keep in mind, after several uses, your boat will expand a bit. The first board i made for mine turned out to be a bit small after a while. Maybe add an extra 1/4 inch all the way around, giving a total of 1/2 inch, L x W.
instead of cutting the carpet piece by piece and lapping it over, just make one cut all the way around the board, as close as possible, the moulding will cover any imperfections.
Sweet video man, I really appreciate it. A couple quick questions if you don't mind before I get started on my project. 1. I was planning on measuring with a drop cloth with the boat upside down like you did to get a template for the ply wood. If you could do it again would you measure the closer seam (since it was an "extremely" tight fit as you said? 2. I'm going to need to cut my board into 3 sections for storage and transportability. Do you think hinges would work to connect them? Or would something like struts or an H section in between each section horizontally be better for stability? will i have to cut a little extra out of each section for the hinge to work? Or do you think hinges are unnecessary? I was thinking it would provide more stability when stepping around the seam. 3. Since I'm going to have 3 sections, I was thinking glueing the protector foam on with some kind of adhesive (any recommendation?) might be better than the zip ties. Thank you in advance for your wisdom. I really appreciate it!
Dawid Drab sorry to take so long to reply! The adhesive is a spray by 3M called Super 77. At one point I think I ran out and could only get Super 90. The zip ties are the best way I know (short of threading a string though) to keep those insulators on the edge of the floor. Otherwise that pops off all of the time as you try to put it into the boat and in general while you move the floor around your garage
it's just a spray adhesive. do not spray the whole board and then lay out the carpet, the glue dries very fast. roll the carpet up and roll out as you spray
Plywood does not do well in the water. How is it, two years later? Also, the hard floor will get in more easily if you did not inflate the tubes that much as well as if you did not inflate the floor at all.
I used NO staples because I had the same concern. Glue was used to attach the carpet here and the zip ties that I used (to fasten the insulation edge) also help keep that carpet on the board.
It’s an exterior grade plywood. I don’t know how they label that at the stores in Spain , but here they are usually labeled with an X to tell that and then a letter for quality on each side. So for example a BCX would be B quality on one side, lesser C quality on the other side, and X (for Exterior-grade). I think that I used BCX
Hi, great inspiring video! Gonna do the same. Appriciate if you can answer couple of questions. What is the thickness of the plywood and the total weight of the floor? Thank you!
I used 1/2” CDX plywood. I haven’t weighed it, but I think that would come in around 60lbs or so for a full sheet, so probably around 50lbs. Wait for the follow up video. I built seats!
Great, thank you for the answer. Yesterday I decided to make a half floor, just to board the ship. (90x100cm) When I try, I write how satisfied I am. I can easily put it in the trunk of the car. Then I decide and make the whole floor.
Can you put a rigid ply floor on top of a slatted floor . I just ordered my first boat and it has slatted floor. ? Apparently they are not as near as rigid on water.
Rainer Neumeister I don’t have personal experience with that, but I don’t see any reason you shouldn’t be able to do that. Is your floor a roll-out floor? You might even be able to completely ditch that one and replace with a ply floor?
slemvext it’s absolutely big enough. I’m just now uploading the second video. In that video you can see the seats I built and a quick test for me, my 16yr old, and my 11yr old. On Father’s Day I took my wife out with us and it worked just fine! I even bet I could have crammed another small child in and have been plenty safe at that time. The hard floor is essential, though, because everybody is pulled together by floor slope if there isn’t that hard surface.
I used exterior grade wood, so it is more resistant to damage from water. Generally speaking, this only receives some surface moisture from splashes and is never submerged.
King Firehawk CH that’s a good question, but I’m not exactly sure. Since it’s not a perfect rectangle I can at least tell you that it’s one 4x8 sheet with a little bit of scrap once you trim it off. I was going to measure it, but there are no consistent dimensions and the best way to mark them is to use the method of using something like a $1 drop cloth and a permanent marker.
