How to connect to the sloping sides of my boat?

[Jeffrey]

I want to add a deck over part of my boat, but don't know what to anchor to.

I could span the width of the boat with aluminum angles, but how would I anchor the angles to the sides of the boat? The angles that span the width of the boat would be a few inches below the tops of the sides.

 

[PSG-1]

Do the ribs run up to the gunwales? If so, you could somehow tie into those.

 

[earl60446]

A few inches below the top of the boat is way above the waterlne, just rivet it
Tim

 

[stomper]

earl60446 » 19 Sep 2013, 22:25[/url]"]A few inches below the top of the boat is way above the waterlne, just rivet it
Tim

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[Ranchero50]

Post up some pics of the hull and the dimensions to help describe what you'd like to accomplish. It's hard to give good advice from only two lines of text.

 

[Jeffrey]

The width at the floor is 51". I am not near the boar right now and don't know the beam. Since the sides are sloped I don't know how to rivet to it. I would have to be able to bend the metal to match the slope.

 

[Ranchero50]

I'd just attach some 1" x .125" angle to the tall ribs at the height you want the deck and do a girder structure out of more to support the floor.