The 18 Foot SeaSled

Well basically cabosil is glass so it’s great for fiberglass… but on a wooden boat if it’s all cabosil sanding is tougher so you tear up the wood more so it’s what I’ve come up with.

 

When you are sanding 20% cabosil is plenty to keep it from sagging.

 

More plywood planking epoxied into place. Once the chine is planked it’ll be complete from transom #5 to frame #2 then I can focus on fiberglass and less on plywood.

 

Did another section of hull last night. Filled in the area between frames #3 and #4 on the chine area. Big messy area I had to fill it with some shims to get it square. Now that the epoxy has set up I’ll try for the other small area next to the keel. That only leaves me with one chine area forward and the the planking from the transom forward to frame #2 is complete.

While I waited on that to dry I sketched out and started to sew up the window treatments for the inside. I sewed Sunbrella on the back to make them opaque and to make them sun resistant. I’m going to have to order some hardware so I’ll see how I want to do that. I have the window dimensions but I need to workout if todo tracks off the wall or the ceiling. It’ll get done just low priority right now.

 

Also took the advice and I’m relocating the a/c father aft along the centerline. I needed to design a mount for it. not totally sure on the design but i think a basic plywood cradle that is glassed should work well. Stress should be minimal. 77pounds / 4 mounts with 2 bolts each so 77 pounds spread over 8 bolts. just need to make sure the mounting has sufficient access and that it is robust enough to handle the stress. I also wanted it elevated 2 inches above the deck so that if any water is taken on it won't be too much of an issue. I will very likely build a small and low bulkhead around it. I may need to move it farther aft for better access but i would rather the rear deck remain clear. I am likely to just turn the area above into seating. kind of ruins my open floorplan but keeps the weight centered and farther back in the boat. Thoughts?

 

Manufacturer states: “40 Liter sealed enclosure with box entirely filled with polyfil.” So I verified online and indeed that’s the best way to run this subwoofer. Space planning wise it’s an empty box so 40% of the enclosure is visible and 60% is in the forward bow area. Box is off the deck to allow the depth to be deeper. Side benefit is possibly less vulnerability to water. 21.76 pounds including Woofer for those keeping score. Also it might end up reinforcing the bow. LOL.

 

Took me awhile but decided to skip the curved windshield. Looked at a lot of examples and utilized the best that I could find. It may not be perfect but I think it’ll get the job done.



this is the extension of the cabin sides for’d of the bulkhead. Windshield will open upwards for ventilation in poor docked weather. Curved to maintain wall around space on cabin sides.