Ranchero50
Well-known member
4-27-09
Nose Job Round III
Finally got a day off to get back into this. Shame it's so flippin' hot out. Nothing like working around hot aluminum, makes welding go much faster to prevent burnthrough too... Funny thing is I was talking to one of my coworker about how poorly the pictures were looking with the old camera I was using and this morning I found a Sony Cybershot in it's bag in the fire wood pile back by the alley. Wierd, put some batteries in and it even worked, plus it does video...
Finished nose, still has some pin holes here and there, but I'll fix them before painting the hull again. The bow eye is back where it was originally.
Front Deck Round I
Still trying to figure out what I want for a front deck, kind of ties into the new nose and where the trolling motor is going to end up. I kind of like this setup, a mid deck right level with the top of the side strakes with the seat forward enough that I can fish another person by the console (may make a slide in receptical for another temporary seat on the front of the console (thinking out loud)
The skid is there for perspective and it gives me a chance to hold a rod and feel how the boat is going to end up. Seating position is about 8-10 inches higher than last year with a lot more leg room. Just going through the motions of handling a fish or reaching for gear, or trying to work the trolling motor shows it should work out really well. I hope the CG doesn't get too out of balance with this setup though. I know it'd be whacked with a high deck and I don't have any storage for the battery with a rib level deck so this shoud be a decent compromise.
Back to it, need more wire, gas, more aluminum angle etc for the front deck,
Jamie
Nose Job Round III
Finally got a day off to get back into this. Shame it's so flippin' hot out. Nothing like working around hot aluminum, makes welding go much faster to prevent burnthrough too... Funny thing is I was talking to one of my coworker about how poorly the pictures were looking with the old camera I was using and this morning I found a Sony Cybershot in it's bag in the fire wood pile back by the alley. Wierd, put some batteries in and it even worked, plus it does video...
Finished nose, still has some pin holes here and there, but I'll fix them before painting the hull again. The bow eye is back where it was originally.
Front Deck Round I
Still trying to figure out what I want for a front deck, kind of ties into the new nose and where the trolling motor is going to end up. I kind of like this setup, a mid deck right level with the top of the side strakes with the seat forward enough that I can fish another person by the console (may make a slide in receptical for another temporary seat on the front of the console (thinking out loud)
The skid is there for perspective and it gives me a chance to hold a rod and feel how the boat is going to end up. Seating position is about 8-10 inches higher than last year with a lot more leg room. Just going through the motions of handling a fish or reaching for gear, or trying to work the trolling motor shows it should work out really well. I hope the CG doesn't get too out of balance with this setup though. I know it'd be whacked with a high deck and I don't have any storage for the battery with a rib level deck so this shoud be a decent compromise.
Back to it, need more wire, gas, more aluminum angle etc for the front deck,
Jamie