SRowells Fletcher Arrowsport 155 GTO

[Eeyore]

its been a while where nothing has happened due to shit weather but it has really picked up today so cracked on with work! I properly fibreglassed in a new rear support as the old one was nackered.



and fibreglassed in the four side supports... they still need a bit of reinforcement but theyre good to go!



next we test fitted the floor and i had to powerfile a bit more out to get it to fit properly but in the end it went in perfectly.




We threw the 306 seats in and had a sit around thinking where best to put them and how to do it. it has literally taken most of yesterday to think of how best to do it and today it took a lot of measuring to do it. In the end stainless steel bolts were bought at vast expense and some hardwood beams. These were then bolted to the floor which was a task as the boat seems to be slightly uneven on each side. We also had to make sure that the bolts wouldnt fowl on the buoyancy foam or on any of the stringers! Anyway hardwood beams added for the seating and then the floor was out and bolted together! We also painted the entire floor with resin to give it an extra layer of protection. Im planning to never take it out ever again so thought id best do it.






next we made up some really really thick resin and troweled it onto the stringers and the area that the floor would be sitting on in the attempt to make a seal. This needed a lot of weight so after standing on it for a long time we got 2 bins and filled them with water to keep the pressure on the floor!



i then went around the outside of the floor with fibreglass matting which is the final part of fitting the floor!

I have 5x2m of lining carpet arriving int he next few days so that will be the next job as well as fitting the seats. Then its just mounting the controls and going for a blast!