Boat Builder Central

Getting along slowly with interior. Here are some pictures of unfinished interior.
Counter waiting for Wilson Art laminate.
I seem to be working counterclockwise around the interior. The counter top is next on list after painting the interior.
May be done sometime in June.

The battery can be charged three ways.
Solar, shore power or alternator when driving.
When shore power is connected the 120V automatically switches from 3000 Watt inverter to shore power.

Working on interior now. Will post partial interior pics.

Not electrical.

What looks like rams are PVC pipe covering drawer slides.

Two 100 watt flexible solar panels are free to placed anywhere within 50 feet.

The exterior is finished. Working on interior and electrical. Using a Battle Born LiFePo4 battery

Have finished construction of top/roof.
Made from 1” XPS foam from Home Depot fiberglassed all around. Estimate weight around 39 lbs. easy for this old man to move about.

Have finally got the top/roof pieces togerher and some fiberglassing in the inside of it. Hope to finish the top next week ready for painting.

Progress is slow but I am enjoying it.
Here are some pics of the pop top in place but not secured yet. Still work to be done on the side panels.

Even with all the tools and epoxy stuff, I can still lift one end fairly easy.

I did a little calculating on weight. The weight of the Nida Core psnels used is 158 lbs. There was little scrap pieces so with weight of seam tape and epoxy, I will guess the shell as is now must weigh in the neighborhood of 180 lbs. The panels for the pop top sides came from one sheet of 9 mm Mers...

Forgot to add photo.