After some driveline damage I had to redo my shaft log and rudder backing,for what it's worth why not do them while she's opened up? Easy for me to say when it ain't my hands gettin dirty..... Looks great so far man...
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After some driveline damage I had to redo my shaft log and rudder backing,for what it's worth why not do them while she's opened up? Easy for me to say when it ain't my hands gettin dirty..... Looks great so far man...
Thank you! I did cut a window out of the glass to inspect, and it's dry as a bone. I'm happy with how it is at the time. If need be, its a pretty accessible spot to fix down the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by mapleleaf
Well would like to be a little further ahead than I am, but for mainly weekend work I am happy with where I stand. I am still in the clear for being in the water by spring, and that's what counts. I was able to cut, shape, and install the two main stringers throughout the week. I bedded them in on Sunday morning with the help of a friend. To bed the stringers, I used what's called "Gunk." Gunk is a polyester based filler for bonding stringers and filling voids. It's rock solid when cured. I was also able to cut and shape the outer stringers on sunday as well. I plan on bedding them into the hull tonight.
I've decided to upload these the better way as well. Uploading them to this site is a pain the normal way.
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While I was waiting I just set a roll of Ice and water on the stringers to help hold them down, as well as some jack stands up front to do the same. Not entirely necessary, but it helped give a little down pressure during the cure time. The gunk ended up being a litte bit thinner than I'd like, but I went back over the stringers that evening and filled any small voids. As of today, these stringers are rock solid in the hull. So far so good!
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Outer stringers cut and shaped, notched in the rear for limber holes. I glassed the limber holes on all 4 stringers before installing them. Main stringers are douglas fir, outers are clear pine. The clear pine was from a job my dad did about 15 years ago. Its perfectly straight, free of knots and BS, and super dry. Perfect for this job. First pic shows one of the outer stringers just sitting in place.
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Coming along nicely!
Some progress over the past week
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Limber holes up front
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I hope to have the stringers completely glassed in by the end of the weekend. I hope a few family Christmas parties don't get in the way too much. Pre-cut some 1.5 oz mat when I had a bit of free time the other day, also have started cutting the floor supports. I set the 4x4's for the motor mounts last night, building the box this week one night.
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Looking good. I was looking through all my pictures last night and was just taken right back to the experience. Man, what a project!
Thanks! Yea, it is quite the project to tackle. I was standing over the boat last night and just thinking of how far I have come, it really doesn't seem like I have done much until I stop and take the time to think about it from the day I started until today. I cant wait to get it out on the lake!Quote:
Originally Posted by Okie Boarder
I did the same thing many times.
I have exact same boat and I just removed my engine to replace part of my stringers. My measurements from the hull bottom to the top of the mount is 5 1/8" in the aft and 5 1/4" in fwd.Quote:
Originally Posted by lmnelson86
Coming along nicely!
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by flipz96
I am test fitting the motor this week for proper alignment before I finish glass work and paint. I appreciate it
Time for a long overdue update! Since my last progress post, I have been hard at work. I spend two or three weeknights after work, and generally all weekend on this thing. The time has been flying since October!
I had my neighbor from my cottage come over both days after Christmas to help me glass in the 4 main stringers. Each stringer received a layer of 1.5 oz mat, 1708, 1708, and another layer of 1.5 oz mat. These stringers are stout, they wont be going anywhere. To make life easy, the tops of the stringers will be glassed with some heavy cloth since the cloth conforms to the stringer nicely and is not messy like mat. The top pieces overlap the bottom layers. The tops of some of the stringers are done in the pictures, I have been doing them as I go. It took two of us 8 hours for two days to glass in the 4 main stringers. My neighbor stayed in the boat as I hopped in and out to mix resin, cut glass, and take care of odds and ends. I was in the boat laying glass for a majority of the time though. What a HUGE job, but lots of fun. It took a lot longer than I thought but I am glad that part is over.
I re-opened the drain holes up front, and I keep coating them in resin as I work around the boat. My Dad cut the 2x4 stringers over the past few weeks and they all received a layer of mat on the bottom, and have been fully glassed in at this point. The front two have yet to be glassed in as I only made them Saturday evening and they had to setup first. I spent sunday afternoon recreating the 1/2" center stringer up front under the bow rider, as well as the bulkhead for it. Since I am removing the built in cooler, this piece did not need to be notched. I used a multi-tool to clean the center of the hull as best I could, and scribed the new piece to contour to the hull. I set it in "Gunk" and braced it while it cured.
Monday evening I spent my time cutting and preparing fiberglass for the motor box area, the center stringer and bulkhead, and various other areas for reinforcement. I covered one side of the bulkhead in a layer of mat and 1708 as well. I will flip it over and do the other side tonight. This weekend I hope to drop the motor in and test fit it to see where I need to place the 1/2" plywood shim for the front of the motor, as well as make any other adjustments before final glasswork and paint.
Enjoy.
My Neighbor hard at work:
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A few pieces with a layer of mat on the bottom sides, one set is cut for the exhaust tubes.
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Glassed in the tops of part of the stringers at the end of an evening
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Center Stringer
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Center Stringer shaped to fit the hull
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Test Fitting
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Gunked in and braced
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Coated in resin
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Bulkhead with one side glassed up
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Father and Son photo-moto
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You're making good progress and I love how you shaped those supporting braces to allow water to drain!
Nice work...you're coming along well and making quick progress.
Wotan, thanks! I do not anticipate any water getting into the hull, but I am being realistic and proactive. Water finds its way into everything, but I hope not! Cutting the lateral stringers with on a 45 not only allows for drainage, but it actually makes test fitting and installation much easier. I didn't have to fight with the bedding material and the bottom corner of the stringer at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by wotan2525
Time has been flying by, but I need this thing in the water as soon as the weather allows for it. If only I had a week off of work without using my very few vacation days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Okie Boarder
Looking good man! I wish can fast fwd to where you are now! Im in south Florida and its already surfing weather. Actually....I think we only had like 3 "chilly" weekends this winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by lmnelson86
I made some good progress this past weekend. I got the center stringer all glassed in, and also bedded in the bulkhead and pads for the front motor mounts. I test fit the motor on Saturday morning just to make sure everything was going good so far, which it is. I finished 95% of the glass work in the motor box area, just have to fine tune some outside corners to my liking.
I am also flush mounting a piece of 3/4" plywood underneath where the drivers seat mounts, so that the screws have more meat to bite into. To achieve this, I simply used some 2x4 pine drops and cut them into random lengths. They were all coated twice in resin, and countersunk for screws. I marked the depth, and bedded them to the stringers and used the screws to hold them in place. The 3/4" plywood will be set on top of these 2x4 ledges, and the floor will cover everything when it's all said and done.
Coating all the 2x4 drops and floor reinforcement plywood:
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Before:
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After:
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Motor mount front pads:
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A little overview:
You can also see where I filled in the center of the hull on the bottom, right at the bulkhead. I did this to keep water from entering this low portion of the hull.
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The really long pieces of glass over the outer stringers were not used, the cloth ended up being bad. I have a full roll of cloth from a friend, it came from his grandpas shed. Too many years of water leaking onto it and not being used have caused the cloth to be unusable. It wouldn't really accept the resin, and something was just fishy about it so I scrapped those pieces. Not a big deal.
Center stringer and bulkhead glassed and bedded into the hull:
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And just for fun, I have been trying to use just one stirring stick throughout the whole process. My first stick snapped and was trashed, but I have been using this stick for about 7 weeks. I've found it entertaining to see it get built out as I continue my progress on the boat.
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Looking good. What made you decide to close in the front bulkhead area?
If I am understanding your question correctly...Quote:
Originally Posted by Okie Boarder
I am not going to use the cooler, so that whole area will be covered by the floor and out of sight. My cooler is brittle already, and I am fortunate that I do not have to trailer my boat everyday to use it. I will drop it in the water and leave it at my cottage for the summer (Barring any issues). When we go out to ski, tube, wakeboard or whatever, we can just pack a small cooler with drinks if we feel like it. We'll be within eyesight of the cottage most of the time, so we can always run back in for food and drinks. I spend 90% of my time riding my stand up jet skis anyway, so the boat will be a nice morning activity before the lake gets rough.
Essentially I am replicating what was there before, but I am just not cutting out a recess in the center stringer for the cooler. The cushion that acts as the cover to the cooler will still be there, so I can also now use the area under the bowrider as a storage locker.
If you left that area open, it could be storage for ballast. ;-)
Looks great man. Are you planning on using the same rubrail or did you opt for a new one? I'm still on the fence with it.
I haven't thought much about it at this point. I am leaning towards getting a new one as my old one cracked in one spot. I think it will look a whole lot better with a new one, and why not spend the money at this point haha. I don't know where to get one, I haven't looked at all. Do you have a source? Anyone else have a source for rubrails?Quote:
Originally Posted by flipz96
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Originally Posted by Okie Boarder
I haven't given much thought to ballast, I don't know how much I will add. I am OK with the limitations of this boat, and I am just happy to have something nice to drive and enjoy. I may add a fat sac to one side of the boat but we will see how she goes.
Over the past week and this weekend I managed to get a good amount of work done. I installed the subfloor for the seat base so that I have extra "meat" to screw into to reinforce the drivers seat. Lost in my excitement, I forgot to cut the longer board to the same length as the shorter. Oh well, it gets covered anyway. I was also able to finish any small glass work that was left for the stringers. Sunday morning I cut and glassed in two 2x4's up front, layed on their side for a nailer for the floor. I then cut and fit the two rear sections of the floor. I told myself 10,000 times to make sure I cut the front part of the floor on an angle to match the doghouse cover, and I cut it straight. Oh well, easy fix. I hope to have the front two sheets of plywood cut and fit this week one night, and by Saturday have the bottom of the floor coated in one layer of 1.5 oz mat.
Seat Reinforcement:
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Outside after a good cleaning with the air hose:
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2x4 Nailer:
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Starboard Side:
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Port Side:
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Starting the floor. The 2x4 is just sitting at 8' so that I maintain a flush front seem. Weights to help keep it from moving to easily if I bump into it:
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Trimmed for the exhaust:
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That's where I stopped for the evening. I need to run to the fiberglass supply store and grab a ton of yards of mat and 1708, as well as some gel coat for the bilge area of the hull. It feels good to finally get the floor started, it feels like its been forever!
Looks like you're doing a fantastic job.
Is that a garage door in the middle of the garage?
If you want the same rubber rail it came with- taco marine has a huge selection. You might get a better price from iboats.
Some have gone with stainless instead of the OEM rubber. I'm not sure if they bought from Donny Bennet or the other guy (can't remember his name). Going way back, when I shopped stainless the retailers wanted a fortune. I think Wotan did this. You might check with him if you want to go that route.