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I designed it to have more cockpit space than a bass boat, (deeper and longer) The swivels are designed so I can spin around to fish out the back when at anchor or trolling - or for the observer when skiing. I've got adjustable seat slides which give me more room either way as required.
Also, there is more space on the floor for random bags etc. The seats will be removable too, leaving a flat floor for
sleeping on or carrying extra gear on family holidays.
Bass boats are good for cast and retrieve lure fishing, but not much else. Hopefully this will be a good allrounder.
A few pics of the consoles being made, hugely time consuming as I did everything the hard way again, in hindsight I could now do it better and in half the time.
I shaped one console out of foam, bagged it glassed it, then bogged and shaped further before spraying with duratec and more sanding/shaping. When done, I sprayed it with PVA (blue mold release) then brushed on Gel coat, then glassed over to make a mold.
Then it was relatively easy to spray mold with PVA and lay up in glass. Currently working on helm mount and inside shelf.
Still need lots of work to finish all work on the insides and mount everything. But it is taking shape - slowly......
The consoles are now nearly ready for priming. The passengers side has several drink holders, storage tray, and glovebox compartment, which will eventually have a lid. Plenty of storage for all sorts of things.
The drivers side, has Hydrive hydraulic steering helm, guages, 12 panel switch and vhf radio on front facia, plus space for a flowrite timer swith. The top panel is removable, to access all wiring inside.
On top of the top panel I managed to fit a HDS12 touch. This is a pretty big unit, and I had to modify the console, by raising it 40mm or so to fit the 12.
Last weekend was a big weekend on the Haines project. I finally got to glass on the consoles, these things took me many many hours to make and modify. So it was nice to have them to a stage to fit. They just took a bit of boggin on the bases, and then a couple of layers of glass around all the joining surfaces. They are now solid as a rock!
I also finally got to put glass over the top deck foam. There was a fair bit of prep work in bogging and sanding all the dints and bumps out before glassing. I laid it up in sections, with three layers, consisting a layer of 450 chopped strand, double bias, then another layer of 450 chopped strand.
It was a few hours of hardcore glassing, where I had to go hard to get large areas wet-out and rolled in before it went off, but fortunately it all went well. Another layer over the back steps and top of the transom too. Pretty happy with how it all went, now I am on to the bogging and fairing, as well as final glassing of little bits and pieces.
Awesome job! on the port side console you have a cup holder hard up against the console cover. Did you try getting a stubby in and out of it? looks like there isn't enough clearance above it...
Thanks Surveyor, and Myusernam, you are right, that cup holder at the back wont take drinks, but it will be handy for a phone, well out of the weather yet very accessible.
Great stuff Matt. You must be getting excited about getting to use it soon. Well done . Absolute credit.
I am glassing my livebait tank and baitboard at the moment and it takes so long just doing basic little bits. So I cant imagine how you have kept going at it.
Thanks for the photos and updates.
Cheers Dave
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