jigngrub
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I'm helping a friend modernize his outdated Lone Star closed bow utility runabout. It's a deep semi-V, 16' long with a 76" beam:
The first order of business was to cut out the covered bow that wastes lots of good deck and storage space:
Then there's the old timey box seat bases:
Gone:
The start of the front deck framing:
We're using .063 ga. 1-1/2" extruded aluminum angle.
We're also using 3/4" tongue and groove subflooring for the decking. This board has no core voids and a 50 yr. warranty against delamination. We're fairing and sealing the decking with epoxy resin and SM fairing compound:
After the first coat of resin we fair (fill) the rough surface with the compound to smooth it out:
After a2 coats of fairing compound and 2 coats of resin we get this:
We're also installing lots of floatation foam:
We're using both polystyrene sheet foam and 2 part expanding urethane foam:
There's already about 2-1/2 4'x8'x2" sheets of polystyrene and 2 cubic feet of expanding urethane foam in just the bow area.
Here's the front deck framing completed:
... and with the storage divider and support bulkheads installed:
I blacked out the hatch openings and the red dot will be the pedestal seat base for clarity:
Still lots of work to do with installing the main deck, steering console and the rear deck, I'll update as we proceed.
The first order of business was to cut out the covered bow that wastes lots of good deck and storage space:
Then there's the old timey box seat bases:
Gone:
The start of the front deck framing:
We're using .063 ga. 1-1/2" extruded aluminum angle.
We're also using 3/4" tongue and groove subflooring for the decking. This board has no core voids and a 50 yr. warranty against delamination. We're fairing and sealing the decking with epoxy resin and SM fairing compound:
After the first coat of resin we fair (fill) the rough surface with the compound to smooth it out:
After a2 coats of fairing compound and 2 coats of resin we get this:
We're also installing lots of floatation foam:
We're using both polystyrene sheet foam and 2 part expanding urethane foam:
There's already about 2-1/2 4'x8'x2" sheets of polystyrene and 2 cubic feet of expanding urethane foam in just the bow area.
Here's the front deck framing completed:
... and with the storage divider and support bulkheads installed:
I blacked out the hatch openings and the red dot will be the pedestal seat base for clarity:
Still lots of work to do with installing the main deck, steering console and the rear deck, I'll update as we proceed.