SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Gelcoat / Paint / Fireberglass Repair => Topic started by: Luckie Stiff on February 22, 2008, 07:35:33 PM
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How important is it? Can I move it forward? Can I eliminate it? I got the seats mocked up in the Tahiti and the damn bulkhead is about 2' too close for my long ass legs :mad: Needless to say, I'm beyond frustrated with this thing :banghead: Anybody got a mini daycruiser they want to trade? :-\
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Dont give up so god damn easy Skip ;D. How about some pics of what it looks like now. I'm sure something can be done.
Bob
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That bulkhead is new to and fits really well. I doubt it would hurt to much to take it out. That hull and deck are a solid, heavy layup for sure.
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I wouldent get rid of it , I would just move it up a couple of inches.
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After thinking about it for a bit I came to the conclusion that it's got to move forward, there's just no way around it. I got out the trusty sawzall and made a window cut, cut a bit more, then it hit me, I can leave the outer edges of the bulkhead in place and just gut the center of it, it's still structurally sound and it served my purpose of more leg room. Any thoughts on this? I'll be glassing over all the rough edges this week, and addding an extension to the floor.
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi8.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa36%2Fluckiestiff%2Fbulkhead.jpg&hash=1b55ba66f4847cdb732f80bd0525eb23ea014ce6)
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Keep going and make it a open bow :o that should give your feet enough room ;D
2sav
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what about a longer steering post. That would move the steer back to you
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something like this http://www.cpperformance.com/detail.aspx?ID=7740 or http://www.cpperformance.com/detail.aspx?ID=1140
But ask Tom ;D
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what about a longer steering post. That would move the steer back to you
That kills any legroom for the backseat, I think this setup will work, I had the wife put some wieght on the deck and it didn't flex any, I'm going to add some braces from the stringers up to the deck just to be sure.
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You might want to add somekind of supports from the stringers to the underside of the deck, just so you dont have any problems later. Heres how it was done in my Daytona. ;)
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My Bahner had a removable upolstered bulkhead. It is not going back in. The deck has a center support running the lenght of the deck. I'm not too worried about it.
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Skip, my old boat almost identical to yours had a lot of the bulkhead cut out of it.... Not as much as yours but the boat was abused pretty good and I never came across any stress cracks ANYWHERE. She handled very well too. Mine had the original gel coat with nothing to hide. Still looks good now, in fact I want her back.