Project - Aquasport 246CCP, 1979, Captain Koz II

[kaptainkoz]

Crowing moment…. The floor boards are permanently in! I am very pleased and relieved. It came out as expected with no negative surprises.  Definitely a massive undertaking for never have done this before but as always I give credit to this site for showing me the way. I would not have tried it without!

[RickK]

Coming along nicely Koz 

[kaptainkoz]

  thank you. I am elated! 

[kaptainkoz]

So I got to (over) thinking about the gas tank tub and what forces will be on it. The gas tank tub and cover will hold the captains seat (jockey seat), flip back cooler seat the gas tank and  a support for the roof of the pilot house. I have my concerns about the tub being mounted 360 degrees by a a 2 inch strip of peanut butter. So I decided to pad out the upper walls a bit so the tub fits tighter and later sending stainless screws through the tub, through the pads and into the stringers to help make sure everything stays put. Basically plywood spacers to fill the void between the tub and the stringer.

Gas tank tub is installed. The point of no return as far as any underfloor access. After many test fits to make adjustments it snugly fits in. I tacked the edges down with drywall screws to help lessen high spots. I will remove the screws and fair with peanut butter, then I will sink about 5 screws a side as mentioned above.





Next step is to prepare full floor templates for 3 layers of 1708

[kaptainkoz]

Floor template
I saved all the plastic sheeting templates I made for the plywood and laid them on the floor. I taped them all together into one sheet. I disregarded all the black sharpie markings and used a red, green and purple sharpie to mark the exact shape of each of the 3 layers of 1708 I plan on installing. I drew in where the center console and the coffin box will be. I plan on hiding all 3 seams under the width of the coffin box for minimal fairing. The seam for first layer (purple) will be 8 inches off center to the port side. The seam for the second layer (green) will be 8” to starboard of center and the final layer (red) will be centerline. You may have to zoom in to see the markings. I will lay two widths side by side, 20 feet long of 1708 on plastic on my garage floor and transfer the pattern. I will use the corresponding color marker so I can tell which layer is which.
I realize looking at the photos that the different colors didn’t photograph well but they are distinct on the real patterns.



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