Project boats

How about some up dates on all those projects / project boats out there. Somebody must be doing somethig!


Tony Halliday's picture

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lol.. yes earning money for

Mon, 2010-04-26 09:45

lol.. yes earning money for the next batch of work!!!Money mouth

 

but soon, soon will show some more of whats going to be done...lol

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wide open's picture

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Date Joined: 24/12/09

well i tell u about my grandads "project"

Mon, 2010-04-26 12:44

he picked up a industrial dinghy 18 foot that was really solid.

 

he then welded on a cuddy cabin, the anchor bollards, bow rails, anchor roller thing.

 

he made a dashboard etc out of aluminium which it very strong

 

he sowed HIS OWN canopy himself and made all the mounts and brackets for the canopy

 

prevoius to this the 30hp mariner was a tiller steer, so he got his own controls and hooked up the steering.

 

so once that was finished, the boat was going slow, the open back(no transom) was dangeroud if a big wave or something comes

 

soooo, he desigined his OWN transom and that was welded on, then he decided the boat freeboard was a little low so he made these awesome splashgaurds for the sides.

 

and then hooked up a big engine and the 30hp mariner to steer at the same time so you could steer with the steering wheel if the big engine was to break down

 

 

and he dont all the wiring and everything by himself and a bit of help and now the boats flies and is a strong and secure boat

 

with the add ons its about 18.5-19ft now

milsey's picture

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Date Joined: 22/08/07

Hey wide open, that sounds

Mon, 2010-04-26 13:41

Hey wide open, that sounds very interesting do you recon you could post some pic's?

cheers