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Permalink Reply by Randy Dersham on March 23, 2009 at 11:10pm

Use a large piece of cardboard to create a template. Measure our the rough measurements. Cut with a knife. If you cut too much you can just duct tape a piece of cardboard onto your original piece and continue. Continue to hack it up/and or replace until you get it the shape you want.

Transfer the outline of your template to your deck wood. Cut just outside the line with a saw and then sand the edges to the line. Fit it to the boat and sand where needed. Obviously you want to make it just a little too big at first and then sand a bit at a time to fit it into place.

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Permalink Reply by Jesse Ronnow on March 24, 2009 at 6:59am

Thanks again Randy. I give it a shot.

Jesse

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Permalink Reply by Craig Simon on March 24, 2009 at 7:09am

Randy's advice is spot-on. This is exactly how I fit the casting deck to the hull on my 16' Tatman a few years ago. It works well, just exercise lots of patience and DON'T over sand. Remove the excess material slowly and it'll eventually find it's home... Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Jesse Ronnow on March 26, 2009 at 7:36pm

Thanks Craig.

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