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Originally Posted by strick
Victory on the tank removal. One of the more laborious tasks during a tear down. So do your neighbors think your crazy yet? lol
strick
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Oh they already knew I was crazy haha.
Ok so haven't gotten any work done this week, but plan on spending the entire day Sunday in the boat. What I have been doing is dreaming and planning though, and I would like ya'lls opinion on some things.
I've committed to redoing the stringers into a grid, and purchased the 2" polyisocyanurate foam sheets. I'm doing this because one of the biggest complains I have against my 20' is lack of storage.
Another thing that I'm committed (obligated) to do is provide a space for my wife to comfortably layout on cruising days. This is her biggest complaint about the 20' and part of my justification (and her acceptance) for taking on this project.
Exhibit A, the uncomfortable Mrs. on the 20SF:
My plan is to give her a bunny pad like member dirtwheelsfl did on
Squid Lips and shape it like bills106 is doing on his stretched 23' on
The Hull Truth.
Here's the console/bunny pad he's making, I plan to copy the shape pretty much exactly:
Luckily she's only 5' tall so a center console coffin won't eat up too much deck and have the benefit of providing some above deck storage.
The decision I'm facing is how much below deck storage do I want vs if I want to re-foam the boat with enough foam to have positive flotation.
Here are some drawings I've been working on, one maximizing storage, and another providing positive flotation.
Flotation:
Storage:
Both layouts give me the required bunny pad, a large (65"+ long and 25"+ wide) forward fishbox, a small stern cooler/fishbox (something similar to
shine's restore), a 30 gallon leaning post live well, and a 30 gallon fresh water tank, and a large amount of under deck storage.
The flotation layout obviously having less space under the deck, but at the benefit of positive flotation.
I think I'm leaning towards the flotation one, but I never plan on being offshore without an EPIRB, PLBs, and a life raft.
So, to sum up my questions:
1. What do you think of the overall layout? What would you change? I'm trying to incorporate my likes/dislikes from the 20SF and what I like the best out of all the restores I've seen.
2. Should I re-foam and lose some storage or no foam and have ton's of space under the deck?