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Country: USA
Town: Cali
Boat name: Thumper
Make: Avon CRRC 4.5
Length: 4m +
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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Thanks mate, .....Al Gore would hate my garage. 
Cheers, Squid
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18 July 2013, 17:17
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Country: USA
Town: Vancouver, WA
Make: Zodiac FC470
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40 HP Yamaha
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Hello SIBRider,
Great to find another 470 owner in the Portland area. I got my F470 and trailer in June, and picked up a 35 hp Evinrude this week. Now just working on outfitting the rest of the boat so I can hit the water soon. I have been in touch with F470, from this forum as well. It would be great to catch up sometime once we are all water ready...
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Howdy F470. I'm in a same boat literally and figuratively. Just got surplus F470, live in Portland, and looking for floor. Right now I'm finishing building my house need to be done with inspections by July so quite busy but after that I'm ready to tackle this problem. Can join forces if you want. Marine plywood is the plan so far. Hopefully I'll manage after doing all the custom finish carpentry in my house. Or maybe we will just cross our wakes somewhere on the river. Stopped by inflatable boats dealer. They don't have squat for our boat. Wanted $8k for new floor. Couldn't get inflation valves till end of July. (found some on east coast) pricey bastards.
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18 July 2013, 17:19
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Country: USA
Town: Portland, OR
Make: Zodiac F470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DF25EL
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Cool Portland F470 user group!
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18 July 2013, 19:41
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Country: USA
Town: Cali
Boat name: Thumper
Make: Avon CRRC 4.5
Length: 4m +
Engine: Merc 50
Join Date: Jun 2012
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 Black Boat Mafia.
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18 July 2013, 19:57
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Country: USA
Town: Vancouver, WA
Make: Zodiac FC470
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40 HP Yamaha
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Exactly!!! 
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Black Boat Mafia.
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18 July 2013, 20:16
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Country: USA
Town: Portland, OR
Make: Zodiac F470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DF25EL
Join Date: Jun 2013
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we should get together and do trials.
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18 July 2013, 22:05
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Country: USA
Town: Vancouver, WA
Make: Zodiac FC470
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40 HP Yamaha
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Do you have a motor for your F470 yet?
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we should get together and do trials.
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18 July 2013, 22:12
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Country: USA
Town: Vancouver, WA
Make: Zodiac FC470
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40 HP Yamaha
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Do you have a motor for your F470 yet?
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we should get together and do trials.
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18 July 2013, 22:42
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Country: USA
Town: Portland, OR
Make: Zodiac F470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DF25EL
Join Date: Jun 2013
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18 July 2013, 23:05
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Vancouver, WA
Make: Zodiac FC470
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40 HP Yamaha
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Cool. I wanted a 4 stroke, but found a deal on a 35 HP two stroke I couldn't pass up
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04 December 2013, 17:35
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Portland
Boat name: Tilikum
Make: Zodiac FC-470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DT-40
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 246
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I am doing drawings for a plywood floor and I have taken dimensions off of my roll up floor. Does anyone have a solid aluminum floor handy that you can take some overall dimension of?
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05 December 2013, 23:03
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Country: USA
Town: Oakland CA
Length: 3m +
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Don't know about the Zodiac floors, but the aluminum floor of my Achilles was 2 sheets of aluminum with a core of plywood. And edging pieces and rails riveted on of course.
jky
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14 March 2014, 04:55
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Ellenton, FL
Boat name: FC-470
Make: Zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: 55h Johnson Enforcer
MMSI: 338118943
Join Date: May 2011
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Chiming in on this three months later. I'm also interested in building a hard deck for my FC470. I currently have the roll up floor. Anyone ever get around to successfully making one on this thread and care to share or PM the specs? I'd love to have a hard deck to support my 55hp Johnson Enforcer.
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14 March 2014, 09:39
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Vancouver, WA
Make: Zodiac FC470
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40 HP Yamaha
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Lincoln Charlie, How is your boat holding up since you started running the 55 hp Enforcer with the roll-up floor?
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14 March 2014, 12:51
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Portland
Boat name: Tilikum
Make: Zodiac FC-470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DT-40
Join Date: Apr 2013
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I'm planning on making a floor this summer. I will post up when that happens.
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18 March 2014, 22:04
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Ellenton, FL
Boat name: FC-470
Make: Zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: 55h Johnson Enforcer
MMSI: 338118943
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 53
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Lincoln Charlie, How is your boat holding up since you started running the 55 hp Enforcer with the roll-up floor?
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It holds up fine, as long as it's fully inflated. This is the same way my old Zodiac MilPro friend ran his.
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18 March 2014, 22:04
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Ellenton, FL
Boat name: FC-470
Make: Zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: 55h Johnson Enforcer
MMSI: 338118943
Join Date: May 2011
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I'm planning on making a floor this summer. I will post up when that happens.
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Awesome! I'm going to have to make a new bow thrust board soon as my starboard eyelet has rotted through.
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24 March 2014, 01:21
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Portland
Boat name: Tilikum
Make: Zodiac FC-470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DT-40
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 246
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I started a template today.
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24 March 2014, 01:24
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Ellenton, FL
Boat name: FC-470
Make: Zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: 55h Johnson Enforcer
MMSI: 338118943
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 53
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I started a template today.
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Excellent! Looking forward to your progress.
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24 March 2014, 01:26
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Portland
Boat name: Tilikum
Make: Zodiac FC-470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DT-40
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 246
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It'll be slow but I'll post images as I go along. Planning to make a foam core mock up first.
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