Thread: Pontoon Dingy build.

Originally Posted by bully

Mean!
What kind of beer are you cracking on the front, surely not wine...
I'm not a boat man, I have nothing intelligent to add.

I hadent thought of that...probably a can of NZ larger

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I hadent thought of that...probably a can of NZ larger

Probably the best thing you could do with that stuff

Originally Posted by Pengy

Probably the best thing you could do with that stuff

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Is that aluminium welding or no more gaps out of a gun? if its real welding I will be the first person to come to your welding course. K

Originally Posted by stickle7

Is that aluminium welding or no more gaps out of a gun? if its real welding I will be the first person to come to your welding course. K

Go back a page or two....

Originally Posted by stickle7

Is that aluminium welding or no more gaps out of a gun? if its real welding I will be the first person to come to your welding course. K

Yep it is all welded with no "no more gaps" or silicon anywhere......yet

Not actually doing f all but putting some brain hours into it today.

The edge of the tread plate is a 40mm fold that combined with the keelson that it will be plugwelded to will hopefully provide more than enough longitutdinal hull stiffness,another sealed chamber of reserve boyancy,something to lock your feet into when pulling in a net/long line/ 20pound plus snapper.







I am not sure I like the line of the floor relative to how I think it will sit at rest and on the plane and may taper the press forad so the floor in the bow ends up a little lower and narrower.
It certainly does not need more reserve boyancy.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Not actually doing f all but putting some brain hours into it today.

The edge of the tread plate is a 40mm fold that combined with the keelson that it will be plugwelded to will hopefully provide more than enough longitutdinal hull stiffness,another sealed chamber of reserve boyancy,something to lock your feet into when pulling in a net/long line/ 20pound plus snapper.







I am not sure I like the line of the floor relative to how I think it will sit at rest and on the plane and may taper the press forad so the floor in the bow ends up a little lower and narrower.
It certainly does not need more reserve boyancy.

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It's looking bloody good I think you should just put a jet unit in it while you are at it????

Originally Posted by screamO

It's looking bloody good I think you should just put a jet unit in it while you are at it????

Many people have said the same but it does not fit the design brief at all, how will I fit the 4 wheeler in there if it has a bloody great engine and jet unit there?.

It looks big in the pics but it is only 11 foot long remember.....it is wide tho.

That is amazing to me VC.

Originally Posted by Rushy

That is amazing to me VC.

I am probably doing it all wrong/the hard way Rushy but I am doing it anyway.

Not a boat man myself but looking good, no space for fuel bladders under the floor? Seen this done on a couple of boats I've been in

Originally Posted by 223nut

Not a boat man myself but looking good, no space for fuel bladders under the floor? Seen this done on a couple of boats I've been in

Heaps, could probably put 300l under the floor but the 8hp might take a year or two to use a tank .

I did think about a inbuilt tank but the more I thought of it the more impractical it seemed in a dingy.....I hope two real men should be able to carry this down a beach if no trailer access is available. At the moment I can still lift the bow or stern quite comfortably,I wouldnt want to carry it very far but I am quite lazy.

In built tanks with today's gas are just a pain with rotten fuel. Took mine out and went to totes. Is it time to start the name game??

It's taking shape nicely. You should consider a career in fabrication.