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I was waiting for some epoxy to setup on my Phil Thomas Stealth 30 tonight, so I decided to get a jump on another project I've been wanting to do. I was going back and forth between this project, or a twin powered Mystic or Miss G... The Thunder Cat seemed like a more unique project!
I cleaned out some of the interior wood to make room for batteries. More may come out, depending on how it balances out. I'll clean up the interior more once I figure out what needs to be done to make the boat work.
I cut off the stuffing tube, and then found the centerline of the transom and mounted the outboards based on where the rudder bracket holes were. I picked up the bottom hole for the rudder bracket on the right side (replaced the metric blind-nut with a 8-32 blind nut) and drilled up the rest of the holes to 3/16" and installed 8-32 blind nuts.
I then drilled and taped a hole in each cav plate and fabbed up a 4-40 sized tie-rod. Outboards are now mounted and tied together. I'm going to have to think about how to tie in the steering so I can still get the hatch sealed. I'll work on that more tomorrow.
I cleaned out some of the interior wood to make room for batteries. More may come out, depending on how it balances out. I'll clean up the interior more once I figure out what needs to be done to make the boat work.
I cut off the stuffing tube, and then found the centerline of the transom and mounted the outboards based on where the rudder bracket holes were. I picked up the bottom hole for the rudder bracket on the right side (replaced the metric blind-nut with a 8-32 blind nut) and drilled up the rest of the holes to 3/16" and installed 8-32 blind nuts.
I then drilled and taped a hole in each cav plate and fabbed up a 4-40 sized tie-rod. Outboards are now mounted and tied together. I'm going to have to think about how to tie in the steering so I can still get the hatch sealed. I'll work on that more tomorrow.
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