Jig Made For Drilling Transom

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 roughed in

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.

Looking forward from the cockpit

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.

Fooling around with ideas for the helm

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.

The seat back

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.

the motor well

this image shows the motor well with port and stbd storage areas.  The splash well will go in as soon as I get the bolt patterns from Yamaha.  I need that info to determine if I need to cut into the sole to access bolts.

Port side storage area

Port side, same as Stbd side, nattery box shows tight fit , tools and mess on top of foamed area, plenty of room there for fenders, lines, etc.  These areas will be covered and accessed through a  top hatch and the fold down seat back. 

Working on the motor well area

Stbd side storage area, raised part will be for light storage, foam poured under, the smaller area that goes all the way to the cockpit sole will be for a battery

Welcome to Winter in Vermont

Poor old truck needs some digging out.  The following posts show my most recent progress on building Nina.  Slow going, need to start each work session with building a fire in the shop of Wonderdog Boatworks, waiting for all to warm up and then getting on with it.  Wish I had done more last summer, fall and, oh well, here we are.

Motor Well

The modified motor well and storage spaces on either side.  There is floatation foam under each storage compartment.

Cabin Roof Framing

Three shots showing the cabin framing and dry fit berths below

Foredeck framing

Also in this pic are the bronze cleat and fake stem.  The cleat is part of three buckets of bronze fittings that came from an old sailboat, I have several that I will use on TUMBLEHOME NINA.

View of the modified motor well

By narrowing the opening through the hull I added 2 square feet to the planing surface and a bit more bouancy to the aft end of the boat.  This is also done in Bryan's Handy Billy and the Ninegret, lots of extra work, hopefully worth it.

Finally Laid the Sole in Nina's Cockpit

Anything with a bit of weight was put in the cockpit to hold the ply down until the epoxy could cure., didn't realize how many anchors I had acquired!  Can't have too many.