Ok so im back in the swing of things.
A quick background. I found a couple of holes in my hull. Lifted the deck to find a horrible mess of expandafoam and some steel rivet rods in the bottom of the hull rusting away and making holes in the ally.
So a mate in Perth sorted me out with tig welding the hull back up. We did plenty of that especially from the inside to maintain strength in the plate and keel. Once I got it home, it got a good clean out, then the welding on the inside of the hull has been etch primed and painted to help prevent any further corrosion.
The beams that supported the decks were held on with steel rivets. Off they came and the beams as well as they were showing signs of corrosion. Since they were 60mm by 40mm 3mm thick rectangular tube, I got some more of the same to replace them with. Aluminium rivets this time not steel ones that would start problems again. And I put a heap of them in, just in case I eat too much KFC and get fatter. Just got two more to go so I can change the storage layout.
Basically there will be a 7ft rod locker in front of the console, with a smaller locker for the net and life jackets etc on the other side. In the middle I will have a hatch for tackle that I will also be able to pull the floor on and check the hull- Will be doing pre cut foam blocks for the floatation. The centre and passenger side hatches will remain the same. There is a sheet of 12mm marine ply in the garage that just needs a coat of bondcrete and some carpet on them. Hopefully that wont take too long to sort out and get me back on the water.
Some pics.
05-07-2010, 06:04 AM
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