Chewy's Atlantic 21 project

[chewy]

Leading on from this thread:

Project Anyone?

I now have this sat on my drive!
It came with the deck pre-cut, console, a frame and two stainless tanks amd rails for slide on tubes. Anyway its built like a brick outhouse!
Its Hensh's old boat, he used to frequent here a while back.

[chewy]

Deck fits pretty much spot on, rather than have it so it can be lifted out I think I'm gonna screw it down then glass over it....

[chewy]

Tanks and a frame.

[Simon B]

Didn't the RNLI make their boats so they could be basically taken to bits every three years or something at Poole?

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by chewy

Deck fits pretty much spot on, rather than have it so it can be lifted out I think I'm gonna screw it down then glass over it....

Are you going to leave tank removal and bilge pump access?

[chewy]

I believe this 21 isn't ex RNLI, looks more like an offshore FRC from the a frame and deck.
I'll leave it so the tanks can be accessed still but the deck was purely screwed down orignally.
One tank has a slight weap and still need to check the other.
Am open to suggestions on the best way to do things....

[martini]

Originally Posted by chewy

Am open to suggestions on the best way to do things....

My old build thread might give you a few ideas, being a very similar design.
Not saying everything I did was the best way of course!

[chewy]

Originally Posted by martini

My old build thread might give you a few ideas, being a very similar design.
Not saying everything I did was the best way of course!

Cheers fella, what things would you have done differently?

[Channel Ribs]

[martini]

I'd have binned it and made a new one in aluminium but that's just me

I would've made the under deck trunks twice the size as well.

I reckon you got the right idea just screwing the deck down and glassing over. My removable sections make the whole process much more complicated, a couple of hatches would probably do instead.