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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1968 Sea King 14'
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<blockquote data-quote="CrustyMono" data-source="post: 436304" data-attributes="member: 21671"><p>[ATTACH=full]92715[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I am in the process of adding a casting deck to my 14' boat (1968 Sea King). I want a deck that is 3" below the top of the boat. I am thinking of using an aluminum angle of some kind every two feet, starting at th transom, and every 2' until i near the bow, have another one. then, i will run a 2x4 accross the width parallel to the transom. A total of 7 beams and 17 angles. The horizontal beams will be supported by vertical 2x4s notched out to the boats ribs. Will the aluminum on the sides of the hull be too thin for the Screws to support the angles and casting deck? Think of a piece of paper, stabbed by a pencil and ripping the pencil through the paper. That is what i want to avoid. Ripping the boat hull with rivets and screws because the aluminum is too thin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrustyMono, post: 436304, member: 21671"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3873.JPG"]92715._xfImport[/ATTACH] I am in the process of adding a casting deck to my 14' boat (1968 Sea King). I want a deck that is 3" below the top of the boat. I am thinking of using an aluminum angle of some kind every two feet, starting at th transom, and every 2' until i near the bow, have another one. then, i will run a 2x4 accross the width parallel to the transom. A total of 7 beams and 17 angles. The horizontal beams will be supported by vertical 2x4s notched out to the boats ribs. Will the aluminum on the sides of the hull be too thin for the Screws to support the angles and casting deck? Think of a piece of paper, stabbed by a pencil and ripping the pencil through the paper. That is what i want to avoid. Ripping the boat hull with rivets and screws because the aluminum is too thin. [/QUOTE]
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