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  1. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    The fill will be 2" off of the front end of the tank and it will stick up a total of 2" off of the tank. I am raising my deck 2" to accommodate, so it and the fill hose can be run under the deck. It is going to be run as directly and almost exactly how the original tank hose was run, a 90 degree...
  2. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I was advised to make a mock-up of the custom fuel tank I have been discussing with the fabricator RDS, through Tank & Barrel. They are very responsive if you call them. They can build just about any tank you want too. My tank is a basic belly tank, but the dimensions change forward to aft due...
  3. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I have daughters so it's a must for me. I totally plan to continue using a pee jug for men and asking them to please not take a $hit on my boat. This is probably a good moment for an FYI, public service announcement: Nobody wants you to take a $hit on their boat. Please avoid if you can. In my...
  4. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I got the rest of my corrugated polypropylene sheeting in. I used the HVAC tape to tape it down. I'm happy with the tape on applications like this. It adheres very well and being HVAC tape it has a huge temperature range. The plates in front of the cabin are for my batteries, two batteries...
  5. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Yeah, it's getting to the point that I'm going to have to shut it down for the winter pretty soon. I'm not planning on putting anything under the grates, no pan, no floatation foam, nothing. It'll be open air to the bottom of the boat. The grates will be in-between two ribs, so should...
  6. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    The weather has been rainy, so it's been slow moving but I am making some progress. I decided that I am going to copy what I did with my Holiday for floatation. First, I span the ribs with corrugated polypropylene sheets. This creates a void for water to move freely, under the sheeting and...
  7. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I don't know how it would hold up to water. It shouldn't get wet where I used it and eventually it's going to have vinyl flooring over it anyway.
  8. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Getting her put together a day at a time. I reinstalled my stringers, cleaned up the cabin bench aluminum, added some built-in tackle storage, and I ordered some more Coosa to play with. I patched over some old vent holes in my cabin-bench aluminum with HVAC tape (piece on each side). I think...
  9. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    A big milestone for this project!
  10. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    A little work on getting my natural ventilation installed. I had to make my patches lopsided and leave 4" on the forward side because that old hole for the old fuel vent was where the cabin bulkhead is going to be and I can't run bilge hose there. I was going to put a 7th rivet there but I'm...
  11. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I re-cut my new timber, made the adjustments the mechanic told me to, so I guess it's ready for attempt number two. I have to admit, if this doesn't work, I might just pack it up for the year. the bolt wells aren't deep enough for cork plugs so I'm going to fill them with silicon caulk that can...
  12. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Slow progress is better than no progress. Every boat is required to have natural ventilation, you can see in the pictures what my plan is for it. I'm going to situate the vent on the port side to collect air, it'll vent out of clamshells on the back of the boat or flush vents on the engine...
  13. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Getting the stringers cut and cleaned up. They are going to tie into my teak stringer mount via aluminum brackets. Somebody put a lot of rivets w/steel mandrels in them.
  14. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Well, not exactly the best news to report today. The boat's been in the shop to have the engine installed for the past week and a half or so. He finally got to my boat yesterday, but my mount was 2" too tall. So, if you've read my earlier posts, I described how I came up with the height taking...
  15. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I'm happy with how my mount turned out. I think it's enough. I don't build boats for a living, but I think it should be good. I remember being surprised how the 3.0L MerCruiser mounts in my Holiday. It mounts to the transom assembly and one forward mount screwed into one rib. So, going over the...
  16. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I got the engine mount installed yesterday. Now I can only hope and pray it works out. I'm pretty confident in everything except the height. It might be too tall. If it is, it'll still work but it'll mean potentially a lot of sanding. I was going to silicon caulk the countersink holes at the top...
  17. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Yesterday I installed a cross member for my engine mount. It's mahogany and the brackets are 316 stainless. I got the cross member installed and then I modified the stringers to accommodate the Y-pipes. I was nervous about the modification because it was unforeseen, but I didn't end up having to...
  18. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Thanks! I think it's going to be a great trailer for the boat! I'm very happy with how they are coming out so far. However, I just realized that there is going to be a conflict with the Y pipes and a piece of the bell housing and I'm going to have to cut out a bunch of material. My big concern...
  19. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I finished up building my stringers today. Right now I'm just waiting on some hardware so I can get them mounted. It appears that my Y pipes are going to be in the way so I'm probably going to hack out a chunk of the rear of them yet. Then I'll have a little sanding to do. My goal was for them...
  20. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    After getting the boat home, on its new trailer I could focus on my engine mounts again. When I stopped work on them I had the coosa laminated and cut out and the teak cut. The next step is to mechanically join it all. The plan is for each stringer to get two grade 8 steel bolts, each bolt has...
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