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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
First Modification - Alumacraft fishing / duck hunting boat
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<blockquote data-quote="acolic" data-source="post: 420316" data-attributes="member: 12118"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I was pretty excited this weekend as I finished rewiring the boat.</p><p></p><p>I filled it up with water to test out the bilge system when I noticed a drip from the front bow.</p><p></p><p>There's a 3" horizontal gash in the bow letting in water really slow. The cut is really tight so it shouldn't be difficult to weld it shut.</p><p></p><p>So I decided to take off the front floor so I could get to both sides of the cut when I noticed how bad the floor really is.</p><p></p><p>So while I was planning to fix the floor next year I decided I might as well do it right now. The original floor was made up of two layers of 3/4 plywood.</p><p></p><p>Can you confirm my plan.</p><p></p><p>1. The longitudinals are somewhat bent over so I was going to get a piece of aluminum 'L' angle bracket and cut it into 2" sections and rivet it to the floor and to the longitudinal so that they are upright.</p><p>2. Fill in the gap between the longitudinals with blue or pink closed cell foam.</p><p>3. Not sure what to do between the outside longitudinals and the hull. I'm worried that if I put a floor down it will be unsupported along the outside. I was thinking of trying to cut piece of foam and placing it along the outside or filling the outside with expanding foam.</p><p>4. Using the existing floor as a template and replace it with 1/4" aluminum.</p><p>5. Once the new floor is in there was be a 1.5" gap below the console and front/rear casting deck. They are attached to brackets along the hull so once they are attached to the brackets they will sit off the floor. I could put a 1.5" wood spacer under them or try to move the brackets lower.</p><p>6. Once the floor is down use contact cement and glue down new marine carpet.</p><p></p><p>Looking forward to feedback.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="acolic, post: 420316, member: 12118"] Hi, I was pretty excited this weekend as I finished rewiring the boat. I filled it up with water to test out the bilge system when I noticed a drip from the front bow. There's a 3" horizontal gash in the bow letting in water really slow. The cut is really tight so it shouldn't be difficult to weld it shut. So I decided to take off the front floor so I could get to both sides of the cut when I noticed how bad the floor really is. So while I was planning to fix the floor next year I decided I might as well do it right now. The original floor was made up of two layers of 3/4 plywood. Can you confirm my plan. 1. The longitudinals are somewhat bent over so I was going to get a piece of aluminum 'L' angle bracket and cut it into 2" sections and rivet it to the floor and to the longitudinal so that they are upright. 2. Fill in the gap between the longitudinals with blue or pink closed cell foam. 3. Not sure what to do between the outside longitudinals and the hull. I'm worried that if I put a floor down it will be unsupported along the outside. I was thinking of trying to cut piece of foam and placing it along the outside or filling the outside with expanding foam. 4. Using the existing floor as a template and replace it with 1/4" aluminum. 5. Once the new floor is in there was be a 1.5" gap below the console and front/rear casting deck. They are attached to brackets along the hull so once they are attached to the brackets they will sit off the floor. I could put a 1.5" wood spacer under them or try to move the brackets lower. 6. Once the floor is down use contact cement and glue down new marine carpet. Looking forward to feedback. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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