Pontoon Dingy build.

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Originally Posted by stingray

I like the idea of having the tote tank out of the way so perhaps a long fuel line and tote tank under floor foward ? plus are you adding rod holders.. I've seen the ones that you slip into rolock holes and was thinking the same for you low proflie lugs or something... I know this is set up for nets and less is more.. but it will end up snappering also I'm certain! Very impressed with the progress..my biggest thought is comfort and ease of use for yourself and kin...will you be side seating her ?

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I tasked @Kiwi Greg with procuring me some hardwood planks for seats. I think they are quila? Anyway they have passed the two fat fucks bouncing up and down on them test.
I wanted wood seats over folded Alloy for a bit of "suspension" in the seat but mainly wood is a lot warmer on the freckle on frosty mornings and nights than alloy.

Have not compleatly ruled out some kind of inbuilt tank but I really need to sea trial her first before I think about that and where it might go.

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Yep Kwilla

If you break those you have bigger things to worry about :thumbsup:

Is that aluminium welding or no more gaps out of a gun? if its real welding I will be the first person to come to your welding course. K

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Originally Posted by stickle7

Is that aluminium welding or no more gaps out of a gun? if its real welding I will be the first person to come to your welding course. K

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Go back a page or two....

:D:D:D:D:D

Is that "No More Gaps" your laying down there @veitnamcam ?


Cheers
Pete

Awesome work dude.
Are those fold up wheels fitted to the back a feasible option for single player dragging across the beach etc?

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Originally Posted by Nibblet

Awesome work dude.
Are those fold up wheels fitted to the back a feasible option for single player dragging across the beach etc?

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Yep possibly.

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Originally Posted by stickle7

Is that aluminium welding or no more gaps out of a gun? if its real welding I will be the first person to come to your welding course. K

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Yep it is all welded with no "no more gaps" or silicon anywhere......yet

Those fold up wheel arrangements work great, well worth it

Progress always feels slow when your the one doing the work....
It's looking really good so far and enjoying watching it progress

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Originally Posted by distant stalker

Progress always feels slow when your the one doing the work....
It's looking really good so far and enjoying watching it progress

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No progress today....I have the mother of all hangovers.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

No progress today....I have the mother of all hangovers.

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NZ lager ?

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Originally Posted by Pengy

NZ lager ?

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Too many different beers in one night.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

No progress today....I have the mother of all hangovers.

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And I'm creating one.... :)

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Originally Posted by Beaker

And I'm creating one.... :)

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+1

Two things cam...

Did you find the rubber duck bills? I have two spare ones that I can sell to you.

Second, I have a Stabi 389. Set up by a pro diver, no seats as you would normally have; just three padded button seats on top of pontoons. One for the driver and one each side of the hull just south of the angle change. Means you have much more deck space. I have a row of pipes just forward of seats to stop fuel tank and dive gear from heading south.

Just a thought...

:-)

How much for the duck bills?

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One sure way to turn a nice looking job to mud is to use the mud gun so today that's what I did and welded out the hull and transom.....Bloody migs are messy pricks of things that never look nice.

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Here are the planks that are going to be seats in roughly these positions.

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Legend :cool:

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Legend :cool:

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Steady on it doesn't even float yet!

It will float alright ..will it fit two fat barstards nets fish weed mud blood and beer? Oh and will the outboard get up and out?

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It will float alright ..will it fit two fat barstards nets fish weed mud blood and beer? Oh and will the outboard get up and out?

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Should do all that except maybe the last bit, Pretty sure the 8 will plane me and a net....it should plane fairly slow being wide and flat but only one way to find out, Probably upgrade to a 15-20hp.

our 13' fryan will plane with just my fat 115kg arse in it AS LONG AS I get to centre of boat(that's with 6hp merc).....it might be worthwhile fitting seat or having movable one that you can use on your own,a hunk of pvc pipe fits snuggly over outboard throttle which allows me to control boat from forward,this also works better for standing up to peer into water to check depth as you travel along.very tidy job...as to your pontoons turning into bomb if filled with polystyrene...you COULD use bean bag filler which would allow you to blow them out with compressed air if needed.

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Should do all that except maybe the last bit, Pretty sure the 8 will plane me and a net....it should plane fairly slow being wide and flat but only one way to find out, Probably upgrade to a 15-20hp.

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your 8 struggled to plane with you, me and a large bucket of shellfish if i recall and that was with the special prop you fit especially for me? :D

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your 8 struggled to plane with you, me and a large bucket of shellfish if i recall and that was with the special prop you fit especially for me? :D

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Yea the 10footer just doesnt have the area on the water with which to support the weight and becomes a displacement hull.....goes almost scary fast with just me and nothing else tho.

Id like one of these but could be a while away yet.

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Id like one of these but could be a while away yet.

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You could buy a shit load of oars and hire some slaves for that money VC.

Trimmed back pontoons and fought and swore and cursed to pull back fucked up pressing angles to cap them off...should of scrapped them and started again but I am trying not to dwell on it remember :pissed off:

It looks more dingy like now you can see its actual lenght.

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It's looking bloody good VC.

Agreed

Not much freeboard??

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Not much freeboard??

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No not really but it shouldnt need any to be fair....it will get a high side on top tho as mentioned earlier in the thread.

@veitnamcam. How's this boat going. It's been a week. Any wet tests with it yet, or still waiting on motor

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@veitnamcam. How's this boat going. It's been a week. Any wet tests with it yet, or still waiting on motor

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I have taken it out of the workshop each morning before work and put it back in each night after knock off and thats it.. I have had to be home every night after work this week so no work done on it at all since Sunday when I did not much because my Dad and Uncle came in for a look and ended up chinwaggin.
Boys first Rugby game for the season tomorrow and the wife is working but I hope to get a couple hours into it tomorrow after the game.
Sunday short of a nucular attack I am going fishing because it has been too long since I had a fish on the end of a rod.

The invoices have been rolling in tho I will have a tally up and post costs so far.

Costs so far.
Alloy $431.60 +gst
Alloy $118.00 +
Press hull sheet $88.25+
total $733.53 incl gst

Pontoon pressings $ 230 inc gst
Timber $110 inc
Bungs x 3 $26.97 inc
Total $366.97

Dingy Total so far 366.97+733.53=

$1100.50

That is nearly finished cost....be another hundy or so for material for the high sides or that might just come out of some offcuts:thumbsup: plus whatever the signwriter charges for the name if the useless prick ever gets around to coming and doing it. And maybe another hundy for extrusion and rubbing strip around the pontoon/high side join

There is no cost for my time of course of which I am at around 65-70hours into it now(probably knock 10-15 hours off if pressings where done correctly) or welding cost but if you were paying for consumables yourself it would be less than 200bucks

Trailer bits so far

$877.08 and it would be worse than that if @Mathias had not got me a good deal on a few things thanks mate:thumbsup:

Thats just parts no material to actually build it with yet so the trailer will likely cost more than the dingy.

Made up the keelson and shaped it into the hull and got the bow bit of the floor a bit closer to fitting.


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Looking good VC, Starting to take shape nicely.
I hope you have built in good fish catching abilities