Re: Love, Necessity and Pride
Question, is that the original stringer layout or have you added to it? Any idea as to the weight of the stringers and bulkheads that are in the boat?
Well the correct answer is...wait for it,...
Yes and no, sort of, well kinda...
It actually had 9, but they were cut down in a weird way and they seem to have been only 1/2 inch rotwood, er I mean, plywood...
Here is a couple of old before pics...if you count from the outermost, quasi-stringers...there were nine...
The weight is not too much of a concern, because I am sort of going to be substituting some of my own design for the superstructure, and actually staying somewhere near the original weight...I think...kinda hard to tell at this point, but as I progress, one of my todo's is to take the empty trailer to the local weigh station, then calculate how much the assembled engine weighs, deduct that from my original registration weigh in where I took the entire rig the first time, then when I get the hull mostly back in shape go and have it weighed with just the trailer...then figure how close I am to the actual purchase weight of the hull...does any of that make sense???
The extra outer stringers/fillers, as I said earlier did not do much as far as strength, so I am going to be substituting them with PB and matting...
The new, yet to be designed and built bulkheads, will also substitute a lot of cap weight down lower and probably end up trimming a few pounds and adding rigidity to the entire hull.
But again, I am not a Naval Engineer, nor do I portray one on TV, and everything I think I am going to do, may change between now and then...
That's my story and I'm sticking to it...
After you quoted me, I wanted to be clear that ^^^ was about the weather not the progress. The stringers turned out great. You should hold a class on building the support jig to elevate & align them. Killer looking setup.
Hey what is the @12X36 pc laying flat under the stringers in front of the transom? Hidden 200gal belly tank?
Have a good super sunday
psst, hey Gt: here are the next lotto #'s: 2, 28, 15, 67, 47. Don't tell nobody else.:facepalm: Ez & I'd really like to see ya hang a 300 horse off the back of anything, maybe not this rig, unless you get a running start at launch & recovery
No problemo jb, I would never take anything you or anybody on this forum would say, the wrong way... I too, sometimes can inhale to much poly fumes and say things that I don't mean to say the wrong way unintentionally or the right way intentionallly or anyway whatsoever anytime, whenever, ....what were we talking about???
The two long flat pieces along the bottom were originally installed by the manufacturer, and my best guess is they were there to add some structural rigidity to the part of the hull that takes the most pounding when at full throttle/plane.
So, I decided to re-install them and make them a little longer than original...they also will provide a good place to screw the bilge pump and float switch without fear of punching through the hull...might even add an extra little plate for each when the time comes...haven't crossed that bridge, yet.
They might also add the needed strength for the 200 gallon underwater slung fuel reservoir...hmmm...
You too, have a Great Super Sunday...
The support jig just sort of came to me in a blinding flash of momentary clarity and inspiration...took alot out of me, I don't think I could go through that again...LOL
Oh and thanks for the winning lotto #'s...I am off to the local 7-11 to play them...
...heck, if I win the jackpot I might just redesign the transom on this thing and throw a 572 C.I. with a blower, I/O...I'll just scare the fish outa the water and collect them from the banks...hehehehe...
L8r,
GT1M
