A new 730 Willard in the making! - Page 3

capntroy · 22 May 2013, 23:53

Very nice! I'm loving the attention to detail...

RyanPratt · 28 May 2013, 18:46

Finished out the floor and ready for finish sanding then paint. Next we will build the floor panels.

clloyd · 29 May 2013, 16:03

Very cool. Since you've cut through the deck, could you tell me what the deck laminate looks like?

Foam core (hard foam?) with how much glass each side? Reason I asking (Willard too) is I'm debating whether to add inserts or through bolt with access plate a few items.

RyanPratt · 29 May 2013, 16:47

I would say 1/4 on top then hard foam with grid system then 1/8 on bottom

clloyd · 29 May 2013, 16:57

Awesome, thank you!

RyanPratt · 04 June 2013, 18:19

Made the Aft deck panel and our molded rigging port that we will blend into the aft panel for a clean finished look.

clloyd · 04 June 2013, 18:33

Nice. What do you mean by rigging port? What is it?

I like how you removed the aft storage box and made the deck flush back there.

Probably a lot of williard owners would like that mod.

It's especially useful since you are adding storage elsewhere.

RyanPratt · 04 June 2013, 19:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by clloyd

Nice. What do you mean by rigging port? What is it?

I like how you removed the aft storage box and made the deck flush back there.

Probably a lot of williard owners would like that mod.

It's especially useful since you are adding storage elsewhere.

The rigging port is the raised section you see that is being glassed in. That is where all the rigging comes out of the floor and int the console. Their will still be under deck storage. We installed a false floor so items will stay dry.

RyanPratt · 05 June 2013, 19:52

Finished blending the two parts on our aft hatch and we are close to paint now.

RyanPratt · 06 June 2013, 01:17

I guess i should tell you guys that we have changed the design of the boat 100%. its now part of a much larger project and as such i cant share any details right now.

RyanPratt · 12 June 2013, 15:24

She is coming together now last piece to fabricate out of glass then on to the aluminum.

RyanPratt · 13 June 2013, 01:13

We have the last two pieces of glass in the boat. The fwd deck plate needs to be sanded and primed before paint and the fwd hatch needs to be installed. We are changing the Bomar hatch to gray from white.

ncp · 13 June 2013, 01:44

Still looking awesome! (I would expect nothing less from you!)

When do we see the secret part?

RyanPratt · 13 June 2013, 01:57

Thanks, the secret part is all after the hull build. its all in the components. We got sponsored on this build so you will see some crazy new stuff on this boat and a dedicated website to the assembly of the boat. Im building the hull then providing it to the build. One of the hints is the deck rigging chase we had to build custom.

ncp · 13 June 2013, 02:11

Room for lots of electronics cabling? All those fishing guys get sponsored, no reason you guys shouldn't too. You're on the water a lot more! (i.e. more exposure)

RyanPratt · 13 June 2013, 20:12

Some cool stuff, that's all i can say now. It will make our job that much safer and easier!

RyanPratt · 13 June 2013, 20:14

We finally decided on our in deck tie downs of choice. So when i made the hatch i integrated little pockets for them and built in mini gutters so the water would run out of them. They came out pretty good i think.

RyanPratt · 28 June 2013, 21:55

Trying something new!

RyanPratt · 28 June 2013, 21:57

Shockwave ICE2 Now this is going to be nice!

ncp · 28 June 2013, 22:32

In post #58, 3rd picture,, what are the raised edges around the fuel tank for? (And why are they in that odd pattern?).

ICE2 will be a nice addition. Can't wait for more pictures.