Extended swimplatform an old Sea Ray 350 SD 1991 (Pics)

[Pete]

I´ve decided to put up some more pics from my installation of an extended swimplatform
I know that I showed some of them before, bur hopfully its ok anyway

I Bought the platform from Scott at swimplatforms.com, a great guy doing business with
got it shipped to Sweden

Some months before I ordered the platform, the teak was put in place in the boat so when the platform arrived it was time to put some teak on it as well

 

[Pete]

The things that you see are some steel for my anchorwinch and a pop-up cleat that I decided to install

 

[Pete]

I decided to do something extra with the holes in the platform
I took the Sea Ray logo to a company that works with CAD CAM Mills

 

[Pete]

Now it´s time to mount the platform
It´s great with friends that can help you when it needs

 

[Pete]

 

[ghuskin]

Pete,

Looks awesome!

I have two questions. 1) What did you use between the boards? and 2) What did you use to seal the teak?

Gregg

 

[Pete]

Pete,

Looks awesome!

I have two questions. 1) What did you use between the boards? and 2) What did you use to seal the teak?

Gregg

I used a product called Sikaflex-290 DC from www.sikaindustry.com between the boards
and Sika Teak Oil as a sealer
//Peter

 

[JAndrewG]

Pete, again what a nice job. Really well thought out. I now see what you did regarding the screws, simply using a forstner bit to countersink and plugging them after. Very nice.

Standing on your head in the bilge seems to look the same no matter where in the world you are!

I have a few photos in the 'gallery' of my old 340 project you might enjoy. I've had a lot of teak dust up my nose too!

Oh, and thanks once again for taking the time to post these. I enjoyed them a bunch!

 

[SearayPaul]

You are good Pete. How did you cut the Sea Ray and logo in the vent plates?

 

[Pete]

You are good Pete. How did you cut the Sea Ray and logo in the vent plates?

Hi
I took the Sea Ray logo to a company that works with Cad/Cam mills and they did it
after that the logo was filled with SikaFlex 290 and then grinded like the rest of the teak
//Peter

 

[Pete]

Pete, again what a nice job. Really well thought out. I now see what you did regarding the screws, simply using a forstner bit to countersink and plugging them after. Very nice.

QUOTE]

There are lots of tools and stuff thats made for making it easy to lay teak
premade pluggs for the right size of drill.

//Peter

 

[2000SEARAY280SS]

Really looks great!!! Guess I will need to add another thing to my to do list. It sets the boat off very nicely.

 

[Lake Erie Boater]

That really does look great!! How many hours did that take to do??

Again well done!!

 

[Henry Boyd]

Pete,

Great Job! Can you describe how the boards mate on the long edge? Is it a tongue & groove, ship-lap etc? is the Sikka-Flex a caulking, or just colorant?

Henry

 

[tobnpr]

Nice job!
Two questions:
Looks like the transom is raked where the platform attaches-was the platform custom made to match that angle, or did you get lucky with a "stock" product?
Did you need to reinforce the transom?

 

[PlayDate]

Pete,

Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship. I'll ask the question no one else has asked....how much did this upgrade cost? The answer will be really amusing to those of us who are paid in dollars

I lived in Stockholm for a while on assignment for Telia. Great country.

-John

 

[Pete]

Pete,

Great Job! Can you describe how the boards mate on the long edge? Is it a tongue & groove, ship-lap etc? is the Sikka-Flex a caulking, or just colorant?

Henry

Sika Flex is a caulking,
no tongue & groove, ship-lap etc, the boards are next to each other, screwed down
you can see all the holes and plugs on my pics, here is another pic where you can see the profile of the teak
//Peter

 

[Skuza]

I often wondered how they put the black caulking? between the teak planks. I think I see how its done now. VERY nice Pete! Alot of people are afraid of the maintenance with teak but it is beautiful when kept up! Seems cool to be sharing Sea Ray stories with someone in Sweden too!

 

[fropleyquark]

All I can say is Wow! Beautiful work. Very professional looking too. I'm impressed (Thats not saying too much though, I just vacuumed the carpet and impressed the crap outta myself with how clean it looks now. Ooo! Look! A squirrel...) When you finally have the boat in the water, the teak looks polished. Is it or is it just wet? Either way, great job!

 

[Pete]

All I can say is Wow! Beautiful work. Very professional looking too. I'm impressed (Thats not saying too much though, I just vacuumed the carpet and impressed the crap outta myself with how clean it looks now. Ooo! Look! A squirrel...) When you finally have the boat in the water, the teak looks polished. Is it or is it just wet? Either way, great job!

Thanks!
On the pic you are refering to, the teak is wet
The teak is normally oiled and does not have that glance
//Peter