hello all

[matt1978E37]

its been a little while.  ive found some good time to work on this little 17.  an A/C shop is the best when i florida!.  the stringers and the bottom hull are almost done.

[matt1978E37]

I am trying to re use the coffin box.  I used the honeycombe stuff and cut out the wood pieces along the edges and bottom.   

[matt1978E37]

im kinda getting close to that part of the rebuild that i need to make some serious decisions.  I was thinking of how i could get a little more room in the boat and spoke with Armstrong marine.  They make outboard brackets for boats.  It will not be the route i take as the 17 foot boats don't benefit fro the bracket.  This is from the tech support peps.  So im contemplating a jack plate.  anyone have any good pointers or anything to point out let me know.   

[matt1978E37]

here im just mocking it up.  trying to get an idea of how things should fit back together.  has anyone moved the tank all the way forward?  Trying to decide if i should build knees into the stern from the transome to the hull bottom.

[matt1978E37]

still so much work to go!  i think i will remove that piece of wood in the bottom of the hull that i was building to afix my bilge pump to.  And is it a 3 inch PVC pipe that most use for the rigging?  i was looing at the side area to the stb aft for my bilge hose and thru hull to go out of.  ideas????

[RickK]

Boy that is a lot of progress (and a lot of pics).

If you upload them instead of attaching the system will size them automatically - no size limit.
https://classicaquasport.com/smf/index.php?topic=12725.0

I added a jackplate, a 2" spacer and powerpole mounting bracket and ended up with about 8" of offset.  I have run the boat a little without filling the main fuel tank yet that I added under the sole. It ran fine, it was light and porpoised a lot, which I'll attribute to no real weight up front (I planned tank forward and three batteries in the console - my tank is empty and I have 1 battery so far).
Point is, the 170 is sensitive to weight distribution so plan carefully.

[larsli68]

Great work and progress!

I installed a smaller tank, and built support walls for the tank tied in with the stringers. My tank is only 43 liters, but how I use my boat it works perfect. Gas is 8 bucks a gallon here in Sweden... I don't go that far anyway... haha
My smaller tank is located at the forward position of my old bigger tank. I also moved my console 1/2 inch forward, to help with the bow lift during hole shot. Works like a charm.
If it can give you any ideas.

//Lars