwed down.
The fifth is a landing net I made for a CCA NC fundraiser. Teak, mahogany,cherry, white cedar and juniper laminated. I have made about 10 of these over the years. I think I am the only one that uses it-I have left mine in the sun for about 10 years, varnishing every three. Still not broken, although several nets have been ripped netting redfish.
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