My Official build thread. 27 1/2’ GA

[Brian.Dixon]

Nice progress

Definitely, and you can see why the scissor-truss roof structure was necessary!  That's a big boat!

[Rbob]

Looking better all the time!

[Todd j]

Thanks all

[Todd j]

Finally got all the cuddy glasses and taped.    Never gonna put another piece of wood in the boat without glassing it first !

[Brian.Dixon]

Finally got all the cuddy glasses and taped.    Never gonna put another piece of wood in the boat without glassing it first !

Ahh ... the voice of experience! 

bd

[Rbob]

At least it is behind you now.  I remember cussing myself over the same thing.

Post some pics when you can.

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain

[Todd j]

I have some scraping and sanding. Becor tI post anything!   Runs, drips, even impressions of my ass on the cuddy bunks !

[Rbob]

Runs and drips suck..  What helped me the most was (vertical) roll on the lightest coat of epoxy you can (thin!) and wait till it is sticky (like masking tape) then roll on a med-heavy coat and it will stay where you put it.   

[Todd j]

The vertical stuff was a breeze. The overhead was a bearcat!

[Rbob]

Oh, yes it sucks. Just keep counting down the beatings until the day you get it launched!   

By the way you are making amazing progress.

[Todd j]

Been going back and forth with fuel tank manufacturer trying to iron out details.  They took my isometric drawings and reduced them to a simple looking 2D cad drawing and didn’t capteure many of the details and pulled dimensions from the wrong points.  Will do a final mark up and pull the trigger.  They say that hanging the tanks from the stringers alone is not enough support. Food for thought for those who haven’t reached this point

[Djeffrey]

My tank builder said the same thing about hanging the tank. He also told me it’s not coast guard approved, not sure if that’s true

[Brian.Dixon]

My tank builder said the same thing about hanging the tank. He also told me it’s not coast guard approved, not sure if that’s true

As far as I know, you're not supposed to hang the tank from flanges on top, and you're not supposed to use the top of the tank as a deck either. 

[json]

They say that hanging the tanks from the stringers alone is not enough support. Food for thought for those who haven’t reached this point

Good to know, thanks for the heads up. I was literally about to send off my drawing for a hanging tank and changed it up (I still asked, they said they won't do it, it's the same fabricator djeffrey used).

[Todd j]

FWIW.  Coast guard does not allow the tank to be Bart of a bulkhead or support for decks or floors.  I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the just.  I am using the flanges and tubular supports as locating/restraint items to my build.