A New Boat to Check Out

Bobv · #1 11-03-2006, 06:18 PM

The floor was made outside of the boat using a pattern, seen here leaning up to the left. The underside has been glassed.

The top side of the foam core won't be glassed until in place. Cutouts were made for fuel tank and battery box access, as well as for the control and wire chases.

Floor bonded in place.

I plan to access the battery boxes, macerator pump, and tranducer through a seat in front of the console (the hole through the floor of the lower battery box in the picture is for the transducer tank). Access to the fuel tank and the control/wire chases will be in the console itself.

RUSTYNTABATHA · #2 11-03-2006, 10:55 PM

i have 1 word for that >>>> WOW....
I'M GREEN WITH ENVY
WHERE IS THE GLASS WORK BEING DONE AND APROXIMATE COST ? JUST BALLPARK.

lost2a6 · #3 11-03-2006, 11:27 PM

Looks good. I hope that your are able to through bolt the console with nuts and fender washers, if not then the screws will pull out of the floor due to the foam core not having any holding power. What a lot of the boat manufactures are doing is glassing in plywood or an aluminum plate in these areas.

flatscat · #4 11-03-2006, 11:21 PM

Hello Bonefish - I am restoring a 74 23 Tsunami up the road from you in Charleston. What kind of foam are you using for those bulkheads and the new cap on th transom (green foam)??? Also, are you able to bond resin/glass directly to that foam?? Thanks - Robert

Bobv · #5 11-09-2006, 04:21 PM

Most of the foam that has been used in the boat to this point is either Divincel or Klegicel.

Also, small plywood panels are being laminated into the foam cored floor where chair bases will be screwed in (I'll post a picture of this soon). We plan to glass the console in place.