4/14/2018
Could not help myself, was such a pretty day for a weekend, that I started without my friend Terry. Got most of the framing for the pontoons. The Lord loves me, for He must of had me design frame 9 to be moved in a bit so that the bottom would not require any splicing. I also discovered the remnants of the first attempt of placing the rudder in the aft center. I had to remove the last bit of center board and patch it over.
Could not help myself, was such a pretty day for a weekend, that I started without my friend Terry. Got most of the framing for the pontoons. The Lord loves me, for He must of had me design frame 9 to be moved in a bit so that the bottom would not require any splicing. I also discovered the remnants of the first attempt of placing the rudder in the aft center. I had to remove the last bit of center board and patch it over.
Inside all cleaned, and last of center board removed.
Lower framing for Starboard side done.
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You can see how much longer the new pontoon is to the old.
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Still need to build the curved end.
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Got a good first day start on new framing.
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The hull looks longer, but the boat should be about he same length when including old rudder system.
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After building rebuilding frame 9, I realized I must have thought ahead and designed and moved the frame in so that there would not be any splicing of the bottom to extend it to the new aft end. I also had to add a board in the center to fill in the gap left by the center board that once held the center aft rudder.
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4/16/2018
Aft pontoons almost framed, just need to make the curved ends. Soon going to start placing on the plywood skin. Still need to go find a motor.
Aft pontoons almost framed, just need to make the curved ends. Soon going to start placing on the plywood skin. Still need to go find a motor.
4/17/2018
Was able to finish the aft curve of the pontoons. Made paper patterns to find best fit on 2" x 6" boards. Found just needed two pieces to make the curve. I planned to finish the inner curve, but after doing just one at the band saw, I decided they would not be seen nor even help nor hinder with the form of the boat. I pocket holed them together and attached them to the boat. I clamped a board on the bottom to help align the curve. Of course there will from time to time, a wrinkle will appear. I had measured the height of the pontoon, and assumed I had planned for the top to but up against the frame that was sticking out. I found out I was 1" shy, so I added an extra board to the end as a filler. A few added braces and I was done.
Was able to finish the aft curve of the pontoons. Made paper patterns to find best fit on 2" x 6" boards. Found just needed two pieces to make the curve. I planned to finish the inner curve, but after doing just one at the band saw, I decided they would not be seen nor even help nor hinder with the form of the boat. I pocket holed them together and attached them to the boat. I clamped a board on the bottom to help align the curve. Of course there will from time to time, a wrinkle will appear. I had measured the height of the pontoon, and assumed I had planned for the top to but up against the frame that was sticking out. I found out I was 1" shy, so I added an extra board to the end as a filler. A few added braces and I was done.
Paper patterns for the two pieces of the curve.
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I used a board clamped to the bottom to help align the curve to the frame.
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Curves going up. They look nice.
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Pontoon framing all done. Was planning to finish the inner curve, but it will no show and took more time than I wanted to spend at band saw. Was easy to whittle outer curve using the table saw. Now all I need to do is sand smooth the curve.
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