Trent's FS14 LS Build

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Re: Trent's FS14 LS Build

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Looking good!

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Re: Trent's FS14 LS Build

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A busy couple of weeks but I applaud your perseverance in getting the bot where you can stay on it. Paint looks great!

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Nice work!!! Jeff

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Re: Trent's FS14 LS Build

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Man, you really do some nice work Trent, that hull looks slippery!

It's shame about the grab-rail mount location, running those drains right into the cockpit would have been ideal. I suspect the weep holes will work just as well.

Great work all-around on the hatches and gutters, that seems like a straightforward model to follow whether you're dealing with the "containers" inside the hatches or just some hatch framing, I think it would work well with ether case.
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Re: Trent's FS14 LS Build

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Working on hatch lids today and need to determine the location of backing for the hinges. Is there any rule-of-thumb for hinge placement relative to the length of the hatch? I’ve got two small hatches that are of no concern - but I have one that’s 32”.

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I put mine pretty close to the corners on the long ones in hope's that they may discourage warping. Good question on rule of thumb, dont know about that.
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Re: Trent's FS14 LS Build

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I got the same thing to figure out, Trent. My plan was to just eyeball it and see what looked right.

I do plan on reviewing some photos of other boats and shoot for something similar.

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Re: Trent's FS14 LS Build

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It’s been a while since my last progress post. It’s a rainy vacation day and I’m away from the boat, so I have some time on my hands. Current status is that the deck is glued and ready for glass. As you guys know, there have been a myriad of small tasks to get to that point and I’ve been doing them concurrently – so my pictures and timeline are all over the place. I wanted to make sure that finishing out the deck was a fairly painless process and I’ve been spending a lot of time on “underneath” areas that you won’t see but would be a royal PITA to do after the deck is glued down. That included:
  • Neat epoxing and painting the underside of the hatch gutters. Not fun unless you like to work upside down. Because of the way I boxed in my hatch compartments, the underside of the gutters is a “finished” surface that I’ll want to clean from time to time.
  • Also, because of the way I reduced the cockpit and have overhanging deck “cubbies”, I wanted those areas faired and finished in advance of the deck – to avoid some back breaking positions that I’d have to get in otherwise and avoid the sloppy work caused by that. While I was at it, I faired and primed the sole and inside of the gunwales too.
  • Got all the holes cut in the deck: Lift eye, cleats, rod holders, anchor light & trolling motor plug.
  • Built and finished the hatches and mortised for hinges.
  • Overdrilled and filled hardware screw holes.
  • Neat epoxy on the underside of deck pieces.
  • Installed lift eye and nav lights. All other electrical has easy access with the deck in place.
  • And finally decided on a rubrail (Thanks Jeff – I will be ordering soon)
Here’s some pics…

Hatches - fitting the lids for ¼” gap all around

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Laying out the pieces:

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After glue-up, using some hole saw discards to form the epoxy corner interior radius

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My hinge mortise jig

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Dry-fitting the latches

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Neat epoxy & glass

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Fairing & priming the sole and hatches

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Started thinking about how to hang the electrical and fuel lines where there’s no conduit. I had planned on typical screw in hangers. Then started wondering if I should overdrill and epoxy those holes. Then thought about what I would need to do for future additions or repairs. Decided against that method and chose to make some hangers for the underside of the gunwales and forward deck:

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Also added some hangers for courtesy lights:

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Finishing all those hard-to-get-to-underside surfaces:

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Glued the deck:

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Here’s a pick of the underside finish. Removing the tape that was protecting from squeeze out and the various positions I had to get in to see what I was doing confirmed my decision to get this part of the finish work behind me:

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Finally selected a rubrail. I had always planned on Taco, but my planning turned out to be a little off. I couldn’t find a Taco model that fit perfectly what I had built. So then I started considering a bright rubrail and did a lot of research into that as the bow and the stern “corners” would need to be steam bent or more likely, laminated due to the tight radii. I had always avoided a bright rubrail for maintenance reasons. I’ve already got plenty of things to maintain. So I took another look at Tessilmare, specifically the R-30. Jeff at BBC was kind enough to get me a sample and I think it’s going to be perfect. Note that I think I have it upside down here. I think the intent is that the “lip” is designed to hug the deck seam on a production boat. That won’t work for me, but this will:

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This is where she is now:

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Re: Trent's FS14 LS Build

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Very nice work!!!! Jeff

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That looks incredible! I like the hatch lids. I wanted to do a lip around the perimeter but I struggled with how to do the corners. That's a great idea!

I guess if mine warp and I have to rebuild them then I will plan for that. :lol:

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