Building New Swim Platform
So last week, I brought the boat out of my garage.....I was going to do some maintenance/cleaning on it so thought it would be better in the driveway vs in the garage. So I get all the work done to it that I wanted done and start to back her back in. I have wheel blocks to hit, so I know roughly when to stop. I have a riding mower that sits behind the swim deck, well long story short while the boat was out in the driveway my daughter was riding her new bike in the garage and at some point decided to move the blocks. Now she did what I always tell her to do, she did put them back after she got done using them. The ONLY problem is they were back about 10inches deeper than original. So in other words....I hit my swim deck up against the steering column on my rider mower. There wasn't a ton of damage cause I didn't go to far, because I was thinking in my head that this seems deeper than I usually go so I stopped on my own. It cracked one board on the deck, not bad...so I gorilla glued it back and all is semi-tight. I have been wanting to put a new deck on it honestly anyway. There was a post a couple of months ago and for the life of me I can't remember his name or find the freakin post on here where he built a new one. I have an idea of how I am going to build it, but also was thinking of some ideas. What do you guys think the best wood for your buck? I am on a budget, so be delicate. I am not going to use TEAK, way to expensive, I know cedar is a good outside wood, but I don't know about the strength of it. I get some 1X6 cedar for around $0.99 linear foot. That sounds pretty good to me. I am thinking about having the same width that is currently there, but instead of having it a retangle shape, I might arch the back out a little. Let me know your thoughts....
