Since the skiff is being redone and scraped / sanded to remove the old varnish I decided to go on and do some more things to it.
Taking a break from the sanding and scraping........
One was to beef up the transom , just in-case I drop a motor on there later on which I am sure I will do.
I'm sure it was not needed since I think it is rated for up to a 5 HP motor and all I am looking at is a 30 pound 2.5 HP one. The 2.5 HP would be more then enough , especially from the way it scoots along with just some oars. Especially considering a person can generate almost a half horsepower at the best for only a few minutes. Pant ,pant ,pant , puff...... :wink:
I put down a good bead of fillet material and then put these 5/8 inch doweling on that bead of fillet material. The doweling was sanded , epoxy coated before it was stuck there. The fillet was on top of the old fillet I had so there is a double amount of fillet under the doweling.
Then I did a fillet ( very thick mix) along each side of it for additional support.
A closer view.
The left over epoxy was used to saturate the blocks for the seats when they are installed. One block under each arm of the seat. The seats will be the Ash and Woven wicker ones like you see in canoes and some of my other boats. (
I will post a picture of one when I get it installed , they are still in the cardboard shipping containers at this time.)
The reason is simple........ When someone else goes with me they always sit over to one side throwing the boat off center. This way there is only one comfortable place to sit , right in the middle keeping the boat balanced. Plus the seats are attached to the boat so I don't have to put them in the back of the Jeep which does not have a lot of room in there to start with.
The cleaned off areas by the ribs are where the blocks will go then the seats on top of them...... As soon as I get everything dry fitted , cut to size and then epoxied in. 4 blocks to a seat , 4 clamps to use , 2 or 3 days per seat .......
Darn good thing I am in no hurry. :lol:
Working from the stern to the bow before cleaning it and varnishing it again. The way the transom looks at this stage with the doweling in there , almost like the 5th rib set.
Chuck.