May 14th, 2012

Day 8: This week we plan on focusing on attaching the pontoons to the deck of the boat. This will be the most important part of the build and it is crucial that everything is balanced and secured correctly of it will effect the buoyancy of the boat. We began by screwing down extra support beams into the deck in order to hold the pontoons in place. Next, we wrapped old garden fencing we found on the farm around the pontoons in order to secure them to the boat. We used staples and more wood to hold the garden fencing to the boat. We hope to use wire ton increase the strength of the pontoon holding apparatus. Photos from the day:

(photo from last week, making measurements on the bottom of the deck to screw in beams to limit movement of the pontoons)

(side one of the pontoon attachment)