23' & 26' Hourston Project Commenced...

[casper5280]

It shouldn't be too hard to fit a piece of foam or wood to the deck and glass over it,just more work,dust,fill,sand,repeat. I assume you meant the small 6-8" piece under the cabin side aft of the windshield? I think I must be missing something?

No you are correct.

 

[walleyes]

Looking at the pics of the boats topless got my thinking process going.
You should do something totally different and turn that 23’ into a center console. You seem to be handy enough with glassing and building you could pull it off and have it looking nice. You’d have the only center console Hurston out there, be a heck of a fishing machine.

 

[Rayvon]

Looking at the pics of the boats topless got my thinking process going.
You should do something totally different and turn that 23’ into a center console. You seem to be handy enough with glassing and building you could pull it off and have it looking nice. You’d have the only center console Hurston out there, be a heck of a fishing machine.

Definitely be the only one with a fly bridge.

 

[profisher]

Wolf is right about the drains...something I learned a long time ago....sealed up compartments will get moisture in them and trapped water is trouble. Drains and inspection plates are your friend. I leave all my compartment inspection plates open during the winter so that there is air movement. If I find any trapped water I use a hand pump or a sponge to remove it. My boat didn't have inspection plates inside the cabin so I drilled them into the two forward compartments. The carpet hides them so only I know they are there.

 

[Trophy21]

Definitely be the only one with a fly bridge.

well it’s not a fly bridge on a center console it’s a tuna tower!

 

[EZZ70]

Bulkheads glassed in forward and aft of fuel tank compartment & floor is ready to be glassed...

 

[Rayvon]

I would suggest you gelcoat with "airdry"all the way up to floor level before glassing your floor in.Polyester resin alone is porous.And don't forget to have some sort of weep hole between each compartment or you'll get condensation build up as "Profisher" said.Have you considered putting some ABS or PVC pipe under floor for pulling wiring from front to back? What are you sealing the bottom of the plywood with?

 

[EZZ70]

I would suggest you gelcoat with "airdry"all the way up to floor level before glassing your floor in.Polyester resin alone is porous.And don't forget to have some sort of weep hole between each compartment or you'll get condensation build up as "Profisher" said.Have you considered putting some ABS or PVC pipe under floor for pulling wiring from front to back? What are you sealing the bottom of the plywood with?

Fuel tank coffin is Done!

 

[wolf]

I would really strongly suggest what I said and put some some drains in before trust me you will have water in them and doing it now will be easier then later, also are you sealing the plywood on your floor on the underside? all you need to do is a good coat of resin any bare wood will draw in water and start the rot process especially if your boat is in fresh water if you dont IT WILL rot, As my boat builder said to me along time ago fresh water rots salt water preserves... LOL

 

[EZZ70]

So, to answer a few questions from above posts...

- The bottom/underside of the plywood deck was prep'ed with a penetrating coat of poly resin then 1oz cm
-Limber holes has been install
- All my conduits will be underside of gunwales, not under floor

 

[casper5280]

Nice job. That is how I did mine and the same plugs just all at the very back by the transom. Drilled a hole and inserted conduit and epoxied it in.

 

[SteelyDan]

Bomb proof

 

[EZZ70]

Nice job. That is how I did mine and the same plugs just all at the very back by the transom. Drilled a hole and inserted conduit and epoxied it in.

Thx you I done mine a bit different... I over sized a hole to 1 1/2" then filled with epoxy and re-drilled a hole to plug size, zero contact with wood, no chance of water weeping into stingers...

 

[EZZ70]

yes, yes it is...

Bomb proof

 

[Aces]

Looking at the pics of the boats topless got my thinking process going.
You should do something totally different and turn that 23’ into a center console. You seem to be handy enough with glassing and building you could pull it off and have it looking nice. You’d have the only center console Hurston out there, be a heck of a fishing machine.

Not true. I have a 26 centre console Hourston

 

[SteelyDan]

Pretty sure fishtofino has one as well

 

[Corey_lax]

Pretty sure fishtofino has one as well

Aces is fishtofino, no?

 

[Rain City]

Aces is fishtofino, no?

Bum bum bummmmmm

 

[SteelyDan]

Ahhh. I don't keep up with all the multiple personality disorders on the forum these days

 

[Aces]

Aces is fishtofino, no?

Don’t live in Tofino anymore

Seemed like a change was in order