82 Starcraft MR 180 floor, slight refit and leaks

[redneck joe]

Last section of flooring in, fuel tank valve mounted. Side panels in with foam. Rod holders in. Forgot to thank @MNhunter1 for gifting me the rodholders me made but he did not use.

So this boat has two panels under the splashwell, one each side. In the below pic i have put one close to where it goes. I really don't think they are anything structural, save maybe to add some support under the long run of the splashwell but that can be accommodated in other ways.

I've looked at other starcrafts models including the 21 version of this and a 22 ft outboard model and none see to have this. I want to use the area for the battery on one side and my toolbox on the other.


Thoughts?

 

[redneck joe]

Acetone will help you find all those little knicks really quick

Fun story....

I got the knicks yesterday so took a few hours for the real fun to kick in. So this morning I have a pair of boots that have the soles turning loose so of course I popped a tube of automotive windshield urethane to glue them back together. Of course I didn't use gloves so when done I had a good amount on my hands. Walked over for the obvious solution and as I was popping open the can of acetone I paused. Closed it up and just had black fingers for the day.

Here is one with a little bit left in the slice.

 

[MikeSchinlaub]

Come oooonnn, it's only a little pain...

 

[Fj40fiji]

I was sloppy at first taking my boat apart, drilling off the heads of pop rivets and pulling parts without paying attention to the bodies of the rivets. Before you know it I had 100 little widow makers waiting for me around the boat to get me in follow on steps. I got several cuts like that and the third or fourth one hurt and bled a mess, then I went through the boat and pulled the rivet remnants out of their holes.