Adding floor support

[strick]

The area were the splash well used to be on my 23 measures 4'7" across. I was worried that the floor piece I made to cover this area would be under lots of stress without additional support under the floor piece. So I made some floor joices. First I took two 4x6's and glued them on top of one another then sanded them a little for a smooth surface. I then put a quick coat of epoxy over the piece. It was waxed and then 2 layers of biaxial were layed up over the piece.





After I popped the laminate off the mold it was cut to shape and glassed into the bilge were the old battery boxes used to be.



I ran it all the way to the transom. I filled them with 2 part polyurathane foam. They are solid as a rock and kinda act as stringers but that was not my intention. At any rate it provided lots of support for the floor.





I'm going to put two drain tubes in each joice for drainage to the bilge like like the boats have already. This weekend I hope to paint the bilge and primer the transom cap and floor piece. It may even start looking like a boat again!!!

Strick