Deck getting installed.....

Well I haven't had much time to work on the boat but for the last two days I have been working as much as I can. I have been able to get two sections of the deck glued down with NIDA-BOND. I still have to glass the two sections to the hull. I also have been building the hatches for the boat. In total I am going to need to make four little hatches and two of the big hatches. I have two littles done and one big done, so not much more to go. I am getting married on Sunday so I think this will be my last post till after March 5th when I get back. I will be in full speed when I get back. Mahi season starts around the end of March so she needs to be done by then!!!! O yeah, that's NOT my soon to be wife in the pictures, its my buddy Robs girl friend. He was my photo guy..Enjoy the Pictures.

NIDA-CORE Deck is done.....

Over the last few days I have been working on glassing the 4x8 sheets of NIDA-CORE. Those are all done and today I convinced my buddy Brian to cut all the parts of the deck out using the MDF templates I made a few weeks ago. I used 5 sheets of half inch NIDA-CORE, one and a half rolls of Biax, 15 gals of resin and about 15 yards of chop. The deck is extremely light and very stiff. The biggest span is over the bilge and there is very little flex, almost none. I will however put a few PRISMA beams under that section just to give it that much more stiffness. I also put the last coat of Gel on the the fish box and storage areas. Enjoy the pics.....

Deck material arrived.....

Well I have been busy with real work so not much has been done on the fish. All the deck material did arrive early last week. I unpacked it and set it aside. I plan on getting the deck built over the next few days now that work is normal again.

I did have a chance to finish and prime the rear cap that was made a few weeks ago.