Homemade Ocean Master

[eurotk1]

I always wanted a ocean master 31 and every boat i customize is influenced by them.Im not a professional but here are some pictures in various stages of a 1966 chriscraft i converted to a twin outboard center console from a single inboard and flared the nose.Foam coreing was used exept for the 3.5 in thick composit transom.Next are pictures of a pacemaker 32 being cut down for outboard power and a console , i will post the completion as soon as the tower is done and i finish painting her.The line on the side is where i will cut her down to give the ocean master look.I went cheap on this one and used a plywood floor but every thing else will be core material.Next i want to build a 40 from scratch.I would like to resemble a carolina boat,with a tumblehome and a huge buddy davis bow flair.Does anyone know of any plans or am i stuck reverse engineering one from the rybovitch in a local boat yard?Or go back to college for boat design?HELP I AM NAUTICALLY OBSESSED.excuse the picts of picts ,i dont have a scanner

[James Francis]

Nice post and nice work on the restoration. I am thinking of replacing an inboard CC to an outboard. I Cold you please describe how you beefed up the transom to support the Outboard? What was the structure prior? Did you core it with marine plywood or foam and glass it in?

Thanks

[eurotk1]

For the transom i make a plywood form and ducktape the inside so it doesnt leak at the seams and then i mix sawdust and resin into a paste and pour the transom.On smaller boats i pour the transom around the stringers with angle brackets on the ends of the stringers.the brackets are bolted to the ends at a 90 deg angle and are located in the center of the pour.on larger boats I dont do anything but pour the transom above the stringers and the floor gets glassed to the inside.Inthe case of the pacemaker in the picture the transom is 30in and i poured 25in and left 5in on the bottom bare.The most power to date is triple 250 yamahas on a 38 ft cougar with no problems.i find if you use plates or triangulate to the stringers somthing breaks,most commonly the bottom of the transom to the hull,thats why i leave a little room to flex at the bottom.The idea came from a retired west coast florida work boat builder that is a friend of mine.