Rick G

Well call me crazy , but I just cut a big hole in my boat that floated perfectly well. As I am putting No. 5 drives on the boat and changing the drive.height. Boat experts far smarter than I suggested a notch would be the way to go as I am not putting extension boxes at this time .
So here are a few pictures of the piece Hull I have removed ( I will give someone a good deal it on it if you are looking to fill in a notch LOL) , the hole I created and the lay up of the notch insert

UrbanDisturbance

I have done some crazy stuff, but I think this one takes the cake. Good Luck!

sonicss42

Look for posts from ridefast77 or sonic forum. He did similar project.

seafordguy

That is one of the wilder projects I've seen on here.

Other than that one guy in our area that is completely re-doing a boat that 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% would have left for flower and small tree duty

hotjava66

Kudos to you, either for your mad skills or giant balls
Either way, neat project, will be watching.

Rick G

For my sake alot of both I hope . Either way I am upgrading my swiming skills just in case.
RG.

Rick G

All kidding aside it will not be as difficult as it looks . the 2 hard parts are cutting the initial opening and glassing the underside of the notch . The quality of the materials today given proper appilcation make the process alot easier than in the past and the odds of success are near perfect . The new resins bond like steel and the fact that I will tie the notch insert to the center and outside stringers should limit the possiblity of failure . I will continue post pics as I go along , it is amazing how much preplanning was involed for what I thought was a simple fiberglass insert.
Rick G.

Flamingo 42

Keep us posted with lots of pics cool project

Orionsilverboat

Your going to be very suprised how hard it is, cutting the hull like that is a big mistake, it will never be the same structurally, good luck

Rick G

Orion I surely hope you are wrong about the structural integrety. Phil at Lipship marine certainly didn't share your concern as he has done this modification on more than one occassion . Given the bonding materials today I am hoping that the structure will the same if not better . Hulls are repaired successfully on routine basis these days I hope mine falls into that category . Besides there is no turning back I already cut the hole.

RG.