Once we had the boat out through the door we rolled it over on its bottom side. When you see the bottom rolled up facing you this gives you a better look at the steps in the hull at the transom end.
I have now set the new cradle in place that the boat will lay in to finish the boat. I pre-built these boxes when the hull was upside down to make sure they fit well. Now we are ready to carry the hull back in and set it in place.
Dean is working on the boat's hull and starts work on the floor.
Here you can see the side wall pieces running up from the transom over three frames. This gives a lot of strength to the transom to hold the large V6 motors. The plywood is connected to the white ash pieces that you had seen in the last post. This also gives me the side walls of my live well. This is how you strengthen the side walls. By adding the plywood along the top in a curve you create a
Here you can see how the hard wood bolted on the transom gives you all kinds of strength and a good connecting point for the wash well.
Dean brings in the hull to rest on its cradle.
Dean prepares to take his boat back in the garage for work on the inside of the hull.
Dean Franklin is a do-it-yourself kind of guy who also loves fishing. His latest project is to build himself his own boat. Follow along as he provides his updates on his progress and gives some tips on how to build your own.
