Started My Bowfishing Deck/Platform... (edit: finished)
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Started My Bowfishing Deck/Platform... (edit: finished)
Well me and my friend Matt started on my bowfishing deck/platform today.
We got most of the plans laid out, figured out how we wanted to do it and built the initial main brace.
The figuring out exactly how we were gonna do it took the most time. We should be able to almost finish the main building of it tomorrow... then this weekend we'll get the wiring done on the lights/generator/switches/etc/etc...
and should be bowfishing at night come next week.
It may not look like much work, but that's the part of the boat that is going to be subject to the most stress and flexing. We wanted the brace across to be really stout so we got our c-channel (which will be bolted through two spots. it's just screwed in for now) bolted up and welded our vertical bar to it and then welded the two crossbeams on either side and to it. we tacked(for now) some little 1"x1" pieces in between to combine the two... next we'll put our 45 degree support bars for the deck on it and get it all going...
the deck will be 4.5ft wide at the front and 5.5ft wide at the back. it'll be almost 7ft long.. which makes it prolly around 35 square feet. not too bad... it'll have an 18" high knee rail to keep me from falling off. i just ordered a new 60" shaft for my trolling motor (so she'll reach from the deck)...
i'll have 8 10,000 lumen lights(350 watt, but fancy ones) running off of it. 3 on each side and two on the front. they'll be wired to a switch to control them seperately (left/right/front) then into my 3250watt generator.
but this was a good first evening's work.
(note: first pic, the front of the boat is to the right --->>>)
We got most of the plans laid out, figured out how we wanted to do it and built the initial main brace.
The figuring out exactly how we were gonna do it took the most time. We should be able to almost finish the main building of it tomorrow... then this weekend we'll get the wiring done on the lights/generator/switches/etc/etc...
and should be bowfishing at night come next week.
It may not look like much work, but that's the part of the boat that is going to be subject to the most stress and flexing. We wanted the brace across to be really stout so we got our c-channel (which will be bolted through two spots. it's just screwed in for now) bolted up and welded our vertical bar to it and then welded the two crossbeams on either side and to it. we tacked(for now) some little 1"x1" pieces in between to combine the two... next we'll put our 45 degree support bars for the deck on it and get it all going...
the deck will be 4.5ft wide at the front and 5.5ft wide at the back. it'll be almost 7ft long.. which makes it prolly around 35 square feet. not too bad... it'll have an 18" high knee rail to keep me from falling off. i just ordered a new 60" shaft for my trolling motor (so she'll reach from the deck)...
i'll have 8 10,000 lumen lights(350 watt, but fancy ones) running off of it. 3 on each side and two on the front. they'll be wired to a switch to control them seperately (left/right/front) then into my 3250watt generator.
but this was a good first evening's work.
(note: first pic, the front of the boat is to the right --->>>)
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#7
Originally Posted by Roach2004
Gonna have chairs?
Originally Posted by firefighterjosh
Will the boat float with all that weight
JJ that stuff is pretty light. what kind of boat is that? its very wide. and not very deep.
EDIT: Never mind I looked at the first pic again it is deeper then I though. Dang pics playing mind games
JJ that stuff is pretty light. what kind of boat is that? its very wide. and not very deep.
EDIT: Never mind I looked at the first pic again it is deeper then I though. Dang pics playing mind games
my boat is a 1648 (16ft long, 48" at the bottom). at the top front it's 54" and the rear is around 72" or so. it's wide enough.
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Originally Posted by Trevelyn1015
nope. not planning on it initially, at least...
it really won't be all that heavy. my motor is really heavy (70hp Evinrude), but I'm adding float pods to help keep the rear up...
my boat is a 1648 (16ft long, 48" at the bottom). at the top front it's 54" and the rear is around 72" or so. it's wide enough.
it really won't be all that heavy. my motor is really heavy (70hp Evinrude), but I'm adding float pods to help keep the rear up...
my boat is a 1648 (16ft long, 48" at the bottom). at the top front it's 54" and the rear is around 72" or so. it's wide enough.
The first pics I really couldn't tell how long it was. Looks good let us know how it turns out!
You making me want to go fishing....only problem its snowing and 30s
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Originally Posted by lifted97ranger
that would be sweet to have a livewell built into the floor of that......
Originally Posted by gety
God damn that deck is kinda high isnt it.
Originally Posted by outdoorsman
looks really nice! How will it ride with the deck in front?
#18
almost done.
here's where we got to last night:
Picture 1) how far we got... shows all the 45's we put in, the crossmembers, knee rail, etc..
Picture 2) the mount for the trolling motor. i'll be putting in a 12" 2x6 in that space and bolting it in...
Picture 3) another view of how far we got...
Picture 4) shows how the deck goes with the contour of the boat...
Picture 5) my new sticker for my boat!
Picture 6) my new sticker for my ranger!
here's where we got to last night:
Picture 1) how far we got... shows all the 45's we put in, the crossmembers, knee rail, etc..
Picture 2) the mount for the trolling motor. i'll be putting in a 12" 2x6 in that space and bolting it in...
Picture 3) another view of how far we got...
Picture 4) shows how the deck goes with the contour of the boat...
Picture 5) my new sticker for my boat!
Picture 6) my new sticker for my ranger!
#25
Originally Posted by 06fx4 L2
so... dumb quetion.. whats bowfishing, and is it just what it sounds like it is??
JOSH
JOSH
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowfishing