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Beave
06-19-2005, 12:38 AM
I have some pictures of what I've been doing on my boat for anyone interested.

She's a 1986 Bayliner Trophy. I got a great deal on the boat but it needed a lot of little stuff done.

Here's a shot of the boat after getting her home:
http://www.salmonking.net/boat1.jpg

One of the back. One of the first things I did was remove the name.
http://www.salmonking.net/boat2.jpg

Here's the rocket launcher I had made. 10 tubes leaning aft 25 degrees. The two outer tubes are out at a 45 as well so I can run rods in them. I also had plates put on to mount lights in the future.
http://www.salmonking.net/Boat/0.JPG

I HATE wood screws holding anything to a glass boat. These teak railings were held in with wood screws which were pulling out after 20 years. I've remade new railings (without all the knock-outs). I don't quite have them done yet as I'm mounting riggers and rod holders to them. I had to make metal brackets so I could mount them with through-bolts.
http://www.salmonking.net/Boat/1.JPG

More bad design. Screws too close to the edge cracked the wood. http://www.salmonking.net/Boat/2.JPG

To mount my rigger plates and give myself access so I could mount my railings with through bolts I needed an access hole. Rather than cut a 4" access hole and use one of those stupid looking caps I bought some 6" marine speakers that'll go in those holes. Make sure you tape the area off well before you start cutting so you get clean cuts.
http://www.salmonking.net/Boat/3.JPG
http://www.salmonking.net/Boat/4.JPG

After drilling holes for rigger mounting plates I always put a bead of silicone down. It will squeeze into the bolt holes to prevent water intrustion.
http://www.salmonking.net/Boat/5.JPG

When it dries I'll clean up the excess.
http://www.salmonking.net/Boat/6.JPG

I have a bunch more in the works I didn't take pictures of yet. I'll update those when I get to it.




252Life
06-19-2005, 04:06 AM
Looks great Beave. That is the type of work I love doing on my boat. Cleaning up, improving and customizing!

TONGA
06-19-2005, 04:38 AM
those rocket launchers look nice and threatening,what kind of lights are you thinking of using?
The speakers are a nice solution to that access problem.