Local fad shop sent me drawings today and said they can build the bracket.

Yay!

W/this mornings coffee.

No turnin back now!

Yep, you're committed now, this should be good.



I've had the same OSO signature here for a while now. (See below).

My prop collection is coming together nicely.

The open spots on the rack are for the mates to three individuals.

Another HUGE part of the project will be "re-engineering" the cabin entry w/an opening hatch like the 24' Sonics had and every cuddly should have.
Will also need steps to get to the bow for anchoring and handling bow lines.

The 24' Sonics also had a wide enough side deck to walk around the windshield.

New furniture for the cabin.........until spring.
Kinda cool how a stranger becomes family with the simple changing hands of boat.

I took a Gary day today and tore apart the boat.
More.

Had a good day and got a bunch done.

Removed the motor beds for the I/O (and for the Checkmate haters, were bone dry, rock solid, 32 yrs later), the floor to get to the tank out to enlarge it, which meant the seats and cabin bulkheads had to come out.

The picture of the bilge, showing water in it, is what ran out of the saturated foam around the tank. There's only 1/4" around the tank but still full of water!

A great discovery was 10" of foam forward of the tank which could be fuel tank!
Orrrrrr, I cut it out, leave it open, and make it a step down to make it even easier for cabin entry.Hummmmhhhhhhhh?
Only equals about 10 gls of fuel.

Now it's getting fun 😉

I vote cabin entry..... I had a similar gap when I redid my fuel tank, but it was behind a structural bulkhead so I left it there (it’s good storage for shoes). Every time I hit my head going in and out of the cabin, I curse myself for not making use of it for entry. The only down side I can think of in giving up the flat cockpit floor would be losing the ability to safely/comfortably put a third person in between the bolsters while running.