Cody Williams
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Hey guys, thought I would update my progress on my boat a bit-finally got her finished and ready for the water! Here's a few photos of the final steps
Got the decking cut to shape, trimmed, and screwed down-I got a really good deal on a 5 pound box of stainless decking screws so I went to town! I decided to use a forged tiedown loop as a combination rear handle/trailer tie down/tow point. I made some backing blocks out of 3/4" oak and bolted the loops through the transom and backer, and also used a small piece of 3/16" steel plate to seat the nuts on. I hope that they will handle anything I can throw at them!
Side view:
I didn't take any pictures of the process of glassing the decks, adding the cockpit coaming, or making the grass rails-too busy working I guess! I ended up using fir for the coamings and I found a nice 15 foot long piece of white oak in my shop for the grass rails. After they were all installed I went about filleting the deck/bulkhead joints-by far the least fun part of the whole process! I think that on my next boat I will use a pastry bag filled with fillet material to get into all those crevices. As it was I ended up drenched in sweat with epoxy in my hair-it can't all be fun and games I guess!
Next came the base coat of Dead Grass Green from Lou Tisch-again I can't say enough about how much I love this paint. I ended up mixing some silica sand into the paint on the floor of the cockpit for a nonskid surface, and once the base coats were dry I sprayed a camo pattern with a HLVP touchup gun. I can't believe that I'm almost finished, next I will move her to her permanent trailer, mount the motor, and take her for a maiden voyage!
Got the decking cut to shape, trimmed, and screwed down-I got a really good deal on a 5 pound box of stainless decking screws so I went to town! I decided to use a forged tiedown loop as a combination rear handle/trailer tie down/tow point. I made some backing blocks out of 3/4" oak and bolted the loops through the transom and backer, and also used a small piece of 3/16" steel plate to seat the nuts on. I hope that they will handle anything I can throw at them!
Side view:
I didn't take any pictures of the process of glassing the decks, adding the cockpit coaming, or making the grass rails-too busy working I guess! I ended up using fir for the coamings and I found a nice 15 foot long piece of white oak in my shop for the grass rails. After they were all installed I went about filleting the deck/bulkhead joints-by far the least fun part of the whole process! I think that on my next boat I will use a pastry bag filled with fillet material to get into all those crevices. As it was I ended up drenched in sweat with epoxy in my hair-it can't all be fun and games I guess!
Next came the base coat of Dead Grass Green from Lou Tisch-again I can't say enough about how much I love this paint. I ended up mixing some silica sand into the paint on the floor of the cockpit for a nonskid surface, and once the base coats were dry I sprayed a camo pattern with a HLVP touchup gun. I can't believe that I'm almost finished, next I will move her to her permanent trailer, mount the motor, and take her for a maiden voyage!
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