I was volunteed to do a makeover on a mates wittle 4.8 meter tinny

Took a pic today B4 I started, cut & marked out fuel tank consol pod & transom layout today, off fushing tommorro so wednesday I'll go bend it all up & start work on the goat itself.

This is wot it looks like @ present

Sucker For Punishment Cant help yourself pal

Thats the way mate, keep practicing your craftmanship.

Use it or lose it - will watch closely for the make over.




Bafoo

goodluck mate but calling a 4.8 meter a little boat makes some of us depressed

So......no more fishing then? Just when you were starting to get your mojo back.

hmmmmmmm looks like this building boats, fixing up boats, is turning into quite a hobby best be very careful it dose not turn into a full time job, i will be watching with interest as it develops.

Paul

Nice.

Boo Shite

Chris is a good mate of mine who's allways done the right thing by me & when peeps do that I return the compliment

Whilst I'm doing up his goat he's stripping down my Yamms & going through them.

Should be done this week maybe by Flyday unless we have to send anything out.

After today I had the itch to pull lures out wide esp with the seas the way they were

Wot a magic day maybe next weekend

Got a fair bit done considering I've been lazy & spending alot of my time shit stiring Chris's customers

Didn't take a pic of it but the centre consol is done chris fitted the steering into it yesterday

Pic below is the end result of the transom layout & it's pod pic shows it all tacked up since pic was taken I've fully welded it & cleaned up certain welds smooth
There'll be a 60 HP 4 banger powering the goaty when the time comes




Pic below is an internal zot, wot I opted to do with the floor layout was to cut scrap strips to the profile of boat & weld them in, tis alot easier doing the cutouts required this way not to mention how precise ewe can be when butting it up to the boats side skins think biggest gap I had was 2 mm's

Benefits doing this way is all that's required when time comes is a small bead of sikaflex in the corners & this will eliminate anything fallingdown into the hull, all the floor panels have been cut & fitted & these will be screwed down when time comes.




Not a great deal left to make now, have done all the rails but wont weld them on til last, just a few fiddly bits to do around transom

Goat should be ready for paint early next week

I reckon you have made built and modified more boats than any of the big builders out there....

I reckon you should put your naming badge on all of them.... JG BOATING PTY LTD....

hey jumpy ,,i noticed that your useing the unimig ,can any gas mig be setup to weld aluminium?,,,jas

Yep jason any MIG machine will do both AC & DC

Dont even have to flick a switch

Dont ask me how cause I dont really know

TIG on the other hand is different & ewe have to designate either AC for alloy, brass , copper etc or DC for stailess, mild steel

Mentioned earlier that I've been terrarising Chris's customers

Tried selling a guy another customers ski boat told him he could make alot of $$'s from it smuggling refugee's into oz fit @ fits least 30

Another guy rolled up in a volvo & I had to ask how long he'd been a Doctor ??

He looked @ me funny & said he wasn't a doctor

I replied

Well ewe dont look Chi Nee so ewe must be a Doctor

thats a beauty ,so its prolly just a matter of buying the right wire for the mig then ,,jas

Welding shops will tell ewe to use 1.2 mm

Dont listen to them .9 mm is the way to go, ewe have more control of the weld but use 1 . 2 mm tips with the .9 mm wire

thanx mate,,jas

Why the pod Jumpy.
Now don't get all defensive on me it's only a question because I don't see any advantage.
Before you answer take a deep breath and count to 10 turkey.

Number of reasons Fed

Chris's wife just gave birth to their 7th kid [ I call the tribe Chris Chillas & the 7 Dwarfs]

Even asked him if he wanted to adopt Salty as a supervisor

If ewe have a look @ the original pic ewe'll see the transom is just a drop down personally I dont like them in sloppy conditions they will take water through the back esp with the goaty getting a 4 banger fitted with it's extra weight.

Kids dont weigh as much as adults & ewe dont want to scare the crap out of them cause they'll never want to go fushing with the old man again so we decided to close in the transom.

Came into the goat 36 cm's & would've had to come in another 30 cm's without the pod being there to have allowered the motor access to tilt up for transit

If that answer appeases your curiosity ??

How about laying me a Golden Egg

Half an engine well and half a pod makes perfect sense to me.
You going to paint it?

Yeah going to go see another mate of mine this morn to see if I can use his spray booth else there'll be to much overspray doing it @ chris's & dont want to get it over customers goats.

4got to mention the goaty builders plate allows for a 50 hp motor & we want to go 60hp

With the work being done to the transom goat could sport a 80 hp without any probs

So all I have to do is stamp out my own builders plate include the HP rating of the motor & chris wont have any issues with insurance co's

Jumpy ... want me to design one for you?

Design Wot ???

And are you going to include 100's & 1,000's in the design

I think that it is always good to design something after it has been built. Then you know that the drawing is correct.

geeze i might have too whack on a pod on me little 3.4 mtr boaty,,,jas

Not worth it jason as there are no benefits.

Boss gave me the weekend off today

Have got all the transom area finished all prep'd ready for paint just need to do the anchor well now & a few bits & pieces

Ready for paint by end of week & this time I'm borrowing a mates spray booth

Hope you've talked him into a Jumpy colour scheme.

yellow would be nice

Paul

I'm painting this wun BLACK on the outer skins , haven't decided which other colours will break it up

Here's a chance to stencil some bait fish on it's bum.

its a little off topic but seriously jg do you ever stop ?????

Gives sum ting to do

I dont like just sitting around being a lounge lizzard

But like anything I have to be in the mood

[quote name='Jumpus GooDarus' date='Feb 5 2010, 06:47 PM' post='23574']
Not worth it jason as there are no benefits.

was just trickin mate ,,,jas

My boat's looking a bit bare Jumpy, has Viva got any boat stickers or have you got some FOZ ones yet?

No more viva sticker Fed mind ewe they were pretty fugly & I refused to put them on my goats

They do have the new LOX stickers they do look good but again I refused to put them on my goats until I worked out a way to cut them down so as they would not make my colour scheme look shitty on the new wittle goat.

Actually looks goodarus the way I've done it & only fitting to have them on considering the boys supplied every LOX rod used on that goat & there's generally @ least 6 doz or so on board.

Stickers looked crap on their boat as well till I ripped them off & re-modified them, nothing wrong with the stickers they look pretty OK, just needed sum of the black taken out to blend into goats paint jobs



Got a fair bit done today even started preping Chris's boat a couple of days & it's paint time

Maybe tommorro or next day we start putting my Yamms back together, put it off till I finish the goat cause I wanted to be part of the Yam re-build

Wouldnt mind a few Fishing Oz Style stickers .. I would put them on my tinny

Dont have any Danial Sun

Cant warrant them @ present maybe down the line when site starts getting a bit busier & we have a few more active members

Keep 4getting to take the camera put it on the table next to my keys so I'll remember it 2morro.

Anyways the boat is coming up a treat chris is getting a Stiffy so I have make sure I dont Ben Dover in front of him [bloody gleeks]

New anchor well, braket for the Lecky bla bla are all done now

Positioned console & seat box into the boat all needs doing now is to mark them on floor so weld in the required stand off brackets etc

Just wun more thing to make up & that's the seating up front which will also act as a casting platform it'll be very similar to the wun I put into Bees boat

Guess wun more day maybe 2 & I'm all done

Well now that is interesting. Can not even say looking good when you don't take the camera.

Well peeps Tu Day was !

Ferris Jumpus Bueller's Day Off

Felt like crap this morn brurry heat is getting Tu Me

So I had a day of visiting here & there picked up my power heads & finally made it back to Sea Sea velly late in the arvo & did take a few crappy pics

Pic below is the front of the boat, only added the seating arrangement , lecky bracket & welded in a heavier plate for the thingamajiggy roller the rope goes through



All the floor is done , hard to see in pic but the rails are also done so is all the transom section exept for the bait cutting station

I welded pads to the floor for seat box to sit on & similar will be done for the centre console



Overall when I did have everything [seatbox, console] in the boat to lay out floor space this goat has got plenty of walkaround



Christos !

Just Tu make ewe happy I'm going to get Chris to name the boat VRAKAS

That's it I'm done exept for a bit of prep work tomorrow then it gets painted

Hasn't come up to bad either & should be a good wittle goat to fish out of.

I'll put sum pics up after the paint job.

On another note I was Jumpus the terror again

A customer brings in a plate boat for a service yesterday I think it was & made the mistake of admiting it was made in Nu Zealand

That's all I needed to hear & they couldn't shut me up

Have to admit though very nicely built boat this wun was a 6 meter job if I have the camera 2morro I'll click click it

It hess a Wit Dick

Reck on the trensim for tying up Girlfriends

Hey, thats my boat!!!!

Your boat was made by Sheep?

Hmmmmmmm !

Where were ewe hiding the ewe's when I came on board ???????

Bees not interested in the DUCKS but thought we were supposed to share the Girlfriends

Did take sum pics today but couldn't be bothered walking out to the car to get the camera

Also took sum pics of that kiwi plate boat complete with Sheep Rack

Only got an hr or so off prep work & it's ready for paint

Seat box & the centre console





This is that goat nope cant use the name goaty for a Nu Zealund boat

This is that Sheepy thingy from Nu Zealund which I thought wasn't to bad a boat

All done goes in for paint job on Flyday

Oh well it's all painted up now
Just have to decide on a colour scheme to break up the black

Jumpy, ive got a boat too, needs a few meters added to it and all the usual mods... Ill drop it round next week..

i reckon a strip the same colour of your boat ,green and purple about 2inchs thick each of them,,,hey can ya extend my little 3.4 to about 5mtrs to please jumpy,,,jas

Thats what they did to one of the boats I used to work on Jase. I wrote reports every month for about a year, to try and get the 25ft Trojan upgraded to a Shark Cat. The W.P. didn't have any at that stage, so they did what Gov Deps do, and sought tenders. Markham, up in Pt MaQuarie won the tender and gave me a 'stretched' 18ft Whaler. The lengthened it to 26ft, but didn't increase the beam. What a joke!!! After that, the W.P. got 3 cats and sent them to other locations. I already had a twin hull, so all my work didn't pay off for me.
If JG stretches yours, make sure he doesn't widen it or make the gunwhales higher.

Nice breather cover.

The boat looks excellent Jumpy, time for you to go fishing mate.

BULLSHIT ! that's pez's goat & he wont let ewe grow potato's in it



Nope ! allready got the paint it will be the yellowy/greeny colour that's on my new wittle goaty looks mad against the black
Just have to decide where it's gonna go & how much of it else it will look crappy



Haven't ewe noticed Fed , I have been going fushing

prob spend another day or 2 @ chris's putting it together, allready started he can do the wiring & the mech's

Hit another prob though

Have to make a shade cover for my mates tinny the black quinny in the Bream Baits thread no hard top just the frame work & he'll get a cover made for it
Also a bracket up the nose for a lecky like mine he's finally got my point about the lecky allowing ewe to get in real close for the squiddys