Fitting out a 12 ft Tinny

[tiny_tinny]

Steve,

Thanks for the reply. It sounds like a really rugged installation. So the tube that the seat mounts on goes through the thwart - it must have been a fiddly job to weld the tube to the floor of the boat.

I would really like to raise the seat a bit, because I get a bit sore in the back with my knees so high - the cost of being a greybeard I suppose.

Mike

[pilchardjones]

yes mike the tube goes straight through the thwart and onto the bottom of the boat. now that i think of it, i think we might have welded a bit of RHS say 50 x 25mm between 2 ribs than ran across the boat, and the bottom of the tube was welded onto the top of this bit of RHS. you wouldn't want to weld the tube straight down onto the thin alloy of the hull plate.
steve

[tiny_tinny]

Carpet:

I like the idea of a carpet floor in the boat, but I didn’t want to fix it down permanently using adhesive because I want to be able to clean it. In a previous boat, I simply loose-laid some carpet on the floor. This worked well, as the floor underneath had an anti-slip finish. So I did it again. The friction between the carpet backing and the sand finish on the floor prevents any movement.

A bit of good quality outdoor marine carpet, cut to size with sharp scissors did the job. Be very careful with the cutting, nothing worse than an “oops” experience with such things. It looks pretty good and works well.

After an outing, I used to remove the carpet and sling it over the clothes line to clean it with a blast from the jet setting on the garden hose. Water restrictions have stopped that for the present, so I clean it with some detergent, buckets of water and a stiff broom. With each bucket holding about 10 litres, I reckon that the ‘legal’ way of cleaning the carpet actually uses lots more water than hosing did – but I doubt the powers-that-be would listen to such logic if I was caught.

The rest of the story is in Part 2.......

Mike

[Sean]

Hi mate, I bought a second hand deep cycle battery from a scooter shop for $5. It is a 56Ah and was not good enough for the scooters, fine for what I want, runs lights bilge pump and sounder....really cheap. Sean

[ahoj]

Never could undertand why have a carpet in a fishing boat ...Simple Rubberised lino ( non slip) cost less more hygienic and easy to clean Boat carpet is not comfortable to bare feet... however --its a late fad --which will fade away
PS. your tinny looks nice and made a good job
Ahoj

[sasstein]

hi tiny,
sounds like good things your doing with your tinny. hope your getting enjoyment out of it aswell.

i have recently bought an allycraft 410 top ender with a honda 4 stroke. it pretty much is set up how i want it ( sounder, elec. start, power sockets. trawling rod holders etc.) but i am looking at changing from tiller to forward controls. do you know if there is such a modification around ??

[sasstein]

hi tiny,
sounds like good things your doing with your tinny. hope your getting enjoyment out of it aswell.

i have recently bought an allycraft 410 top ender with a honda 4 stroke. it pretty much is set up how i want it ( sounder, elec. start, power sockets. trawling rod holders etc.) but i am looking at changing from tiller to forward controls. do you know if there is such a modification around ??