Boat Builder Central

8663 Sole is in but not glued. Totally unacceptable for billiards but not terrible for a boat. There are some high spots in the foam underneath and a few places where the cleats along the hull are too high. I’ll pull the panels out and work on leveling things out a bit more. Also need to install th...

fallguy1000 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 10:41 am Make sure to run a #10-12 bond wire to the tank. They should have a tab for you. That line also goes to deck fill and vent if metal and then to ground bus.

Looking good.

Copy on the bond wire. Thanks.

8646 8647 I’ve gotten a little work done over the past few weeks. Chase tubes are all in. The fuel tank is installed and the cleats along the stringers, frames, and hull for gluing the sole down are in. Started pouring in the floatation foam yesterday. Hope to get the sole cut and dry fitted this w...

After much consternation I revisited the dealer and went with the 90.

8525 Fuel tank arrived and dry fitted. Sits nicely in the hull. It is 36 gallons. I think I could have squeezed in a few more gallons but erred on the conservative side with the dimensions to ensure I had adequate room for installation. Raising the sole an inch. Ripped an inch off 2x4s and using a ...

8474 Got the first couple of chase tubes fitted and did a test run sending the rigging through. It went pretty good but I did need the fish tape for the control cables as the threaded ends kept hanging up at the last corner. These two are 1 1/2” conduit. One houses the control cables and hydraulic ...

Scrappy I played around in my calculators the 115 will give you a top speed of 48 mph and a 90 42 mph when loaded at 2200 lbs. If you go with the 90 it will help you balance out your boat as it weighs 60lbs less. Well jest some info for you. Tom Tom, Thanks for doing that. Great info, I was sold on...

Got the inside of the hull glassed and the stringers and frames, minus the forward two, glassed in as well. Next step for me is to put an additional layer of glass down where the fuel tank will go. It will sit between the offset center frames in the photo. After that it’s chase tubes, foam, and thru...

Thanks Tom. Perfect!

I used a 35 Gallon V-hull tank under the sole in the FS 19 that I built. One of the reasons I raised the sole by 1” was to provide clearance for all of the fittings and fuel hoses etc., there is very little space under the sole as designed. I bedded the tank on neoprene strips as recommended by the...