RickK's 170 rebuild

[Callyb]

Huh... How did you manage to make the boat wider?

[seabob4]

Huh... How did you manage to make the boat wider?

The deck stretcher has multiple applications...  

[Aquasport Commodore]

The deck stretcher has multiple applications...  

I dont want to even know  

Rick, there are a few ways to fix that. If you want to keep the casting deck the height you intended, just remove the inner floor on the deck and grind it down to fit on the edges. You will have a smaller compartment but easy.

[seabob4]

First, Rick, where was the fwd edge of the casting deck before, in relation to the anchor locker opening?  I'd have to think probably 2"-3" below the opening, accomodate room for the flange of the locker hatch.  I'd tend to agree with 86, cut out the secondary floor of the fishbox, let the cockpit sole be the "floor", and start lowering.  Do you have the hull flanges at the original beam dimensions before you removed the deck (cap)?

[Callyb]

The deck stretcher has multiple applications...  

One will never forget a really good deck stretcher...  

[RickK]

The sides of the liner flare outward from bottom to top and the casting deck didn't change.  CB, more caulk it is, I guess  

I need the depth of the storage box (not a fish box - just a board encloses it) since the boat didn't gain any storage in the rebuild, so cutting that down is not an option.  I am thinking of cutting in another hatch forward of the storage box.  I'm not sure what I'll put under it, maybe a hammock type thing to hold whatever you put in it.

SB, your estimate is correct, there is about 3" below the access hole in the front.  You can see it better here

[wingtime]

What if you shorten the front of the deck and move it forward?  The boat gets smaller the further forward you go right?   I know you till have to add onto the inwales a bit.

[RickK]

It's a challenge any way I go.  I'll think about it and then tackle this when I get back from a trip to the UK tomorrow.

[CLM65]

The deck stretcher has multiple applications...  

One will never forget a really good deck stretcher...  

Anyone know where I can find a good deck stretcher?  Not that I really need one, of course

[wingtime]

Yeah but the only problem is when you use the deck stretcher 2000 you end up with a very narrow beam amidships and then a much wider beam at the bow and stern.    

[RickK]

Went out today and tried to make sense of where I left off, stared a lot (sound familiar?) and then stared some more. Everything was where I left it, no progress since I left it a few weeks ago  :cry:
So, I decided to pull the casting deck from the boat and start carving it up.  Additional hatch: I calc'd the best place and the best size based on the available space and hoping to leave enough material to still be strong.

I cut it out, routed a 1/2" from the edge leaving the bottom glass ledge and then epoxied some jasper board into that space to form the edge


I cut out a slot between the two hatches that will funnel the water from my new hatch to the gutters of the existing hatch - we'll see how this goes


Starting to feel like summer out there - couldn't make it past more that 2pm before I started overheating and getting that "Beer thirty" survival signal.

[seabob4]

Rick, only 4 days until May...our "official" start of summer... :(

[Callyb]

I'm glad to see that your back :!:

One quick question... Where are you running your fuel fill and vent to? I see in the pic below that you have them running up to the bow.




Thanks!

[futch13]

Trying to catch up on missed post from the past couple months and run across this.  Sitting here LMAO then thinking... I better rethink my deck layout on the 24 Proline.     "more chaulk"        

[RickK]

I'm glad to see that your back :!:

One quick question... Where are you running your fuel fill and vent to? I see in the pic below that you have them running up to the bow.




Thanks!

The hoses will come up just inside and to the left in the pic - on the port gunnel about even with the face of the liner.  There was no room anywhere to sneak the hoses behind the liner and didn't want to build boxes to cover them.  That reminds me that I need to go out and glue down the "guides".