82 aquasport osprey 19.6 rebuild

[gman 82 aquasport]

Thanks Rick, I have the first 2 layers of glass on one side, I need to start on the edges this week while the weather is good :) Trick part is going to be bending a new SS rail piece to go over it...but I have a plan in mind.

[jdupree]

Looking good g-man

[gman 82 aquasport]

Thanks JD, after I finish this winters upgrades , I may be about done exept for adding a livewell, and I have my design for that about thought out :study: , when I get ready to build it I will post the process on here

[slvrlng]

You will love having that anchor hanging out front when you need to drop it. My 222 had the individual lights on each side of the the roller but due to them being really old I replaced them both. I think they were the Perko ones like this, not cheap but will hopefully outlive me.
http://www.amazon.com/Perko-Horizontal- ... ion+lights

Just for everyones information I got to check out Garry's ride at the gathering in Southport. His deck replacement is one of the most solid and best sole replacements I have ever seen! I mean that thing is solid!!!!

[jdupree]

Thanks JD, after I finish this winters upgrades , I may be about done exept for adding a livewell, and I have my design for that about thought out :study: , when I get ready to build it I will post the process on here

If you are like me you will never be done   I am always looking to make improvements on mine :!:   As a matter of fact, dropping mine off Saturday for a new transom and splashwell area re-design.  I should just let you do it for me

You got that boat looking good

[gman 82 aquasport]

Thanks guys, thanks for the link Lewis, and by the way how are you doing?
JD are you enclosing your transom and adding a bracket?

[jdupree]

Thanks guys, thanks for the link Lewis, and by the way how are you doing?
JD are you enclosing your transom and adding a bracket?

Sent you a pm g-man.  Didn't want to hijack your thread

[dburr]

It is hard to see from this angle G, but how does the slug (knee) under the pulpit fair into the shape of the stem? I was wondering if you were able to hold the same angle/line..  In a previous life I did that in steel to a shrimp boat and it looked weird carrying the same line, it was awful square looking..  We ended up cutting it out and radiusing the knee forward instead of making it straight and it made a WORLD of difference, way more pleasing.  

Outstanding project!!!!  

[gran398]

That is an excellent point db, almost the same idea as the lady on the prow of a schooner....a more obtuse angle.

Nice job Gary

[fabuck71]

Looking good my man!

[gman 82 aquasport]

dburr, my first thought is to close off the front of the bow between the knee pieces with a piece cut to match the arch on the bow front....then I thought about just leaving the knees out completly , but I do see what you say in that a more angled knee may be more pleasing to look at..The main reason for thinking of closing up the front was to be able to caulk it up against any water getting up or under the pulpit I may have to cut some different shaped pieces and see what they look like....Or I might just decide to use just the flat pulpit piece only The piece after I finish glassing it will be about 1 3/8 inch thick or better so I don't think strenght will be an issue

[dburr]

I would not leave that pulpit unsupported, there is potential for a lot of stress on your mounting point due to the pivot force from the anchor.

What we did was stand back and look to get an idea of what was pleasing then laid out the top three ideas out on cardboard templates.  We taped them into position and looked at them a while then took a vote.. The yard owner won of course but we all felt better about it.  My guess is that you might end up with a transition from the stem face to an oval shape curve that would give you an effect of a schooner or clipper bow.  

I don't think you would have to close on the space, from head on I am not sure it would make a difference in appearance, it might be more of a problem trying to keep the water and gunge out.  Again, make up some templates and look at it for a while.

For mounting are you going to through bolt to a big backing plate?  The amount of yank on the end will be pretty large when you and the kids start cannon balling off the bow not to mention anchoring up in a good swell.  With a big enough plate you could mount a nice bronze bit to make the anchor off to. That would be MOST spiffing and yacht like!!!  

[gman 82 aquasport]

dburr, not any kids to take cannonballs off the front, but I do see your point I will play with some more knee designs today after I lay up some glass on the edges..As for bolt thru, my plan is to use a piece of 3/8 ply covered in epoxy/glass under the cap, then bolt thru the pulpit ,thru the cap and new piece, should be a total thickness of over 2 inches, plan on using SS bolts and probably 6-8 of them, haven't decided yet on a piece of hardware to lock the anchor in place yet , but I 'm working on it   heres a pic of it looking back to the bow

I will probably wind up with something that goes pretty much all the way to the end of the pulpit or at least to within 2 inches of the end Thanks for the info

[dburr]

 

[gman 82 aquasport]

OK, I finaly got some time away from everybody else's projects I've been working on and was able to get the pulpit installed..

thisthe pulpit mounted, I have a extra piece of glassed plywood under the bow so bolts are 4 1/2 inches long..


deck pipe

deck pipe closed,rope and chain fall into bow area for now