4
Plastic Floor Assembly - Sport
Runabouts
The Sport Runabouts feature Interlocking Polyethylene Floorboard
System gives you an unmatched combination of high strength,
maintenance free durability, good grip and light weight. Following is a
table that shows which floorboard each boat uses:
10.6 SR
12.6 SR
14 SR
FB-1
FB-1
FB-1
FB-2
FB-2
FB-2
FB-3 Short
FB-3
FB-3
FB-4 FB-4
FB-3 Short
FB-4
Before putting the floorboards in your boat, if you have a 12.6 or 14
you should bolt on the Floorboard Reinforcement Kit to FB-2 and
FB-4 - see instructions below.
Floorboard Reinforcement Kit (standard with 14 SR & 12.6 SR -
optional with 10.6 SR)
This set of 1 longer
aluminum board and 2 short
narrow rectangular bars
provides additional strength
for FB2 and FB4
floorboards. The longer
aluminum board bolts into
the brass screw inserts (as
shown) on the bottom of FB-
2. This keeps FB-2 flat and
improves motoring
performance of the boat,
especially when the boat hits bigger waves there is less flex to the FB-
2. To install, simply bolt the longer aluminum board on underside of
FB-2 floorboard using the rounded 1/4” screws included in the
reinforcement kit as shown. Once you have installed this board there
is no need to ever take it apart.
The two short rectangular bars are
bolted into the 4 brass screw
inserts on the top of FB4 (as
shown) increase the rigidity of FB-
4 and help support the transom on
sport boats to carry heavier
engines. To install, simply bolt the
two short aluminum rectangular
bars on FB-4 floorboard using the
knurled headed bolts included in the reinforcement kit. Again, once the
short bars are bolted to FB-2 there is no need to take them apart
again.
Before inserting the floorboards into you transom boat you should lay
your boat our on a clean flat surface and put a small amount of air in
the main chambers of the hull - this makes it easier to insert the
plastic floorboards.
1) FB-1 Bow Floorboard
SR boats:
Locate the FB-1 and FB-2 floorboards as well as the Uplift
Connector Bars (see diagram below) FB-1 and FB-2 join at a slight up
angle. The Uplift Connector Bars keep the two floorboards at this
angle.
Slide FB-1 and FB-2 together as shown above. Hook the Uplift
Connector Bar into the FB-2 floorboard, and use moderate pressure
on the FB-1 to pull it into position so that the Uplift Connector Bar will
hold both boards snugly together.
Repeat with the other
Uplift Connector Bar.
Slide the assembled
boards into the bow of the
boat so that the keel valve
can be reached through
the hole in the FB-2
floorboard. Hint: you might
want to use the valve
adapter and the hose of
the A-41 pump to center
the valve in the hole of the
FB-2.
2) FB-4 Aft Floorboard
The FB-4 is the rearmost
floorboard which has a smooth
rear edge and interlocking
grooves on the front edge. Place
the FB-4 at the rear of the hull
and slide under the transom lip.
Sit in the hull and force the FB-4
under the transom lip with your
feet.
The diagram displays the FB-1,
FB-2 and FB-4 installed in the
12.6 SR.
3) FB-3
Please note, FB-3 comes in two sizes: short (FB-3S) & long (FB-3).
For the 12.6 SR, locate the long FB-3 floorboard. For the 10.6 SR and
14 SR, locate the short FB-3S
Warning: Please do not proceed
to the next step with bare feet,
and keep your fin gers and toes
out of the way so that you don't
get pinched.
10.6 SR
Insert FB-3S so it meshes with FB-4 at the stern of the boat
and over laps FB-2. Lift the ends of FB-2 and FB-3S and con nect the
floorboards forming an inverted "V". Step down on the joint. The
boards will snap into place.
12.6 SR:
Insert large FB-3 so it meshes with FB-4 at the stern of the
boat and over laps FB-2. Lift the ends of FB-2 and FB-3 and con nect
the floorboards forming an inverted "V". Step down on the joint. The
boards will snap into place.
14 SR:
Insert FB-3 so it meshes with FB-4 at the stern of the boat.
Locate the FB-3S and insert it so it meshes with the FB-3 and over -
laps FB-2. Lift the ends of FB-2 and FB-3S and con nect the
floorboards forming an inverted "V". Step down on the joint. The
boards will snap into place.
4) Stringers
HINT: Since the uplift connector bars angle floorboard
1 & 2 upward, it is very helpful to place an object
under the bow such as a box or a bucket to prop it up.
This makes insertion of stringers far easier because
the floorboards will be on the same plane.
