Good looking boat. My bud and I built one a few years ago. A lot of satisfaction doing it yourself. Nice job.
Ron:mrgreen:
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Good looking boat. My bud and I built one a few years ago. A lot of satisfaction doing it yourself. Nice job.
Ron:mrgreen:
Did you buy that boat in North Vancouver? If so, I have spent many days in that boat. Lots of ducks been hauled home in that bad boy!
Thanks for the guidance on the stencil. I built one and camouflaged my boat today. Looks good.
sweet . gives me inspiration to redo my old Mirro Craft
I spent some time this summer to construct a duck blind on my boat. First I built a base support. I used an 8" piece of angle aluminum 1"x 1" , measured and cut pieces for desired length for the bow and transom, next, cut a portion of the angle bracket to allow for flush mounting
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...712_130957.jpg
Next you will want to cut 2 pieces, roughly 3" in length. File down the edges and corner, drill holes for the bimini mounts and mount small brackets onto cross-boat support bracket. I used stainless steel screws.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...712_131024.jpg
Mount both transom' and bow's brackets onto the boat using stainless bolts
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v...712_131145.jpg
Nest I secured the bimini mounts. All bimini rod ends and slide on used were 7/8" diameter, which I bought in the marine store.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...712_131349.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6...712_131209.jpg
Next I had to construct the frame for my blind. I used 4 of 3/4" x 10ft EMT pipes. Bent them at a 90 degree and jointed together using EMT coplers. Placed the bent pieces into bemini rod end.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c...712_154347.jpg
Raise the frame, drill the holes across two pipes and place the pin in holes
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3...712_181147.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5...712_181134.jpg
Next I bent and installed the mid back section to allow the blind material to not drape into boat. I used 4 camo lines to connect the upper and back sections:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h...830_193344.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A...822_153801.jpg
Next I had to build a ladder for my dog, so he could climb into the boat after retrieves without a man's assistance. I used two 1/2" pieces of EMT pipes and bent them like follow:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...827_210738.jpg
Bent and mounted the support mounts which used as steps also:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2...830_123545.jpg
And mounted the rest of the steps:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A...830_193432.jpg
The final pictures of the fully constructed blind will follow shortly ...
Awesome boat/blind! Lookin forward to pics of it on the water and with some birds on the deck. Nice build