The foam board on the sides of the benches are there to compensate for the lip on the edges of the benches...I will carpet it all and want a smooth finish.

At the bottom of the foam board will be a 2x2 to support the floor , similar to backpain's vhull mod

the top of the bow plate will be a good place for an anchormate

I have finally found another Orlando Clipper owner .  I guess I don't have the only Clipper in existence anymore.  Mine is a 13.5' fiberglass open type fishing boat that my Dad purchased new and picked up at the factory in Orlando in the early to mid sixties, I think.  I installed a deck on mine similar to yours.  I will post a pic of mine as soon as I get a chance to clean her up.  

Looks like you are having a ball building your boat.  Good luck and keep it as light as possible.  I used stainless steel screws for all my wood - wood fasteners.  You were wise to get rid of all the steel in the boat.  Did you check it for leaks before you started installing the deck?  

Just tagging along to see the progress. Looks great so far.

I took a couple of mental health days off and made some more progress. Managed to get my hands on some epoxy

paint,sealer that i used to seal the plywood with.

carpeted the deck and floors and bench tops

I had to add support to the floor

dry fit before carpeting

finished bow compartment

hatch done

How the floor will look

almost finished.    Still waiting on seat mounts that I ordered from the bass pro shop.

front view

before

after

GREAT job on the boat man!

You did the old girl proud!  She looks great now.

I rebuilt the carb on the engine and got it to sputter,think I'm gonna take it to the marina and let someone that knows more about outboards get her running

Got her on the water over the weekend.Got the seats and mounts on. She isn't top heavy at all put my 250 pound+ brother in law on the front deck. Everything held steady.Only wish the fishing was better.

Another pic of her

hard to believe its the same boat. hows the motor push it?

It's a 5hp off of my old boat ...Doesn't push it too bad , almost wants to plane.Stoped by the outboard mechainc's today .He didn't have good news about my 10hp. I walked out with a good running 15hp evenrude under my arm. My pocket is a little lighter, but he made me a pretty good deal on it. Should get her out of the water pretty good. I'm gonna keep the 5hp as a back up, then with the price of fuel being so high I might just run it this summer.I can get through the whole season on about 6 gallons with that little motor and it usally starts on the first pull.Just cant be in any sort of hurry.

Awesome job...makes me want to start a project.

I'm too lazy though     :-[

I hope I have given someone the inspiration to start a project like this. I got alot of satifaction of doing this mod and look foward to doing another (guess I've found a new hobbie). This is the first project like this that I have done and it turned out better than I had imagened ...Next year I plan to do the exterior so keep the ideas coming fellow members.