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Thank you Eric, I’m going to start sanding and fairing soon. What fairing compound do you all prefer?

Here is what I came up with to reinforce the hull, at least a little; I think 😉 It’s not the best craftsmanship ( I thought of this after I had already cut the floor beams)but it should do.

SJ, I should try this.

Thank you Carl, it’s probably too late for me now though. I’ll definitely make a mental note for if I ever build another one (probably gonna need a little time after this to spend time fixing things around the house 😉).

Thank you for your thoughts, I’m going to run it on ~ 10hp outboard. If I do go with his original drawings I’ll add some more cross sectional supports and bond the two outer most boards directly to the hull. I appreciate all your guys feedback!

Ok I understand Mr. Devlin has an alternate drawing showing what you’re explaining however I liked the original. I’ll post a post a pic. I need to consider your point though.

Yes I did and I’ll be sure to epoxy the framing down

So I am thinking of building the decking inside the boat with 1x planks over cross framing like the plan shows but I’m not going to attach it to the hull. So I can remove it for whatever reason. Or do y’all think it’s not a good idea to do?

Lol my approach is unconventional or stupid gotcha lol. I still have to hole saw that area of the deck to pour in the floatation foam so I could cut in a spot where I could tape a nut and washer on a wrench and fish it through the hole so I can thread the carriage eye bolt into it from outside...

thanks. I am going to use a lag style bow eye that I’ll fill the hole with epoxy and run the lag through with sealant around an outside washer after it’s finished. I know it’s not as strong as a carriage bolt but thought it will work?

I got around to install the coamings today. Still have more sanding to do though. And I’ve been thinking of adding shelves between the knees too.

Great idea, I will add some sort of led lighting too, just haven’t formulated what yet. It’s to late for me to extend the decking, but I could notch the top of the knees to allow the led strip to pass.

So I think I’m going to reinforce underneath of the deck just under the coamings with a strip of 1 1/2” rip of 3/8” okoume. This way I can use ss screw from the bottom up to try and “tame” the oak coamings into shape and not rip the fasteners through the edge of deck when it fights back.

Well thank you sir, we (my boys and dog) hope to have some really memorable times hunting this boat. Mr. Sam Devlin really designs a “pretty” lookin hunting boat.

I ruffed the cut all the decking and it is just temp screwed down for now.