fisherman
2010-07-22 03:54:14
i have in the past just been doing layered ice, in reading threw this forum and talking to others i'm ready to switch my boat over to slush ice. now i have a bare wood kinda tradional hold right now. the hatch is just big enough to lower one of those bins for off loading.
so i'm looking for idea's on conversion over to slush? do i just get brailer and slush bags and a ton of foam? would it be better to glass and insulate. if that be the case i might have to wait for the $ to roll in first. tear up my deck and go flush deck my holds kinda like a gill netter? that seems more expensive. any way. looking for maybe the easiest way to go about it?
thanks for your help.
If your hull can handle it - I would suggest you foam and glass the hold. You will hold ice better (insulation from engine room and shaft alley heat), and be able to contain your water more safely. Not knowing the vessel dimensions I can't make many more suggestions than that. In some cases a drop in slush tank would work if it would be enough capacity for a couple of brailers. Your idea of setting up similar to a slushing gillnetter probably makes the most sense.
kalitan97828
2010-07-24 01:54:31
I agree with the previous post. You will not be dissappoined with the conversion. Make sure you can lift brailer bags straight out with no problems due to teardrop shaping of the bags. Bags should not hold over 800 pounds as larger bags affect quality by squeezing those on the bottom. You can never have too much insulation.
Carl
mydona
2010-08-11 14:02:43
The quickest cheapest in season conversion would be to line your bins in the hatch with tote liners and staple them to the sides above the slush I friend of mine has been doing this for years and and hasn't had any problems. The liners are cheap (couple of bucks each) can get a few pitches per bag before changing them (disposable) and your fish plant should have them by the roll. Oh and the liners work great for hunting season tents on top of mountains and gear wraps in the bottom of the canoe. I will cation you not to fill the bags above the water line. I've always wonder what the out ward pressure would do to your planks. Plan B would be 1/2 totes on deck but they aren't cheap and I do not like the idea of all the weight on deck, changing your center of gravity.
Salty
2010-08-11 17:07:11
Layer ice coho until you have correctly tanked your boat with insulated holds and passed stabilization tests.