Floor Boards

I am to the point on my restore where I need to redo my floor boards. I have decided to use Cedar at a thickness of about 5/8" and a width of 3 1/2". My question is this, is it best to attach the floor boards directly to the ribs? Or should I build a frame that allows me to use fewer "anchor points" on the ribs? My concern is that I would like to pull the floor boards out every year so that I can clean and re-oil the floor itself. If I am constantly removing each of the screws eventually they will not hold. Anyway, thanks in advance for the feedback.

JDR

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Permalink Reply by Jesse Ronnow on March 17, 2009 at 7:44pm
I have ever only cleaned my boat in the off season for the same reasons as you, to much use. But I was just wondering on re-attaching the floorboards, sounds like it's not that big of a deal. As for the other post regarding adjusting the height, I laid the floorboards flat with the first rib and ran them back to the fourth rib. On rib two the additional height is about 1" and on rib three it is about 5/8". Mos of that will be under the front seat so I am hoping that it does not cause to much of a problem on the horns. We'll see. Thanks for the feedback.

Jesse
Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on March 18, 2009 at 9:32am
Have you ever seen a magnetic lid lifter for use with canning jar lids? A handy shaft of plastic with a magnet glued to the end. I allows you to pickup flies that drop especially 24, 26, 28's that drop on the ground and you can't easily see. Just like one of those magnetic nail tools for job sites. However these will fit through floor slats where your fingers won't. Won't do anything for dirt and junk or even pretzels. I carry one a lot. About $2.
Permalink Reply by Jesse Ronnow on March 18, 2009 at 11:48am
Sounds good. Thanks for the tip.

Jesse
Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on March 16, 2009 at 6:05pm
I set up the aft floorboards as a streamside table - which comes in handy and is easy to move in and out of the boat. I carry the oak table legs in the pocket box passenger seat.

Permalink Reply by Mike Dearing on March 16, 2009 at 6:21pm
Greg is like the MacGyver of driftboats man! His boat is like the car that James Bond drives, one cool gadget after another.

Mike
Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on March 16, 2009 at 6:31pm
Sorry... I'm just not right in the head. Those metal bars are the rails for the drawers...

Now, if you noticed the little black "patch" of velcro that holds the drawer shut... I quit - that's it, no more tricks to show you.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Dearing on March 16, 2009 at 7:41pm
Well its all very cool. I cant wait to see what you have dreamed up for the next boat.

Mike
Permalink Reply by Jesse Ronnow on March 17, 2009 at 7:47pm
Greg,

I think you have mentioned this before, but where did you get that black restaurant matting?

Jesse
Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on March 18, 2009 at 6:58am
Jesse - I got them at Pacific Rubber & Supply here in Eugene.
Greg
Permalink Reply by Jesse Ronnow on March 16, 2009 at 9:31pm
Mike MacGyver is right. Greg don't hold out on us, keep those idea's rollin. ;)

JDR
Permalink Reply by Jesse Ronnow on March 16, 2009 at 9:45pm
Thank you all for your ideas, feedback and photos. I have settled on a course of action. I am tinkering quite a bit with the interior design on this boat and I hope all goes like it is in my head, once I get her out on the water. I have moved the rowing station forward so as to be more "centered" bow to stern. As a result I have a lot more floor space in the rear of the boat. I also have always disliked the relatively small amount of coverage the traditional floorboard patterns offered so I decided to expand them quite a bit.

What I ended up doing was creating a "stringer" that rested on angle of the vertical ribs a little taller than the floor rib so as to eliminate any curve. This also allows me to have a frame of sorts on the floorboards and will allow for easy removal. However, the overall floor in the rear of the boat is much larger so I am not sure the stream side table will work. I also went with larger (1 5/8") gaps between the floorboards. It was always a pain if I dropped anything on the floor, I am hopeful that the larger spacing will allow me to pick stuff up.... who knows...

I have attached some pics from this evenings work. Please comment if you seem something worth noting. Anyway thanks again for all your comments.

JDR
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Permalink Reply by Dave Z on March 17, 2009 at 8:06am
Flat floors are cool, but be careful about overall elevation. You can get them too high and it pushes the front fishers knees into the kneelocks. raise the horns up, or if you don't use your boat for fishing, no biggie.

I personally like floors that conform to the frames and curve. Thats what is great about these boats- you can do what you like.

There is half a bag of pretzels on the floor of my brown boat right now. I'll wait till I take on soem water and they float out. hehehehe.

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