1987 Aquasport CCP222

[fishinonthebrain]

Made a templet out of 1/4" plywood so I could accurately cut the new coosa board for the transom. After cutting and fitting the plywood strips I then hot glue gunned the strips together to make the templet you see here.



Placed the templet on new 3/4" coosa board. Will cut two sheets out to make an 1 1/2" transom.



Epoxied the two sheets together clamped and weighted down sheets with whatever I had around.



Applied thickened epoxy with a notched trowl normally used for thinset in tile floors. Applied a liberal amount and then ran screws though outside skin into coosa board. When I ran screws in i did every other one to make sure epoxy came out of the other predrilled holes.





It looks like some missing screws buy they were not long enough to go all the way through both pieces of coosa.


Outside shot of transom.

[RickK]

Nice job   What $ do you have in the two sheets of Coosa?

[fishinonthebrain]

Nice job   What $ do you have in the two sheets of Coosa?

$195.00 a sheet. For all the work it was to cut the old wood out I do not want to ever do it again. A little investment and I won't.  

[fishinonthebrain]

Cutting some 1708 with the templet I used to cut the coosa board for the transom.







Laid two pieces of 10" 1708 where the transom meets the hull then 4 layers of 1708 accross the whole transom overlapping the sides of the hull. I also patched up the holes from a temp sensor and the old livewell feed. I will relocate the intake for the new livewell a little farther up the hull for easier access.








Started on making a mold for a livewell out of some thin 1/4" material I found at a hardware store. To keep the oval shape I made a wood structure inside so I could screw where the two edges came together.

[gran398]

Sweet, nice work!

What height/capacity are you figuring on the livewell?

[saltfly]

That’s will make a good mould. But take the time to put five or six coats of past wax  on it before using.

[gman 82 aquasport]

That transom should be there a long while ..looks like you have a good plan for what you want it to turn out like. I like the oval live well, will it be under the transom cap and built as part of the whole back or will it be "free standing" or behind your seat?

[fishinonthebrain]

Sweet, nice work!

What height/capacity are you figuring on the livewell?

I dont know how much it will hold probably 30-40 gals. It's 30" tall x 18" deep, and 27" wide. i know someone here would know the equation for the capacity.

[fishinonthebrain]

That transom should be there a long while ..looks like you have a good plan for what you want it to turn out like. I like the oval live well, will it be under the transom cap and built as part of the whole back or will it be "free standing" or behind your seat?

I plan to build it in under the cap I love that look.

[Capt. Bob]

Sweet, nice work!

What height/capacity are you figuring on the livewell?

I dont know how much it will hold probably 30-40 gals. It's 30" tall x 18" deep, and 27" wide. i know someone here would know the equation for the capacity.

49+ gals based on your measurements.

[fabuck71]

Fish,

Don't go too big.  You will add a lot of weight off the back with the bracket and engine.  You can always trim some off the top.  Just my .02!

[gran398]

^^^^^^^

What Alex said.

Think about trimming it down. That is a lot of weight up top in a seaway.

[fishinonthebrain]

When I was making the mold I had a 30 gal plastic drum near by for a guage of the size. So i am trully closer to 50 gal? I by now way wanted it that big because of the weight.

The 30 gal drum is 30" tall by 18" round.

[fishinonthebrain]

Sweet, nice work!

What height/capacity are you figuring on the livewell?

I dont know how much it will hold probably 30-40 gals. It's 30" tall x 18" deep, and 27" wide. i know someone here would know the equation for the capacity.

49+ gals based on your measurements.

Based on a calculator I found online it showed a 54 Gal capacity. Way more than I wanted. Thanks Capt. Bob.

[fishinonthebrain]

If I cut it down to 22" I will be just shy of 40 gal. or 340 lbs that should be ok for this boat right? I will have a sealed motor bracket and swimplatform to add some buoyancy to the back of the boat.