building a new boat

[Jarrah Jack]

Hope springs eternal there Chris. You're expecting heavy fish for the well are you?

Well done, its looking great.

[chris69]

Thanks Jack, yer i am, its smaller than the one in the other boat 120lts and 3 bags of ice dont put a dint in the space, this one around 90lts but good for mackerel and for anything around 1.2- 1.3mts like a longtail or cobia its only 1100mm long but take of the insulation ,but then its curved bottom makes up for the lenght again no use mucking around do it right first up then you can handle what ever,no use wishing after its all built, if i cant fit it i dont want it lol,cheers chris.

[stevemid]

you must be having great weather Chris, cuz you're really making progress! great photos.
Steve

[HH565L]

Fantastic job Chris.

I've been keeping an eye on Deans Pro Tournament 21 also. His video updates are pretty cool albeit a bit slow at times.

Can't believe how well these kits go together. Are you keeping track of hours?

[chris69]

Hi there HH565L thanks for that, with hour gee ive last count probbly 100hrs less than Deans PT21, but cost yer ive got all my recipts and yes there all comeing together very well,theres a seastrike16 being built up in mackay by Steve he has started doing a vid and will be a lot better [hes more natural] have a look it will give someone a good idea what to do and how to go about things as hes started doing it from a earlyer stage.

And yes the plans are very easy to read and everyone has had a easy time doing them what ever the construction be it ply or strip plank and the designer Mark Bowdidge is just fantstic to work with as he has a real passion for designing and buliding something right, that just was not here in austraila with moden designs and all the help you need and can give you a lot of tecnical info on your boat, i all ready know how my boat will trim with 60% fuel all the gear motor weight and electric and batteries you can get that info for any production boat and he does tecnical articals on the forum like roll time and stability, now thats another bit of info you cant get on a production boat and very interesting to no,im glad you enjoying the builds,cheers chris

[chris69]

Hi Steve yes the weather has been real good for building and yes as ive built before all of the stuff i did in my other boat is being done on this one sort of, all the pondering and procrastinating has been done on the last boat and there was a lot of it and im just useing this plan to make the best boat set up i can make for the way i fish so to speak,it a lot faster build this time around im just getting every thing dry fitted so i can just charge on after its all sortted you cant forget anything then,cheers chris.

[HH565L]

Hi there HH565L thanks for that, with hour gee ive last count probbly 100hrs less than Deans PT21, but cost yer ive got all my recipts and yes there all comeing together very well,theres a seastrike16 being built up in mackay by Steve he has started doing a vid and will be a lot better [hes more natural] have a look it will give someone a good idea what to do and how to go about things as hes started doing it from a earlyer stage.

And yes the plans are very easy to read and everyone has had a easy time doing them what ever the construction be it ply or strip plank and the designer Mark Bowdidge is just fantstic to work with as he has a real passion for designing and buliding something right, that just was not here in austraila with moden designs and all the help you need and can give you a lot of tecnical info on your boat, i all ready know how my boat will trim with 60% fuel all the gear motor weight and electric and batteries you can get that info for any production boat and he does tecnical articals on the forum like roll time and stability, now thats another bit of info you cant get on a production boat and very interesting to no,im glad you enjoying the builds,cheers chris

Thanks for the reply Chris. It would have been nice to watch a video of Dean doing the strip planking, but as you know his first vid, the hull is pretty much complete and is being turned over.

It would also be interesting to know if boats like the Pro Tournament 21 can be built with a core material such as corecell ie instead of strip plank.

I look forward to Steve's vids on the Seastrike 16 also.

[stevemid]

Hey Chris,
What are you using for insulation on the esky? Instead of building in the seating on the sides of the cockpit, I'm planning on building two longish esky's with padded tops. These could be moved to the centre when fishing or left along the side of the cockpit when cruising. For the salon, I don't like the look of the front opening fridges that are around, much prefering the chest type which nothing can fall out of, and nothing hardly ever tips over (but everything is hard to get at.) I may have to build that as well.

Steve

[chris69]

Hi Steve im thinking of useing just polytyrene foam 40 or 50mm thick this time as under most of the esky will be insullated by the bouancy foam and what is not ill add more under that spot and i think the polystyrene will last many times longer as it doesnt real break down, i used the polyurythane closed cell foam last time and it was a bit of a pain to work with ,got to have glasses on the dust from it is gritty on your eyes and do it does break down after awhile with condensation as its cut and not sealed with a natural chemical crust in the cut sheets,thats the thing with 2 pack pourable bouancy foam best done in a few pours to get more natural chemical crusts it will last a lot longer than over filling and cutting the crust off and is a lot stronger with multiable pours,the closed cell stuff is the same as pourable,you could use this but you would have to do it a many pours so you dont bulge the ply or even blow it out,so thats what i think Steve it depend how you want to go about building one weither you use a inside ply core or better still a balsa core as im sure you will have some spare to build one and would be light and very good insutlation properties,i hope this helps chees Chris.

[chris69]

Well guys been plodding along fuel tank have been sort of sorted but have put in deep cycle battery tray under the front deck and have put in small blocks of ply to screw the P-cilps too to hold the flex tubing,as i raised the front deck 95mm thats what i cut out to gain access to the side for a bit of exrta storage any further and it would have been a structual change off the plan and have sorted the conducts for wireing and feeding then to the starboarb rear hatch and tthe wireing will run to the switch box from there,with the fuel tanks dry fitted ive run the breather out to the side im connecting the 2 tanks to one breather and they will be connected to a 3way tape so i can run either tank and they will be connected with with a single tape to run them both together,

[stevemid]

Hey Chris, Looking really good. I admire the attention to detail on the conduit for the wiring. Assume the pics above are your battery box. Any pics of the tanks or are these already built in?
Cheers,
Steve

[Schulzy]

Awesome looking project cheep enough to

[upstart]

How did this all finish up??

[chris69]

hi there upstart still at it work and weather has slowed things for me , ive got to finish sanding the sides for my last coat of primer surfacer and then the top coat,big lesson in boat building never flip the boat before the sides are painted its a lot harder lol.

[upstart]

Thanks Chris. Glad it's still ticking along.