stringer pieces in place.

[Trayder]

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where is she at now Biggie?

[strick]

I went for a ride with Tim in his other 20 Master Angler and I was very impressed. What a sweet riding boat. We fished a small ditch that I never would have been able to get my 23 into.

strick

[Bigshrimpin]

The project has been at a stand still since April. I've had lots of excuses . . . including getting married, buying a working boat, moving into a new place, etc. the list is pretty long. Anyhoo . . . I've made some progress since these photos. I made a mold for a recessed tapered fishbox 50" x 20" x 12" and found a hatch (for $20) 20 x 48 that fits perfectly. I foamed the fish box in place . . . then Strick graciously let me store the boat at "strickland ranch" . . . when I got the other boat.

I've finally gotten around to working on the project again . . . and will post some pics soon.

The hard part about doing a restore here is the availability of materials. For Example . . . It cost less for me to order two 8cu ft. kits of pour foam from Florida and have them shipped out here . . . than to buy one kit from TAPS Plastics or any other local reseller. The only other place that sells materials at a reasonable price is a 2.5 hour drive.

[warthog5]

Looking good Tim. It could be worse. Live in Fl. and order stuff from S.Fl. and have to pay tax and shipping. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Lenny]

So that is what solid stringers look like ey!! I gotta question for you, how do you attach the floor, glue & screw???

[warthog5]

The stringer's and thwart's are not solid. They are hollow and usually filled with 2 part foam after they are installed.

[Bigshrimpin]

This is a cross section of an oceanmaster from Hermco's site.

[strick]

someone told me that Ocean Master leaves their stringers hollow. Sure looks that way in the pic. I wonder how much longitudinal strength foam adds..... if any to the stringers? I would imagine it helps some but is primarily in there for flotation.

Strick

[nestorpr]

Actually the foam will stiffen the whole assembly up and will act like a solid stringer. This is what DIAB cored panels are like and recently they came out on Shipshape TV explaining how a foam filled hollow fiberglass core could be stiffened by filling it with foam, the thicker, the stiffer. This will give the stringer a lot of strength, like using wood but keeping the weight and maintenance down. BTW, if you use CLOSED CELL foam it will not absorb water, more expensive but worth the money.

[warthog5]

Botapeje is exactually right. It really stiffen's it up for little weight.