Our New Online Home

We've moved!  We have a new home on the internet at i550pdx.com.  The new space will have the same  updates as this one, but will also allow us to add more features as our fleet grows.

Thanks for reading our blog, and we'll see you over there...

Getting there...

The cockpit on the second hull has been bonded into place.  Just like on the first hull, the cockpit was tacked together using the hull itself as a template with a sheet of plastic between the hull and cockpit pieces to prevent them from bonding together accidentally.  The whole piece was then flipped over and permanently bonded into one solid piece.  Plywood backing plates were also added in the appropriate areas.  It was then flipped back over and bonded to the rest of the hull.  Notice as well the cleats added along the top edge of the frames to provide a large area to bond the hull to.

It also soon going to be time to paint the inside of the hull with Zolatone.  This time around we primed it first with regular latex exterior primer in order to try and prevent some bleed through issues we had on the first hull.

Another nice improvement our second hull has is the addition of drain holes to allow water that gets in  the opening for the bow sprit to drain immediately out.  We accomplished this by adding a piece of ply between the bow and frame 18 that's angled slightly downward astern to direct the water towards the drain holes.  It's a little difficult to get a good idea what's going on from these pictures, so I will try to add a few more in the next update.

Finally, here are some pictures of our custom motor mount.  If you're interested in buying a similar one, get in contact with us.  We can help get these as well as other hardware for a lot cheaper than you would if you bought them from a specialty marine supply.