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Tech Talk => Hulls => Topic started by: 2savage4you on March 23, 2008, 04:33:56 PM

Title: Gunwale braces ?
Post by: 2savage4you on March 23, 2008, 04:33:56 PM

I dont have any, and my deck/dash has some sag in it. How do i brace it up again?

Got any pics of yours ;D And yes the bulkhead is in it :banghead:
2sav

Title: Re: Gunwale braces ?
Post by: beerjet on March 23, 2008, 09:42:02 PM

Sorry dude . Pics tommorrow . And it's not the gunwales   :banghead: ....... Its the deck braces .  ;D

-beerjet-

Title: Re: Gunwale braces ?
Post by: GAWnCA on March 24, 2008, 06:33:01 AM

I'd like to know about the deck sag.  I've got a bad one in the very bow of the boat.  I'm not a big person but this area is just too close for me to crawl up into to do any bracing and glass work.

(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.comcast.net%2F%7Egregaw%2FDeck_Sag_002sm.jpg&hash=8caeb0312ebf2ea7d21fc4ee3fd85ecb6cad4800)

I did have one person suggest I try to get a jack up into the bow and with a heat gun, like the ones used for heat shrink tubing, heat the area then jack the area up into place and let it cool there.  I think this area is just too big for that and should be braced from underneath. 

Title: Re: Gunwale braces ?
Post by: 2savage4you on March 24, 2008, 09:37:24 AM

The sun is your heat gun, atleast it is here :banghead:..Leave it in the sun for half a day  and then put it in the shade to cool ???
It probably wont work, especially if its stretched (sp)
I got you beat, thats minor compared to mine.....
2sav

Title: Re: Gunwale braces ?
Post by: 2savage4you on March 24, 2008, 11:15:26 AM

Well after sleeping on it i think im going at it all wrong   ???
I think i need to put more support under the deck and not the gunwale 

2 days ive worked on this and i think i found a solution   Im just in too much of a hurry to be thinking straight......time to slow it down a bit... My seats should be here today and my carpet the following or day after.

I just wanted it ready to get it all installed and check it off my list, but now i have more work to do if im gonna do it right.. 

Ah hell, whats one or two more days  :banghead:
2sav

Title: Re: Gunwale braces ?
Post by: Marcsrollin on March 24, 2008, 11:21:31 AM

Did you get the fiberglass seats from lucky stiff or did you go another route?

Title: Re: Gunwale braces ?
Post by: 2savage4you on March 24, 2008, 12:32:50 PM

Quote from: Marcsrollin on March 24, 2008, 11:21:31 AM

Did you get the fiberglass seats from lucky stiff or did you go another route?

 I got them from Dan @ Canyon Marine. I ordered them right before he posted his :banghead:
But i also got all the brackets too.
2sav