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[QUOTE]LonLB - 2/17/2011  1:05 PM

Did you already have a boat in mind?

It depends on the size of the boat. With a small boat weight would become a concern, but then again a small boat would be unstable with a casting deck, and have little room for storage areas.

There are other ways to build the boat though too. For instance aluminum C channel rectangle tubing, or L extrusion can be used for framing.
Aluminum sheeting, abs sheets etc can be used to build boxes etc.

I'm using ABS panels to build rod boxes and the like. Basically anywhere there needs to be a flat surface, but one that you aren't walking on. Luckily for me a local RV salvage shop has almost anything you could want. But if you look around the stuff is available from lots of places.

Also, the quality exterior plywood is actually lighter than what you would think. It's not like the cheap pine plywood.

In any case you do have to be conscious how much weight you are adding. If you are starting from scratch with a bigger boat it's possible to go overboard, and add so many things that it too is over weighted. Or at the very least requires a bigger engine than you could have gotten away with.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 2/17/2011 1:05 PM (#482253 - in reply to #482238)
Subject: RE: Question to Boat Restorers

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Did you already have a boat in mind?

It depends on the size of the boat. With a small boat weight would become a concern, but then again a small boat would be unstable with a casting deck, and have little room for storage areas.

There are other ways to build the boat though too. For instance aluminum C channel rectangle tubing, or L extrusion can be used for framing.
Aluminum sheeting, abs sheets etc can be used to build boxes etc.

I'm using ABS panels to build rod boxes and the like. Basically anywhere there needs to be a flat surface, but one that you aren't walking on. Luckily for me a local RV salvage shop has almost anything you could want. But if you look around the stuff is available from lots of places.

Also, the quality exterior plywood is actually lighter than what you would think. It's not like the cheap pine plywood.

In any case you do have to be conscious how much weight you are adding. If you are starting from scratch with a bigger boat it's possible to go overboard, and add so many things that it too is over weighted. Or at the very least requires a bigger engine than you could have gotten away with.

Edited by LonLB 2/17/2011 1:10 PM