God Bless ya. Hang in there, the progroess you have made is really something
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I have nothing to offer but my support…hang in there,you will forget all these troubles the first time you get some fish blood on the deck…
I just sat down and read this whole thread.
Sometimes you kind of forget how you got where you are, you know? I was feeling like I was bogged down and wouldn’t get done when I wanted to with this whole thing.
Then, friends and even complete strangers have come to my aid.
I can’t help but move on now. I am so blessed with what I have- and I don’t mean this boat or anything else that can be bought or sold at all!
I owe this forum so much for what it has done for me. I have met so many good people through this thing that it’s just unbelievable sometimes. I will literally have pages of people to thank just on this project if I wanted to start listing people out.
I’ve found a new place to work on the boat, and the location is workable for me. We’ll be back on track here in no time. If you are reading this, I hope it feels like your project too. You will be smiling again soon. I wanted to share this whole thing with everyone from beginning to end for the same reason I post fishing reports here.
You can do whatever it is that you may be unsure about doing if you just rely on your faith and the help of others. If you are doing it for the right reasons, then it will 9 times out of 10 work out for you. You may not know how and you may not get there like you thought, but it WILL work out for your benefit somehow ultimately.
If you try to do it all alone, you will fail many more times than if not. There are so many times I can point to trying something pretty far fetched that I wouldn’t have had the desire or confidence to attempt if I hadn’t seen someone else doing it first. I know for a fact that the people who have the most are the ones who share freely with others and help others. And always, I mean always, I know that how things end up for me is so much more than I deserve, and that I am just absolutely blessed thanks to things I cannot even understand but just have to have faith in. The times when I have truly failed are almost always when I have forgotten that.
I am really humbled by everyone that
Good for you Wes. Glad to hear things are getting back on track.
Anxious to see how this project works out. Let me know if I can help.
NN
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Here is what I was thinking last week.
But now I’m thinking this. Higher backrest for anyone sitting on the livewell, and higher rod and cup holders across the back. Won’t be much to step over onto the platform to use the dive ladder because I’m raising that whole area up pretty high.
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I like the first pic better. Put your center rods somewhere else like on T-top or back of leaning post. You’re gonna be using bean bags anyway for longer sitting periods. I think the lower transom woul be more convenient for getting in and out or getting fish in or out. jst my .02 You can still get your flatliners on the each side of the higher gunwale.
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Give,Give… Never Take.”
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That’s the kind of attitude to have man! Glad to see that you have cleared this hurdle. EVERYTHING hapens for a reason, good or bad. Really have enjoyed your build so far, keep up the good work man.
I am wondering about heights and going back and forth over that thing too. Will be how I get in and out of the boat when it’s on the trailer as well as in the water.
The cockpit deck height is about 5" lower than the height of the platform area in front of the motor.
Another issue is that maybe I need enough height to get a coaming bolster wrapping across the top of the livewell vertically and around the gunnels without a break in height. I cannot figure out how a break in height wouldn’t look weird otherwise and would have to leave coaming cushion out for the very back of the cockpit.
I considered adding to the livewell height to bring it up to gunnel height, but I think it will be too much weight and not really necessary for what I’ll be doing with the boat. I plan to have around 38 gallons capacity in the livewell fed from a 3/4" thru hull with an 1100GPH pump. If I went up to full height with the livewell then I’d be looking at probably over 60 gallons.
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Phin, keep the chin up, man. I have a 26’ inboard sitting in my backyard that I have not touched in years. She is nothing like yours. But, she was bought for the lines in her hull and is a hull-up redo. You’re project and postings here have lit a fire under me. Ordering materials and making drawings, again.
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The higher one will make a nice back rest while sitting on the livewell. What is the height of the transom “wall”. Figure that out and practice stepping over it. OR get taller crew members 
Are you not concerned about over wash over the transom getting in the two compartments forward of transom?
I went out and measured.
Freeboard at the back of the cockpit (deck to top of gunnel) is 25 inches.
The transom platform is 10 inches above deck.
The top of the livewell as I currently have it cut is 18 inches above deck.
So if I go all the way up with the height on the back of the cockpit you would be dealing with a 25 inch step on the fwd side and a 15 inch step aft of it. Not really bad at all.
And between the top of the livewell and what you’d have to step over would be 7 inches.
The back two hatches I have planned would be so I can utilitize that enormous space on both sides. Tall enough to stand a five gallon bucket up inside each side. I am thinking about some unique stuff in there instead of the top access hatches, but if I go with hatches they will have neoprene on the underside of the lids and compression latches. Wouldn’t have an issue with water as they’d have compression sealed lids and would be 12 or more inches above the waterline.
Right??
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Glad to see you back on it.
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If I went up to full height with the livewell then I'd be looking at probably over 60 gallons.
That would really just depend on where you mounted the overflow. You could raise the well without increasing the capacity.
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if I go with hatches they will have neoprene on the underside of the lids and compression latches. Wouldn't have an issue with water as they'd have compression sealed lids and would be 12 or more inches above the waterline.Right??
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>I’ve never seen one that was completely water tight, without spending a ton of money. I would just install a brass tube drain fitting in each locker to handle incidental water. Plus you need to wash them out occasionally, so you need a drain anyway.
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^^this…
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Well the building a great friend offered was too small to get the boat in.
If anyone has space please let me know.
Guess I will start working in the weather.
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WTH…I have a building the size of Wal Mart…What you waiting on? Too bad you only work in Columbia
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Originally posted by palmettotrooperWTH…I have a building the size of Wal Mart…What you waiting on? Too bad you only work in Columbia
I will quit playing phone tag and just pull the boat up there…
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Bring that thing up this way. There are a couple knuckleheads that would be glad to help work on it.
Would a building in Bowman with power be too far out of your way?