No, we are converting our boat from twin diesel engines with outdrives to a single diesel with a v drive transmission. adding two feet gives us more room to engineer the correct angle for the shaft angle while not having the whole boat be an engine. box... For outboards it is pretty typical to add a bracket off of the transom to mount the engines to, but there are different ways to go about it.
Thanks for the info. That is going to be cool. We have that on our Cat. Seems to work really well. Enjoying the adventure thank you for recording it. @@YoungWiseTails
You didn't leave any of the transom glass to bond to? That can be very problematic. If you glass to the bottom of the hull and don't get a perfect bond the glass can lift and peel from the water pressure while moving forward. Not trying to be an ass, just saying...
Jeff Hull is one of the best fiberglass/ boat builders on the west coast of California. I’m sure he coached Conner what to do and remove before he handed him a sawzall. The boys are in good hands…
yeah man! We laid up the glass running up the inside of the hull... and we built and cored a whole new transom at the end of the extension. laid it all up at one time. we used some door skin on the underside and then ground down the existing hull side to create a return and glassed that seem with Bi Ax.
thanks man! Jeff and his crew are so epic and have been so fun to work with. they're doing all of the heave lifting as far as glass and build I'm just helping with whatever I can.
Had no idea that this much had to be done. So every time this basic design with outboards, someone did all this to the inside structure?
No, we are converting our boat from twin diesel engines with outdrives to a single diesel with a v drive transmission. adding two feet gives us more room to engineer the correct angle for the shaft angle while not having the whole boat be an engine. box... For outboards it is pretty typical to add a bracket off of the transom to mount the engines to, but there are different ways to go about it.
Thanks for the info. That is going to be cool. We have that on our Cat. Seems to work really well. Enjoying the adventure thank you for recording it. @@YoungWiseTails
You didn't leave any of the transom glass to bond to? That can be very problematic. If you glass to the bottom of the hull and don't get a perfect bond the glass can lift and peel from the water pressure while moving forward. Not trying to be an ass, just saying...
Jeff Hull is one of the best fiberglass/ boat builders on the west coast of California. I’m sure he coached Conner what to do and remove before he handed him a sawzall. The boys are in good hands…
yeah man! We laid up the glass running up the inside of the hull... and we built and cored a whole new transom at the end of the extension. laid it all up at one time. we used some door skin on the underside and then ground down the existing hull side to create a return and glassed that seem with Bi Ax.
thanks man! Jeff and his crew are so epic and have been so fun to work with. they're doing all of the heave lifting as far as glass and build I'm just helping with whatever I can.