Thread: making my alicraft watertight

Bought an old 12ft alicraft and two motors for a good price. Leak tested it and found it leaking from 6 spots.

my mate is a machinist so we decided it would be fun to learn how to solid rivet.

the set up



testing on a spot of the hull that had rusty galv bolts but is above the waterline



starting to fix the damage.



the end result.



the solid rivets courtesy of Xi Jinping



The aftermath of finding steel cored pop rivets



a photo of the boat on the manukau