Recent content by EricZ

Not sure what the going rate is on a pool noodle, but I'd be willing to bet that pink foam is cheaper.

Not sure if I can give you the answer you're looking for, but personally I would not rely on the foam itself to provide an kind of rigidity. Mine was very flimsy once I cut out all of the old structure, but once I put the new stuff in it was a lot stiffer than before. Whatever the foam added in...

The foam was all friction fit, no glue or silicone. I would have had it spray foamed in hindsight, but this worked just fine for me.

You can get the foam at any home improvement store, i got mine at menards. You're looking for closed cell, rigid polystyrene foam sheets. I used a combination of 1", 1-1/2", and 2" thick sheets on my build. Make surr you get the closed cell, it doesnt absorb water.

Haha, thanks man. Discovery channel can make anything interesting. I'll post a picture of what I did around the rod holders later, but I basically just filled the while cavity with polystyrene foam as best I could.

I bought a 50 yard roll of Oracal 810S vinyl paint mask and cut out the stencils on my vinyl cutter. Here's the link, it's pretty easy stuff to work with. https://www.uscutter.com/ORAMASK-810S-Spray-Mask-Stencil

I was hoping to put the medium beavertail pods on, but after making cardboard cutouts I realized they wouldn't allow the motor to go lock-to-lock. With the small pods, I have about 1" between the edge of the pod and the outboard when at lock. Having the mediums would have been nice, I brought a...

**Update** So I haven't been able to use her near as much as I'd like, but after 10-12 times in the water she's holding up good. Not as fast as before, but a heck of a lot more solid. Crappy cell phone pic at the landing My neighbor does covers for a living and gave me a heck of a deal...

If I get outta work early enough tomorrow i'll take some pics of her on the water. I've been following your thread, and you've done a heck of a job on your boat. The console came from ebay, think it was around 600 bucks without a helm, cable, or steering wheel. The old helm didn't fit behind...

Thanks everybody! Well here she is, all finished.

Thanks man. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Didn't intend for the build to get as extensive as it did; but do it once, do it right, right?

After waiting on my hatches for a few weeks, they finally showed up. I called in some favors to have all my hatches and decks laser cut and press braked out of .125 aluminum. Then came mounting and wiring in the console. Finished interior Measuring the decks was next, lot of...

Thanks! I had it out fishing on Sunday morning for the first time. It didn't sink, so that's good. Next time I'm out I'll take a little video and post it up. All in all I'm pretty happy with the way the paint turned out. There are a few areas where the paint bled underneath the mask, but you...

So two and a half months later, and I'm finally finished with the boat. It's funny how the little things like work and the girlfriend can get in the way. I'm gonna pick up where I left off, with the paint. After the motor was finished, I started in on the hull. Taped the first color...

The fun really started after I got it back from paint. I was going to just wrap the boat in digital camo vinyl, but after reading some boat wrap horror stories I decided against it. Anyway, I picked up two shades of gray, black, and 100 yards of vinyl paint mask. Luckily I found a marpat...