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Rub rail & motor removed. Had someone run a heat gun about a foot ahead of me as i pulled the rubber out of the track.
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Transom bow.
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More transom bow with deck removed.
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A future captin at the helm.
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Removed part of floor & wet foam.
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Chipped out a total of 80lbs of wet foam.
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Test fitted two 3/4" ply's.
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Would later fill the corners with scrap plywood strips & a peanut butter mix of epoxy.
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Top secret transom work. Actually just a heat bubble. Was in the middle of winter.
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New transom core glassed in. Used 6 oz. cloth between 1st ply and transom skin. Bonded ply to ply with thickened epoxy. Went over face of inside ply with 9 oz. cloth, 12 oz. biaxial & one more 9 oz. cloth. Tabbed it all in over fillets with three staggered layers of 15 oz. biaxial tape.
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Test fitted new 3/4" plywood stringer.
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Three layers of cloth ready for epoxy. Went with 9 oz. cloth, 15- oz. woven roven & one more 9 oz. cloth.
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1st stringer glassed in.
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Stringers completed.
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Floor cross boards in & butt blocks added to my questionable stringer joints.
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Floor cut out & test fitted. Beveled ply edges that would later be taped.
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Floor laid in on top of peanut buttered stringers & cross supports. Also screwed it down to cross supports.Tabbed floor in with 15 oz. tape. Had to destroy old front drain screen. Replaced it with galvanized metal lath.
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Front screen tabbed in & layer of 9 oz. cloth added over floor.
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Deck back on. Added new lounge seats & carpet.
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Boat is structurally finished. Hope to get to the cosmetics sometime down the road.
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