Re: 14' V-hull conversion build, shoot me your ideas & thoughts!
I like it, but not sure how id make the last step up piece in the bow.
Theres about 3Ft in front of the bow seat.
Having trouble thinking how to frame it without adding too much weight.
Can you do that cool stuff to make a framing blueprint? Lol
Let's talk about your framing Luke.
I noticed you said you wanted to frame the inside of your boat up out of wood 2x2s, I gotta tell ya... that is the absolute worst material to use for framing the inside of an aluminum boat. It's weak and it's heavy, and if it gets wet it get 4x heavier and rots.
Since you're going to be powering your boat with the 9.9 hp. motor you need to keep your boat as light as possible, and to do that you need to frame your boat out of .063 ga. (I/16" thick) 1-1/2" aluminum angle. Aluminum angle is 10x lighter than wood and much stronger... and it doesn't rot!
Aluminum angle can be bought cheap at scrap yards and recycle centers. Aluminum angle is easy to work with, you can cut it with a circular saw with a carbide tipped blade. You don't have to worry about screwing it together or splitting the wood, just drill a couple holes in it and install rivets. Simple and easy.
The little bow deck on the front of the boat is super easy to build with aluminum framing, I'll draw you something up if you're interested.
