Give me some ideas please :)

[blared]

Hey guys .. I have this wooden boat for over 10 years. It's time to change the way it looks. Please give me some ideas. Thanks

[yipster]

it may be a big comfy matres on top but i vote for the bottom pic model

[Hotel Lima]

What do you use it for? What do you want it to do?

[juiceclark]

I can't see the hydroplanes or the surface-piercing drive from this angle.

[rotfix]

the lower profile top and swim platform give it a much sleeker look, i like the 3rd pic better too

[PAR]

It appears you are after a picnic boat look. The bulk of the cockpit covering in the first two images seems quite out of proportion and styling with the rest of the boat. The last is much better, though instead of providing a lot of style to the longer pilothouse, with the drawn out, sweeping profile, I'd look at functionality first, then play with the styling.

I recently did something quite similar on a larger double ender. My approach was to keep the styling of the boat, but enhance it with a covered aft deck area. Two roof ideas were conceived, one a traditional framed assembly with covered, plywood sheathing atop. The one we used was a cored roof, thin plywood over 1" foam sandwich construction, which provided an extra couple of inches of headroom, no beams and an easy to clean, smooth look. This roof mimicked the crown in the pilothouse, the deck plan outline and sheer sweep. This required two layers of 1/8" plywood on each side of the foam to conform to the compound curves, but was easy to do. It rests on a handful of equally spaced 1 1/4" stainless tubes, much like the rails used and also has roll down canvas shades.

The look doesn't offend the original styling, in fact most think it was built this way, which is the best compliment you can get. I found the key to the look was the profile sweep and the relatively thin thickness of the new roof. Both the pilothouse and new roof were covered in one shot, to make them seamless which was a big visual help also.

Take some more pictures, particularly of the dead on profile and play with it in a drawing program. You'll find one that real stands out as the complementary touch for the boat, with most others looking like an add on.

[blared]

I think this might be it.

[yipster]

i'd say its it, you also raised the roof right? platform closer to the water? perhaps a swingout ss bar to canvas the stern?

[chandler]

Put some rod holders on and maybe you have something.

[ted655]

Are you nuts?! That's a great looking boat. Change the paint scheme, add some accessories, put a blond in a bikini on the bow.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[juiceclark]

Forget the dive platform...gets in the way when backing into a slip or reelin' in a whale. Put a tailgate on the ol' girl:

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