Mike's 77 22-2 Rebuild

[Marcel4t]

Nice!  So many of Shines pictures will not show up for me, the early ones especially, not sure why.

[RickK]

The original rebuild is over on Bateau2.com https://forums.bateau2.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11294

[Tampa Bay Mike]

This is the page I have bookmarked for his rebuild. I've referred to it several times already and I'm sure this won't be the last idea I borrow from him.

 https://boatbuildercentral.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/an-in-depth-rebuild-of-a-classic-aquasport-22-flatback/

[Marcel4t]

Oh I didn't know that was the same dude. I read that post once many years ago and when I started thinking about getting it flatback. Awesome!

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Got a few hours in this weekend. Finished marking out everything I needed to while I had the floor in the boat and cut out the bulkheads.



Then I pulled the panels back out, cleaned up the edges with the router, and set them all back in the shop so I can get ready to cut out the hatches and such.



It looks like the layout I went with is going to work really well. Everything is kinda falling into place just right.

[RickK]

Looking good!  Man that is a huge livewell.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Looking good!  Man that is a huge livewell.

It must be the camera angle. It's actually only about 21 gallons. That's why I'm comfortable putting it so far back.

[Marcel4t]

Looking good, I was debating on the bait death row on transom or leaning post. Id like around 40g, so I'll go with a leaning post/well combo.  Question, how have you decided to run your rigging tubes?  That console looks very narrow, and Im imagining the tank will be underneath it?  Im having difficulty planning on the best way to run my tubes.   

[RickK]

I still trying to figure out how he's going to secure that helm seat in the pic   

[mshugg]

I still trying to figure out how he's going to secure that helm seat in the pic   

How about a giant spring?

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Question, how have you decided to run your rigging tubes?  That console looks very narrow, and Im imagining the tank will be underneath it?  Im having difficulty planning on the best way to run my tubes.

I was planning the normal route of 3-4" pvc glassed to the inside of the stringers. I was also planning a small hatch inside the console to access the sending unit if need be, so I'll have to be pretty precise with where the tubes come up.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

I still trying to figure out how he's going to secure that helm seat in the pic   

I can stick anything down with enough epoxy! 

[mshugg]

Curious, what do you fish for?  One thing’s sure: you’ll have plenty of space. 

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Curious, what do you fish for?  One thing’s sure: you’ll have plenty of space.

The usual inshore stuff, snook reds and trout in the bays, and tarpon along the beaches, around the skyway and egmont. Plus I do a lot more sandbar hopping now with the family so space for all their stuff is important.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Slowly but surely. Got the bulkheads glassed with a layer of 1708 on each side, stuck in place with some thickened epoxy and then taped down with 1700. I also glassed up a scrap piece of coosa and ripped it into 1" strips that I will glue to the top to use as cleats for the deck seams to rest on. I also ripped down a 3" piece of PVC that I epoxied down to set the tank on.