With the sheer line corrected I glassed the rest of the interior with 6oz cloth. This isn't required, but I want everything protected and strengthened as much as possible.
Glassing helped stiffen up the sides a bit too. before I could push in the gunnels about an inch or so, now it's maybe less then 1/2 an inch. The stiffeners will take care of the rest.
I still have some flex on the rear floor, not much, but it bothers me. I added a couple of strips of 6" tape to retie it in to the sides and frames. It helped a bit, but there is still a slight amount of flex. I'll decide if I'm gonna go any further with that later as most of that area will be covered by a cooler/seat arrangement.
So here is where I'm a little embarrassed to share. I literally spent 2 days figuring out how I wanted to do the side supports/rod holders. Measure, draw, erase, measure, draw, erase.....about 200 times!
I wanted them to be aesthetically pleasing, somewhat, and functional. The problem is how much the hull curves. The spacing needed to be correct so it supports the hull sides well, and allows me to hang a long rod. I don't fly fish so my goal was to be able to hang a 7.5' rod without having to cut holes in the bulkhead. I can do 8' if needed with this arrangement.
So from left to right is the bow, middle, and stern supports. I decided the most functional type was a simple hole, but if I needed to hold a longer rod where the reel was behind the support instead of in front the hole doesn't work. So the front gets the hole, and the rear gets a slide in design. the rear is made so if I need to add a bungee strap later on it's not a problem. The top can fit 2 larger diameter rods, and the bottom will hold either a smaller rod, gaff if I ever need, or most likely my stake out rod. The gunnel caps will end up being about 8.5" total. and there will be a cap edge of about 5/8" x 2.5" so the top rods will be tucked under well. The supports themselves I want a little thicker this time, so they will be either 3/4" or 1" thick.
To be cont....
