1988 ts6m rebuild

[Jetlink]

I would call these guys and talk to them about your project. Wealth of knowledge and will help steer you in the right direction.

http://www.uscomposites.com/

[michael hunter]

US Composites are a great source of materials and knowledge for sure. Take lots of pics and measurements it will help when you put it back together.

[jet]

Seeing that brings back nightmares. Lol. Im so glad mine is back together.

[3826smith]

It has been a while since I have posted any progress. January was rough as the wife and I both caught the bug that was going around so we missed quite a bit of time feeling under the weather makes it tough to find the motivation to go work in a cold garage. February is going well though making some strides and finally feel like we are making forward progress. We were able to get the starboard side stringers formed and fitted to the hull, and after a test run of mixing PB to find a good mix and consistency were able to get them set in place.




I am happy with how the stringers worked out and keeping the port side stringers in place while doing the starboard really helped to make sure the deck height will stay where is should. Now that starboard stringers are solidly epoxied to the hull I removed the port side stringers, transom backing, and the strut and rudder backing boards. The board over the rudder poured waters when the fiberglass was cut around it, and was able to remove in one piece as it was so rotted. We have a bit more sanding/grinding on the port side which should be done this weekend. Then on to forming and fitting the last two stringers.



Hopefully we are still on track to be back on the water in May. All the stringers should be in by the end of February, fiberglass the stringers in March and start the decking, and finally reinstall the cap and motor by the end of April.

Thanks to everyone for the advice it is much appreciated, we are enjoying the project but can't wait for the end result!