rook said:Looks like the tool box idea took off. Looks good. I see you are from this area, you been doing any fishing lately. We hit the Mobile River Sat and got on a pretty good trout and red bite.
Waterwings said:Nice work! Now that the front deck is in, do you think you'll those front two braces comimh off the gumwales towards the deck? Seems to me the curvature of the hull up forward, with the deck edge on the insdie of it would provide strenght and not need the braces. Just my thoughts, as the braces appear that they would be a trip-hazard. Maybe even eliminate all 4 of them up there, but then again, just my thoughts, and hard to tell looking at pics.
Bashepard said:Waterwings said:Nice work! Now that the front deck is in, do you think you'll those front two braces comimh off the gumwales towards the deck? Seems to me the curvature of the hull up forward, with the deck edge on the insdie of it would provide strenght and not need the braces. Just my thoughts, as the braces appear that they would be a trip-hazard. Maybe even eliminate all 4 of them up there, but then again, just my thoughts, and hard to tell looking at pics.
Yea one would think it'd be enough but the hull is made of such light gauge aluminum that i think if my little bro or some less experienced boater were at the helm and hit a pilon or a pier it would bend the gunwale like it was tin foil. I plan on adding a 1.5" oak rail around the inside of the gunwale so maybe that will add enough rigidity ro remove those supports.
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