That is astonishing. I'm slack-jawed.
Sea Hood too!
Hmmmmmmm........Sea Hood. I must have one.
That is astonishing. I'm slack-jawed.
Sea Hood too!
Hmmmmmmm........Sea Hood. I must have one.
Ladies and Gentlemen. Step right up and view the very latest in hutches to cover hatches.
#1 Hutch formed with urethane insulation foam
#2 Foam covered in double knit "old man's cotton underwear"
#1 Two coats hi-build epoxy sanding prime with channels cut for lid
#2 PVC channel ready to be epoxied into channels
Hutch sitting on lazarette hatch . . . to be continued.
Interested spectators. We now move from outside to inside and the conversion of the bilge to a water tank. First, of course, is removal of the original sole plywood.
View looking forward showing old plywood sole to the left, prepped "bilge" center and paper baffle pattern to the right.
#1 First bulkhead installed at end of ballast keel (with original cover of mat & polyester left in place). Bulkhead establishes both the new top of the tank and the sole. [Displayed are Ebb's favorite tools, except for the Makita angle grinder - that's not a favorite.]
#2 View of bilge area under cockpit. Mat & epoxy lines the sump and helps support the end bulkhead. Bulkheads were cut using paperboard patterns.
Originally Posted by Bill
A slicker version of the outboard motor well on the Atom website?
http://www.atomvoyages.com/projects/TaipanRefit.htm
Or perhaps a hunker hole when you get in trouble and your cabin area has been taken up by the emergency inflatable flotation system?
Do tell...
Last edited by mbd; 02-13-2005 at 08:25 AM.
(Jim did a nize job on that Taipan!
Hey, I'm no David Blaine, but the motor don't tilt and the bilge don't hold no water!)
Swear you'll like the lid when it's done...
Rather have you swear at it,
rather than ignore it.
Last edited by ebb; 02-13-2005 at 08:32 AM.
Also, I'm still trying to come to grips with the irony of picturing Ebb at a marina pumping water INTO his bilge! Nice idea, BTW, easy to inspect/clean.
Actually, I think he's just trying to one-up the McGregor crowd by making that extra ballast usable. Heck, kick it up a notch use it as a tub!
Last edited by mbd; 02-13-2005 at 08:47 AM.
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