Rear Deck
Re: Rear Deck
Try this again... I have a reply saved as a draft here somewhere...
I put a new deck of aluminum down. Will be about the same cost as wood, and I can pull it to work down below. Just screw it down with countersunk scews. Had it up this spring to put in a new aluminum gas tank. Now no more rusty steel tank. E-mail or call me at 907-617-7832 if you want to talk. I'm in Alaska, 1 hour earlier than Seattle.--Ed
I put a new deck of aluminum down. Will be about the same cost as wood, and I can pull it to work down below. Just screw it down with countersunk scews. Had it up this spring to put in a new aluminum gas tank. Now no more rusty steel tank. E-mail or call me at 907-617-7832 if you want to talk. I'm in Alaska, 1 hour earlier than Seattle.--Ed
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BUSIA
located in Ketchikan, Alaska. Gods country
32 foot Marinette (no fly bridge)
twin 350 Crusader (Chev 350) engines
1:1 Borg Warner velvet drive transmissions
Closed cooling (antifreeze in the engine)
Proud to be retired IBEW and an A+P
located in Ketchikan, Alaska. Gods country
32 foot Marinette (no fly bridge)
twin 350 Crusader (Chev 350) engines
1:1 Borg Warner velvet drive transmissions
Closed cooling (antifreeze in the engine)
Proud to be retired IBEW and an A+P
Re: Rear Deck
Thanks B. Looking it over.
Re: Rear Deck
I applied Al plate about 1/8 " thick over the existing wood deck. Easy to do that way--no crawling about in the bilge with a screw driver!
Any rotten wood was replaced first. I drilled and countersunk the holes for the SS flat head screws and drove them into the wood. By using cardboard templates, I was able to get the pieces to fit fairly well, and the Al has been water tight for several years now (meaning water pools on the deck). The Al plate--after several experiments--was covered with a rug, which is tossed out every few years. A nice solution!
Jeff
Any rotten wood was replaced first. I drilled and countersunk the holes for the SS flat head screws and drove them into the wood. By using cardboard templates, I was able to get the pieces to fit fairly well, and the Al has been water tight for several years now (meaning water pools on the deck). The Al plate--after several experiments--was covered with a rug, which is tossed out every few years. A nice solution!
Jeff
"We live at the bottom of an ocean of air, not at the top." General Marvage Slatington
Re: Rear Deck
How did you get it under the helm?...or does it fit around it? Thinking about aluminum now.
1973 28FB Express "Whisper" on the hard @ Tucker Engineered Lumberyard Yaght Club and Reggae Bar...I dream of H2O, not gravel!