I beefed up the interior of the compartment on the starboard side, just aft of the rear bulkhead and added an exterior mounting point for the motor mount. It will be held in place with four 3/8" bolts through the drilled holes visible here.
I beefed up the interior of the compartment on the starboard side, just aft of the rear bulkhead and added an exterior mounting point for the motor mount. It will be held in place with four 3/8" bolts through the drilled holes visible here.
Assembling the deck panels:
Note to people building the kit: the instructions talk about joining the deck panels with thin strips of plywood that fit into incised channels. My kit had neither the strips or the channels, so I contacted Brandon Davis, the creator of the kit, at Turn Point Design. He told me they had dumped the strip joining method in favor of simply running fiberglass tape along the bottom sides of the seams, so that's what I did.
My last task before affixing the decks was to solve my cabin storage layout. I ended up with a shelf on each side between the bulkhead and knee, beneath which I ran a couple of lines of bungee to create a space for stowing things like water bottles, first aid and hygene kit, etc. Next came two cargo mesh compartments along each side. Then I ran a line of bungee around the perimeter of the forward half of the cabin for keeping loose items like clothing, stuff bags, etc. out of the way. Finally, a closeline around the upper cabin for hanging lanterns, wet socks, what have ya.
