Here are a couple of excerpts from an issue of Motor Boating magazine from an early 20th century edition. William Hand's designs were for semi displacement hulls with low power requirements and good sea keeping abilities. I believe his designs were the inspiration for boats like the Ninegret, Harry Bryan's Handy Billy and of course Jacques Merton's Nina. Click on the pictures for an enlarged version and be sure to read the text in the box.
Here are some pics of the through hull scupper for Nina. Unfortunately the plug is a bit small and I will have to find another alternative. The beauty of this scupper is that there will be no penetrations in the form of screws into the hull, the scupper is screwed to the fitting and is easily replaceable. The catalog is Hamilton Marine and shows both the fitting I used and the replacement scupper.
Yamaha finally sent me the sheet with the mounting hole dimensions for the F25. Made this jig for drilling the holes, three layers of 3/4 inch ply for a depth of three inches. Drilled the holes oversize (3/4 inch), filled with thickened epoxy and will redrill just over correct size for a bit of wiggle room. Worth all the work to protect the transom from rot.
Side decks held in place with clamps to get an idea of how it will look. Need to do more finish work to the inside of the hull before installing them and the foredeck.
The berths are dry fitted, porta potti peeks out from under the berth. There will be a panel added to the cover and I need to add an access near the bottom for the operating handle.
I have two of these tractor seats and my daughter insists they would make great helm and first mate seats. The milk crate indicates where a rearward facing seat might go. The helm seat is at about 26 inches from the floor which gives good visibility over the cabin. The rear facing seat attached to the helm seat will make a great step for getting in and out of the boat. Still trying to decide on the console.
If you could imagine a horizontal line across the seat back 15 inches up from the sole and two vertical lines extending vertically upward from it to the edge of the gunnels you would have the fold down seat back. The hatches over the motor well and side storage along with the fold down seat back allow access to the motor and storage areas. There will be a bench seat across the back with storage under.
