I Need A Shrink !

[strick]

Another milestone completed as I got the inside of the boat painted on this Easter Sunday. Next week I hope to get the top cap back on the hull and then get the boat on jacks and start working on the outer hull bottom and sides. The engine is almost ready to go back in the boat. Both the top cap and the inside of the boat are painted with Awlgrip off white. The floor will get nonskid of a different color Awlgrip.










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[strick]

Moving along slow but sure..... some shots showing the forward deck hatch. Everything was painted last week but I wanted to let the paint cure before I set the hatch in place to see how it turned out. Looks good and is nice and solid. This will get screwed in place once the fresh water tank and forward bilge pump are installed.










I've started making two sacrificial molds out of MDF for the seat boxes that I plan to make. I'm hoping that I can lay out a small live well, a fish box and a small cooler for beer and drinks inside these two seat boxes. I hot glued some shims to get the shape of the inner liner and then transferred this pattern to the MDf. The molds are stapled together and then some scrap glass is thrown in order to keep them strong.
















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[76Red18]

Looking good. Lots of easy access storage room in those boxes. Insulation might be nice. I'm planning a custom fit fish box and am still undecided on the insulation process. Probably interior and exterior molds filled with expanding spray foam.

[strick]

Probably interior and exterior molds filled with expanding spray foam.

Thats along the same lines that I was thinking.

strick

[Bigshrimpin]

Chuck that hatch looks awesome. What are the dimensions on those seats? Really really nice job.

[gofastsandman]

Slow, but sure?
Where are the Keebler Elves?
Nice storage Doc!

How are the Peeps?

Cheers,
GFS

[McGillicuddy]

You backyard hacks never cease to amaze me

Fantastic work.

[Bigshrimpin]

I think you'll make Albacore season this year!!

[Blue_Heron]

strick,
I will be watching with great interest as you detail out those boxes. I had something similar in mind for mine, but smaller boxes. Yours look like they're big enough to mount a pedestal seat on the front and still have room to sit on the back of the box itself. Is that something like what you were thinking?
Dave

[strick]

Yours look like they're big enough to mount a pedestal seat on the front and still have room to sit on the back of the box itself. Is that something like what you were thinking?

Yes they will be like the 80's sceptre seat boxes with pedestal seat in the front. There will be a cushion facing aft on both seat boxes. I will be filling in part of the step down at the helm and passenger side because 3 inches of the seat boxes will overhang that area. There will still be a step down in front of the cabin door.

strick