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Discussion in ' Boat Design ' started by jimithJul 14, Log in or Sign up. Boat Design Net. First time posting, but I have been viewing for some time.

I have been wanting to build a small pontoon boat that will fit into the back of my Ford Explorer. First step is to build the pontoon. I have been looking at the best ways to do build my own pontoon boat dresses. Here is what I came up.

I took a 4x8 sheet of aluminum that is used for race car bodies or signs. Cut a piece 3'x8', and bend it long ways into a u 1'x1'x1'. Position the aluminum piece so it is 14" wide. Measure in an inch left and right on each side and make a 90 degree bend the length of the.

Take one bulk head and pop rivet in place at one end making a cap. The bulk head will fit inside the u pontoon. Pop rivet the cap at all three build my own pontoon boat dresses. I made a bulk build my own pontoon boat dresses every two feet. The inside bulk heads I only pop riveted the two sides. I angled one end of the pontoon to make it go though the water better.

Now this pontoon build my own pontoon boat dresses leak. Trying to make something water tight is very difficult. If you fill the chambers with foam, potnoon foam will displace any water trying to come in.

You can use the foam that you mix to fill the chambers, but you better know what you are doing, and it is expensive. The spray foam from Lowes or Homedepot may soak up the water.

I tested the blue high density foam from lowes build my own pontoon boat dresses Homedepot. I immersed the foam for 24 hours and found no build my own pontoon boat dresses soaking into the foam.

I will be placing 2" thick foam pieces cut to fit into the bulk heads. Five pieces will give you 10". Measure the sheeting to make sure it is 12" wide. This will make it difficult to bot the top of the pontoon. Drill holes in pontlon build my own pontoon boat dresses and fill the chambers with spray foam. I know that I said this foam may soak up water, but the water should not reach this foam. Tee-nuts look like the bottom of golfing shoes where build my own pontoon boat dresses spikes thread.

Place 3 tee-nuts in the underneath of the sheeting. Drill holes through the plywood deck and trough the sheeting. Bolt the deck to the sheeting to keep the deck in place. You can also screw 1" aluminum angle under the deck and on top of the pontoon to keep the deck from moving. Drill holes in the deck and anchor the deck to the pontoons with ratchet straps. I'll get more detailed later. My calculations are 1 cubic foot of air will float 60 lbs. That is total immersion. The pontoon is 8 cubic feet, less the angle at the.

Two 8' x 1' pontoons should float lbs. Total weight at 6" draft should be lbs. I am attaching pictures of what I have built so far.

Pontoon Boat Your work looks very neat and workmanlike. Properly, this is a catamaran crude but I think it deserves the. Sealing the seams and keeping them watertight will be a challenge. It sure would be worthwhile to weld the seams at bow and stern but perhaps it's too late if flotation is already in place.

While this would cost a bit, it would make for a world of difference over time. Note: Tee-nuts are zinc plated? They will corrode in contact with aluminum. Where no one can see it, it's messy gooey qualities won't matter. Beware of pressure treated ply in contact with aluminum! The newer formulations have a copper base. The copper is more "noble" than aluminum, and so the aluminum suffers a galvanic change, build my own pontoon boat dresses corrodes when immersed in water essentially, the waterespecially saline is an electrolyte, and the boat becomes a battery, with the aluminum as the anode.

Tar, again, coating mating surfaces, will reduce this problem. At least you are making the hulls take-apart, which is wise. Looks fine so far.

What's next? Nice job Jim. Alan made some excellent points. Smaller rivets placed alot closer may provide a better H2O proof seal. If you check out a Build Your Own Pontoon Boat 3.5 good aluminum skiff such as a Lund, you will see what I mean. That in conjunction with a drain plug at the aft end of each pontoon will allow any water. Boag again, nice looking work. If you ever buils another I'd suggest angling the aft ends of your pontoons.

It looks more balanced and allows you to get out of trouble as fast as you got into it. I live over by the Chestnut Ridge Byild Pleasant area. Hopefully I will get to take the sea kayak down the Yough with the builc.

Welcome to the forum and keep us updated. Jimith welcome. It would make it easier to read your post, I didn't because it is too hard to read, if you used paragraphs. Like. Also look at Timgoz post. He also used paragraphs Paragraphs are in simple terms a gap between sentences to make it easier to read. PoidaJul 14, I'm trying to build someting that is easy for others to copy, and be an easy build.

So far I have about 4 hours in the pontoon. I will keep you posted kwn more pictures. I am buld videographer and I live about a mile from the Raccoon State Park. I need something slow and smooth to shoot the shore line in the fall. If it works, I hope to travel to other lakes. Tim, one of my videos is called Mountain Streams.

I used to just about live my dresess near Roxbury. Poida, Thanks so much for the comments about the pontoons bboat I am building for my boat. I am very sorry for the rambiling posting, but I found myself bulid up describing details. Paragraphs are a group of words dealing with a particular thought. They may be one or many sentences. I could engage you in pointless vollys of postings that will show you how silly you really are, but I do not entertain myself with such childish pleasures.

Thanks Jimith, it would be a waste of time indeed as I am sillier beyond your wildest dreams. PoidaJul 15, Jim, I've spent many a fine day on Linn Run at a friends private property.

He had a awesome stretch of water by Rector. Not done much video work. I studied media technology but with a photography emphasis. Hope your boat proves useful. If you ever want to do a vidoe on the Bottom Yough River let me know.

I'd be willing to go down with you.

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