32" FC Rivercat build with twins project

[JPriami]

Thanks Ben. I was sorta wondering about it.

[JPriami]

Got the rudder mounted. I bock sanded the mount a bit to reduce the heavy back sweep angle there was on the area the rudder mounted too on the hull. I'm going to add some resin inside to strengthen that area since I sanded a bit away.

Also drilled holes for the water outlets. I'm using bulkhead fittings as exhaust ports that shoot water. they aren't bolted down yet just sitting in the holes.



Im prob going to shorten the bracket that mounts to the hull for the rudder so the rudder doesn't stick back so far.

[JPriami]

Added flotation to the cowl. Cut it flat after it expanded and then sealed over it. Might paint this white to hide it more.




I couldn't stand running out of stuff to do so I went ahead and cut the 110mm stingers I had to fit this boat. I filed the ends flat. Then pushed out the 2 bushings per stinger to relocate them. Turned out nice. Just need to clean the stingers up now after working on them. So now I have some nice 3/16 stingers for this.

[JPriami]

Shortened the rudder stand off.

[tiqueman]

Good move on the stand off. It helps a bit n the corners.

[HYDROJERRY]

I did that on the rudder bracket on mine too, looks so much better thanbefore,,

[JPriami]

Did you paint your rudder Jerry? I thought it was a different one because it was black. Looks stealthy

[HYDROJERRY]

No it came black from TFL i got it used from jesse awhile back and i had a new one from ose but i new i was going to cut it short and didnt want to messup the new one so i used the black one and i thought it would look cool like all you see is the struts,,,

[JPriami]

Just finished stripping, sanding and polishing the stingers I cut down yesterday.

[tiqueman]

Nicely done

[HYDROJERRY]

looks like one of the barrels on one of my 9's,,

[CHUD]

Nice job on the hatch jpriami ,I have seen H/J lost two hatches at our lake,
just wish I had some scubba to get them back

[JPriami]

Thanks Chud

I laid some extra fiberglass and resin on sponson transoms when I reinforced the floor areas. After drilling holes to mount stingers and rudder I wanted a better way to get the nuts and washers off easier if I need to take the rudder and stingers off. I installed them with a little grease on the threads and bolts and encased them I'm fiberglass resin. This way it strengthens the area and will hold the hardware in place when doing any work. The grease helps when taking the bolts out if any resin gets in the threads.

[HYDROJERRY]

Very nice JP,, should be pritty strong now..

[LarrysDrifter]

Bad thing is, when you bolt everything back together, the nuts are very likely to turn inside the resin. Youll have to get the resin out so you can get a socket on the nuts. Good thinking, but I would have cut transom doublers out of wood or carbon fiber plate.