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My First Boat!!!
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Looks good doesn't she? Well I thought I got a pretty good deal on her but... I discovered that a botched floor repair allowed water to follow the stringer to the transom, and we all know what happend then.
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Ok here we go... In the garage ready to be stripped
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In the garage
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Removal
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all exposed floor, windows and hatches removed.
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Here is the Hull after splitting the boat. You can really see the rot now... notice the stringers look pretty good except the right side.
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The Hull
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The Top
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here's the top supported the best I could do. It will rest here until I am ready.
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Looks Like all the wood, floatation and Livewells are sound and secure.
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Another View
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A Better View of the Damage
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Here we can really see the damage. At this point I wanted to say the heck with it... but then who knows when I will be able to talk my better half into letting get a boat again :)
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Ok here Hull is cleared of most debrie, foam and all fittings.
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Hull Cleared
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Floor and Transom Out
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All that is left now are the stringers and transom supports.
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Ok after way to much grinding, the hull is clean and I am more than ready to start fabricating the transom and stringers. Yes the hull is supported from below. I fabricated a 2x4 framework and attatched it to the trailer.
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Hull Completely stripped
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Reconstruction begins
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I am now gluing in the transom supports and test fitting the stringer layup.
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Here is the new transom. Two pieces of 3/4 inch marine grade plywood. I am using epoxy for the project so I used 1/4" milled fiberglass with the epoxy inbetween the pieces.
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The Transom
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My first attempt at fiberglassing
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Ok transom supports are fiber glassed in. And a piece of 1708 biax ready for the transom.
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Here the transom is clamped to the 1708 Biax and epoxied in place. (sorry about the blurr)
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Transom clamped in place
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Transom Glassed in place
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Ok the transom is glassed in place with t layers of 1708 biax and a layer of 18oz woven roving taking the transom back up to the original thickness.
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Here's the stringers, glassed in with 18oz woven roving and epoxy.
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Stringers In
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Test fitting theh floor
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Ok Here is the new floor test fitted. It is 3/8" thick plywood. I know to thin but that is what was in there and I still hav the top to fit back in place. It will be covered with three layers of 18oz woven roving. that is the same as what Astroglass had there.
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Ok the first section of the floor is glassed in and the flotation pilons are glassed in place.
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First section and floation pilons
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Ready for the next section
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Ok I am trying truck bed liner for the back compartment, ski locker, storage areas and bilge. We will see if it servives the bilge.
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The Rest of the floor is in and ready for glass. There will be a total of three layers of 18oz woven roving. (Over kill? who knows but I was able to detect that many on the original)
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Floor glassing
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Floor is Complete here is the view from the front with the new hatches
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Another view of the floor. I decided to play with coloring the epoxy. It turned out pretty good.
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Almost complete. Just need to wash and wax the hull. The trailer and bunks will get finished later in the season... Notice the little ham in the back ground :)
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front
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Not looking to bad for my first rebuild.
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The hatches worked out better than I could have hoped, now to see if the carpet holds up.
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