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FishOn Fabrications - 56 gallon Livewell and bow deck step.q
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<blockquote data-quote="bassboy1" data-source="post: 302998" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>The next project has been floating around my camera for a month or so.</p><p></p><p>Boat is a 2072 Weldbilt that is used for commercial bait netting (and is laden with about 300 gallons worth of tank). </p><p></p><p>It has a gunwale height bow deck, which is useful for quickly and easily releasing bycatch, but is a pretty large step down to the lower deck. To make matters worse, that section of lower deck is sloped aft, and often covered in shad slime. Worn in diamond plate, covered with shad slime has a similar coefficient of friction as, say, marbles on a wood floor. Pretty easy to see the problem here - you step down, and your feet slide right out from under you.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0102_zpsa772e395.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0103_zps932fac75.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Solution there was to build a flat step, which will take one back to the flat section of the sole deck. Owner didn't want to loose any of the opening under the bow deck, so we opted to have the new step stay fairly low - about 7" at the aft end. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0107_zpsd55c40d0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0109_zps1f51f609.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>We put lids on the sides, but left the center solid, as he likes to sit net buckets in the middle. Even as shallow as these are, they provide a pretty good amount of storage. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0112_zpsdc7e0596.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0113_zps115a9d74.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0114_zps2174931b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassboy1, post: 302998, member: 55"] The next project has been floating around my camera for a month or so. Boat is a 2072 Weldbilt that is used for commercial bait netting (and is laden with about 300 gallons worth of tank). It has a gunwale height bow deck, which is useful for quickly and easily releasing bycatch, but is a pretty large step down to the lower deck. To make matters worse, that section of lower deck is sloped aft, and often covered in shad slime. Worn in diamond plate, covered with shad slime has a similar coefficient of friction as, say, marbles on a wood floor. Pretty easy to see the problem here - you step down, and your feet slide right out from under you. [img]https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0102_zpsa772e395.jpg[/img] [img]https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0103_zps932fac75.jpg[/img] Solution there was to build a flat step, which will take one back to the flat section of the sole deck. Owner didn't want to loose any of the opening under the bow deck, so we opted to have the new step stay fairly low - about 7" at the aft end. [img]https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0107_zpsd55c40d0.jpg[/img] [img]https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0109_zps1f51f609.jpg[/img] We put lids on the sides, but left the center solid, as he likes to sit net buckets in the middle. Even as shallow as these are, they provide a pretty good amount of storage. [img]https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0112_zpsdc7e0596.jpg[/img] [img]https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0113_zps115a9d74.jpg[/img] [img]https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/dmion/DSCI0114_zps2174931b.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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