Spray Rails
After getting wet from spray thrown up from the bow of the boat I thought it was time to do something about it.Gave a mate a ring in his workshop to see if he had any 80mm flat ali to Tig on to the chines."Yep,got some" was his reply.Took the boat round the next day and pulled everything out of it,motor,canopy[needed a touch up anyway] and most of the floatation from around the sides.Measured up how much we would need and found there wasn't enough 80mm but ample 100mm,so 100 it is.
After about 4 hours heating,bending and Tig welding we had a pair of spray rails on plus a few doubts on whether they were too big and would bite in on a following sea possibly causing the boat to broach easily.Oh well,we agreed,it will only take 20 minutes with a saw to trim them back to a reasonable length.
Boat all back together and time for the moment of truth,cut the spray down by 90% and no effect on performance with a follwing sea,more stable at rest and while travelling with more lift.Abloke should have done it ages ago instead of dreaming and talking about it.
Faulkner Family
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gees mate , that looks like
gees mate , that looks like a back yard butcher job
. good to see they work well and they may even cut down your fuel costs as well.
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carnarvonite
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Black line
The black line will wash off after a few hours in the water.Its a full weld on both sides.My photography skill don't do it any justice either Russ
injected80
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spray
yeh def gotta stop dreaming n do that too my tub aswell thats exactly where the spray comes from on mine aswell .
injected80
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hey carnarvonite
do you follow the original line and angle of the original chines ? or does the top photo show more of an angle towards the water ?
carnarvonite
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Water
Angled them down slightly towards the water hoping for the little bit of extra lift
injected80
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yep cheers
thanks m8
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so she might not be
So she might not be the 'wee squirter' anymore now you've done this? Weathers looking good on the long-range for boxing day mate, might have to get a convoy going out there. :)
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carnarvonite
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Coming
Coming up there for a week over Christmas so will be in it for sure.
Bringing 5 litres of rocket fuel as well
just dhu it
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sharp edges
Looks like a good modification idea and would be interested on how the first trial goes ??, you want to ensure the outside edge is smooth for when a fish runs under the boat that the edge wont cut the line etc or cut in to the anchor rope on retreival
carnarvonite
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Done
All done
Bodie
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how does she go with
how does she go with steering at speed?
carnarvonite
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Steering
No change that I have noticed.When on the plane only the last foot or so of the rail is in/near the water,the rest deflects the spray down