We’re getting down to the odds and ends to install, these are a couple of pieces that I did not know where else to categorize!

Below is the false stem (cut from a treated 2″ x 4″) being test fit and temp installed with 1/4″ galvanized lag bolts. The bow eye has also been located and drilled through the false and structural bow stems:

Drilled a hole in a perfectly good boat… for the drain tube!

Inside view:

Outside view:

The hull numbers were applied for and received from the state of Alabama after the local Marine Police Officer came and inspected the skiff. We don’t have many engravers around here so I went to the pet store and had them make up a couple of small hull number plates to install on the boat. Per the state, one is placed in a hidden area and the other one on the starboard stern. Another hole will be drilled and the plates installed after painting is completed.

Here is the false bow stem installed and being primed:

Below shows the motor plate installed:

Motor plate complete:

False bow stem complete: