neverending floor project

Glad to be back in the fold...so to speak. Had a few weeks off to finnish work camps, run up to GL and then almost 3 weeks in Tennessee.

john

Every time I see pictures of the inside of that boat Greg I get a woody...what a beautiful job.

Hard to imagine anyone missing the "pumpkin patch...one of our longest running, most posted, threads ever..if not the most. Deservedly so.

Thread jack..sorry..Greg are you close to Morefoot? Patti and I stopped on our way to Tennessee to have lunch with him and his lovely wife, Kim. What a great couple. I believe they are just a little bit south of Atlanta, in McDonough (sp?).

john

Yeah I have been checking out the pumkin patch quite a bit! I was refering to the wood that runs to the transom and has the notches for the removable floor.It looks like 1x6.I know that up front around the pylon is 2 layers of 3/4. I had my floor in plywood and when i saw the pumpkin patch I ripped it up and started over.lol. I even had it glassed in! He did such a great job it motivated me.Maybe you know?He ran the blower hose up to the side of the motor box.Do you think that is better than stock(in the back)Thanks! Kevin Maybe I can put in his cam and he can work on my floor

Are the fir boards that you ran from alongside the motor box to the transom 1x4 0r 1x6?Thanks

Computers have more parts and closer tolerances .. Just keep trying.. it will happen.

I am a idiot with this computer!!! lol I can build a motor but cany send a pic

Upload your pics to photobucket.com and then copy and paste the link here.

The boards around the bilge...the stringers are at the same height, the front surround piece is ply and the aft is solid fir. The lower piece in front is cut to fit inside the secondary stringers and is glued and screwed to the piece that sits on top. The lower piece originally sat on supports glued to the bilge side of the stringers, but I did that differently.

I also soaked all of the wood down with CPES...good stuff!

I have tried to put some pics here and it says the files are too big? I can email to you or if someone can tell me how to put pics here??

Thanks for all of your time I do not want to do this again for a while! Do you think that it will be ok that I did not use the solid wood boards on the sides of the motor box? I did replace the verticle 1x supports and the strips that supports the floors as you? I just put the ply over that and glassed it in.It is very solid but I saw those solid boards on yours and now I am worried.Also with the two layers of ply around the pylon then that area will be higher than the rest of the floor??Or is the bottom layer not actually on the floor supports? Thanks again! I read the post on drilling the holes and pouring in the foam and will do this if I decide to foam. I finished removing the crap from the bow today and do not know if I want to go through that again!So many guys here do not put it back in. Do you remember the price of it?Kevin

Man where was you a month ago when I started? Your boat the same as mine! Yours looks perfect! I have done the same as you(in the back of the boat except I did not foam. The solid pieces (next to the motor) I did not put in because I did not remove anything that looked like that.lol. I have coated everything 3x with west epoxy glass. I am still thinking about taking a hole saw to the ply and fill with foam.How much foam did you use and do you remember where you bought and approx how much it cost?? Thanks for your pics! They are perfect! I would love to see more so I know what I am supposed to be doing!Kevin

I dont have those stainless brackets for the pole and stringers? My glass/ply just had a hole cut in it for the pylon??

I have finished my floor to the front of the motor and have removed the glass and soaking wet foam in the front! This stuff has not seen water in 3 months and is still soggy! My question is does any one have pics of the wood (framing) that goes around the pylon? Mine is too rotten to see what to do?Thanks again.