Bow dodger in progress

[Jakeyboy]

Thanks jeff; that was one of my main reasons for wanting to build this as the floor on the honwave is totally impractical to get any weight up front and the first time i put even the bravo pump in the honwave bowbag it tore an eylet out through the flimsy canvas;so working from experiance im hoping she will ride a lot better when alone in boat for some weight up front

[Jeff Stevens 763]

this is how i arrived at my final set up they all worked well but the first one took up too much floor space, it would have been ideal if i had the same boat as gurnard [wider beam].dont worry about flexing as some have said i have seen no detriment at all have a look on gurnards youtube channel you will see my boat in a decent chop no probs. i followed all the ribs on this years ERR from easedale to port appin and back force 5-6 south easterly some big seas especially at lismore and from the rib wakes, i did it for years in my 6m rib but didn't have anywhere near the fun as i did in the SIB this year.

cheers

[Steve]

I have to say - this thread is great for looking at all the hard work and problem solving people have put into their boats - keep it up lads!

[Jakeyboy]

Thats a well tidy set up as well jeff ;i suppose thats one advantage the solid floor has over the airfloors;what type of boat is she jeff ? It looks well built

[Jeff Stevens 763]

It's a Mercury 365 HD xs built for diving out of same as the quicksilver but has short cones at the stern so it's just a modified 3.8 gurnard has the 4.2 over 10 year old and immaculate so I am confident she will last its PVC the hypalon boat was a £1000 more

[Jakeyboy]

Shes a good looking boat jeff

[Jakeyboy]

Gettimg the primer hardened up nicely

[pritch]

Gettimg the primer hardened up nicely

What cameras are you using to take photos ?
Is it a Samsung phone?
Just realized if you take the photos in landscape (sideways on) it stops the photos being the wrong way up when you post.

[Jakeyboy]

Yeah it is pritch funny thing is if i click on photo once posted it rights itself ;dont know if thats the case when veiwing from other devices though ;I'll get the hang of it someday lol

[Martin]

If your taking images from a phone, it tends to be better to start the camera app in the orientation you intend to take the image.
If you open the app in portrait, then shoot in landscape ( vice-versa) , it takes that orientation detail with the image. Some websites will correct the orientation, but then some browsers will mess it up.
Myself and James spent the best part of a day trying to work this out, unfortunately there isn't a perfect answer as Every browser and website software wants to change what the phone app has already messed up

What phone are you using ?
iOS/android/windows etc?