Some pics of my punt. Sorry she is a bit froze in right now so really cant get better until a thaw around Easter - but food for thought
Bottom of the boat. Main construction is probably 1/8 Al, maybe 3/16. Notice dents but no structural dammage. The keel if you may call it that is 1 inch Al angle doubled up on the midline, single on the laterals. This is NB for me, it adds support to the boat floor, protection to the hull, and trackability - the boat rows straight. All rivited on , the midline is welded where they meet.
1 inch Al angle also forms the gunnels in all but the stern/transom also rivited on.
Now the gussets - I think that is what they are called You can see them better in a previous pic, but they adapted perfectly to "Scotty" anchor mounts, and I have 2 stern and bow (hate spinning when fishing chronys). Both mounted port side.
The interior of my craft. Fixed seating and stable. The bow and stern seats are unopenable but have 4" styrofoam cut to fit inside (floatation device if I flip her - which I doubt - very stable boat. The mid/main seats are openable for lunches, dry clothes, and fly boxes etc. Not waterproof but quite water resistant. Seats are 1/2 inch birch ply, varathaned. My centre seat is removable but cant show froze solid.
Bow (Meeshka's) seat
Like I say just food for thought. I power this craft mostly with oars these days and she oars effortlessly, just have to bring white lithium grease for the squeaks - drive me nuts. I do have an electric and a 2 hp honda gas taht work well, but at my age I like slow and sure. Affectionally named the "MUDHEN" by my buddies, cause she bobs like a coot in the water, she is a great craft and gets admiration from just about everybody, and 50 plus years. Onlt maintenence is I have replaced the woodwork, added the removable seat, and gingerly file the gunnels yearly with an Al file as they do get burred. She is about 60 - 70 lbs, and I can no longer lift it on the roof racks by myself, but put in in the box of the truck is easy.
Run a portable Hummingbird Fish finder off the Stern, and a portable Scotty rod holder off the port side my preferrable fishing side. Just an awesome boat for calm lake waters.
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Enjoy
Doug and Meesh