I bought two Yanmar 315 with gears shafts props everything they pulled out of the boat with only 110 hours.
I need to finish the 31 i have and sell the skip jack and finish building the tag boat and maybe start the new 31 ?
Going to get a sign for the front yard Poe's Marine.
Today i set the motor mount bolts after rechecking the shaft alignment and bolted the transmission coupler together.
Bolted the motor beds together.
Connected the head plumbing.
Installed the fuel line and fuel vent.
Also relocated the vent and fuel fill location to accommodate for removing the shelf's that use to be around the deck.
Installed the exhaust through hulls and pipes ready for supports.
Started the bilge pump installation but need some 90 through hulls.
Painted the 2 x 14 joist for around the fuel tank on top the stringers for the deck supports.
Next screw down the deck framing finish the bilge pumps and start laying out the deck templates for cutting the 9'x 5' 3/16 Aluminum Diamond Plate decking.
After that dial in the batteries boxes and electrical then motor boxes.
Preparation for sale trial.
Then diamond plate the galley floor and clean inside and talk to an upholstery guy.
After that's done tent the boat for termites and get a marine survey.
A that point start removing the equipment from the Skipjack and install on the Bertram.
Auto pilot, depth sounder, Outriggers,
Then save for a Nextgen.
Look at the AC see if it works and install 2, 1500 Watt halogen lights with dimmers.
Not sure where i'm going to mount the lights ill figure that out next.
I have used about 13.5 gallons of resin so far.
Out of Curiosity what would it cost if i bout a hard wood instead of Douglas fir of about 60' of 4 x 12.
I know one piece of Oak door sill is about 40-50 dollars.
24' of 2 x 14.
50' of 2 x 12.
40' of 2 x 6.
16' of 2 x 4.
24' of 1 x 6.
8' of 4 x 4.
that's 222' of heavy lumber.
I used a lot of over sized lumber for extra support.
We use Douglas fir to build for 110 MPH winds flexing homes and commercial buildings.
Douglas fir has been in my 24' Skip jack for nearly 20 years and still is perfect.
It's used with steel i beams all the time in heavy construction i have always been impressed with it and have never considered using lets say Oak for everything way to expensive and i feel the Douglas fir will be fine on the deck framing for the diamond plate.
I have had my Mercruiser 7.4 MPI with velvet drive on Douglas fir with paint for decades not a problem so far.
The aluminum shims under the motor mounts on the Cummins on the 31-B seem to add a lot of support but if i see any compression i will add angle aluminum to the motor mounts.
I did not do a search can anyone tell me the torque for the transmission coupler connector bolts ?
Any way that was some of the stuff that i thought about after i was asked about using Douglas Fir.
