02-01-2011, 03:33 AM
As any fisherman has come to know , you do with what you have on hand.
We are inventors and engineers in our own right, making due to suit our needs .
Today people call it "going green", we call it getting by .
The first step was to have the idea , the second put it on paper and go to work .
I skipped the paper and opted to use cardboard, tracing the outline of the stern and made it long enough to cover the extended seat area . I cut it out and checked it for fit , again making measurement corrections where needed and there were a few .
As you can see many measurements were made , over and over again.
I almost forgot about the taper the walls of the boat have, the seat bracing would have been useless if I forgot about this step . Other ideas that have bounced around for this area were where to locate the hatch for the fuel tank, additional bracing for the anchor bolt, and storage. I think I put in a little extra to compensate for later changes and additions.
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We are inventors and engineers in our own right, making due to suit our needs .
Today people call it "going green", we call it getting by .
The first step was to have the idea , the second put it on paper and go to work .
I skipped the paper and opted to use cardboard, tracing the outline of the stern and made it long enough to cover the extended seat area . I cut it out and checked it for fit , again making measurement corrections where needed and there were a few .
As you can see many measurements were made , over and over again.
I almost forgot about the taper the walls of the boat have, the seat bracing would have been useless if I forgot about this step . Other ideas that have bounced around for this area were where to locate the hatch for the fuel tank, additional bracing for the anchor bolt, and storage. I think I put in a little extra to compensate for later changes and additions.
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