Runabout decks planked

[jeff pierce]

I humbly submit my latest progress photos for your viewing:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid29/p0431cce4eedb378e1eb32568dfb028fe/fd5a9445.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid29/p4cec25685394c552249da476d48524a8/fd5a9441.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid29/pb35a06d22e6ba523cf7032d65dc6cfb9/fd5a9ead.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid29/pa5461ea29522f2dabdddc3a8928129e1/fd5a9eb0.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid29/pb6e5902981d37a2de48fb041a2bd0918/fd5a9eb2.jpg

Thanks for looking.

[wolfietuk]

Beautiful, How thick is the planking?

Rick

[Mr. Know It All]

Nice work Jeff. I'm really impressed with the planked Decking. Absolutely beautiful. :cool:
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio

P.S. What type of seats are you going with?

[Rich VanValkenburg]

Wow! Nice job. Looks great. Your garage....uh, boatshop, looks like mine. smile.gif

Rich

[Hugh Paterson]

Nice job what did u use for the Deck job (planking and narrow strips)? Bet it looks the "Mutts nuts" when you varnish it.
Shug.

[WWheeler]

What's the design??? Inboard or outboard?

[Jeff Kelety]

Ain't that loverly!

[paladin]

From the last photo appears to be an outboard....
excellent work.......be proud.

[Mr. Know It All]

Kinda looks like Glen-l's Zip. Is it?

[andy h smith]

Looks real good Jeff, cant wait untill mine gets this far! "H"

[ken mcclure]

From what I can see, there's no need to be humble!!!!!

[Chadd Hamilton]

Looks great, Jeff! Looking forward to seeing more.

[Scott Rosen]

Beautiful job.

[LarryJacobson]

Jeff,

Nice job!

I see that the new digital camera is is being put to good use. Now you'll be able to update the forum daily.

-Larry

[Roger Stouff]

Now I'm jealous!

Jeff's doing Malahini, the big sister of Zip, which is what I did and Biofish is doing.

Tell us how you did it, Jeff!

[Biofish]

Yes, tell them how you did it.. I asked the same question a few days ago and got a email so detailed i had to print it out and take it to work to read on my lunch break!.. Good job!.. ( you might just want to copy and paste the email you gave me Jeff.!) ;)

All i have to say is this man has patience.! tongue.gif

Good job.
Rob

[jeff pierce]

Thanks for all the kind words, folks. I really appreciate your support. Especially since I had a bit of a rough day.

I notice my pictures have become little red x's tonight. Imagestation says they are "temporarily unavailable". Hopefully they'll be back soon.

Now let me try and answer all the questions. Yes, as Roger noted, the design is Malahini, by Glen-L Marine which is basically a slightly larger version of Zip. It is an outboard design as you can see from the cutout in the view of the aft end.

Rob, I can't cut and paste my e-mail to you (at least at the moment) because that is on my work e-mail and I'm home. I think I can give the abridged version here:

The decks are plank on ply. They are not in accordance with the plans, which call for a somewhat anemic 1/4" ply deck (varnished or painted) and 3/8" solid mahogany or ply king plank and covering boards around the perimeter.

In my case, I went with 4/4 stock for the "covering boards". As you can see from the first photo (assuming Imagestation comes back on line) these were not true covering boards in my case because they don't really "cover" the decking. I routed a 1/4" high x 3/8" deep groove centered on the thickness along the inside edge of the covering boards.

I used 1/4" spacers to raise the level of the deck framing to flush with the bottom of the groove. I then cut and fit a 1/4" plywood subdeck so that it fit into the routed groove.

The planks are 1/4" thick by 2-1/2" wide and were spaced by contrasting strips of very white maple (I couldn't find any good holly stock). I clamped the planks and epoxied in place. No screw holes to bung in the planks. The clamping scheme I used only allowed me to lay 2 planks per day, one port and one stbd (hence Rob's comment about patience).

Kevin, I still haven't completely settled on the seats, but I'm kinda thinking they'll be mahogany framed with an upholstered insert panel in the backrest and seat pan.

"Mutt's nuts?" er, thanks, I think. Never heard that expression.

Ken and Paladinsfo: I am proud of my accomplishments, but remain humbled by the level of skill, expertise and experience that resides on this forum. I keep in mind that not all forumites are garage amateurs such as myself.

And Roger, you got no need to be jealous. I seem to recall it wasn't too long ago you were setting a record for the most atta-boys in one thread.

Its gettin late, better go to bed.

Thanks again, all.

-Jeff

[brian.cunningham]

Your pics are coming through again
looks real nice.
Looking forward to seeing the vanished results!