I worry about h2o getting through those unsealed rivit holes, into the hull cavity and potentially saturating the interior styrofoam. If I do this I will use 3m vhb tape. It will bond to the plates and the roto molded hull ribs. Goodbye measuring, drilling and rivits. Give this a quick try for us. There are various vhb formulations, be sure to select the correct one for poly hull material. If you have not used this stuff, prepare to be amazed. Prep is, as always, critical.
Love it!! Such a simple design. Hey what do you think about backing the seat mounts with some aluminum flat bar rivited into the hull then rivited through the seat mount? I'm just curious how the wood screws hold up screwed just into the thin plastic especially if you're leaning back in those seats.
We are going to find out, haha. We had another plastic boat in here that was held together with wood screws and they held up great, so we decided to give it a shot. Backing it would be difficult with the foam and doin it in a manner where it would still look good in the end would be tricky
Is there a plan to put rod holders on this boat? If not, would there be a way to do it? I would like to make a catfishing boat for areas too hard to access with a boat out of one of these.
