The only gillnetter with Purple Heart

The Gypsy's fuel tank mounts will not rot. Purple heart wood comes from the tropics of South America and is so dense that it burns up saw blades if not cut very slowly and will sink in water! A seemingly easy task to build new fuel tank mounts. HA!

Jacob cuts the purple heart to size (following the pattern of the former mounts):



Then they are sanded to perfection:

Pre-drilled for installation:


The screws are lathered in the wonderful permanent 5200 goop:


Mounted a tad off-level to the boats slight off-level:
One side is done! yay!


The Okume marine-grade plywood is hand beveled (I know I need a bevel router!)



Then all the plywood is coated 3x with penetrating epoxy to seal it from water and prevent rotting:

The plywood is set on top the purple heart, the fuel tank is re-positioned, the propane cooker is employed to clean up the 30 years of oil gunk build up underneath the tank, and then process is repeated to install the other set of fuel tank mounts.

Indoor/Outdoor carpet is placed on top of the plywood: