got rot? 85 comp stringer and floor project

[c43amg]

what part of Pittsburgh are you from? Can I bring mine over to you for stringer work?

sure bring it over.
my shop is in bridgewater, on the beaver river. I do fiberglass/gel coat and canvas.

[csuggs]

sure bring it over.
my shop is in bridgewater, on the beaver river. I do fiberglass/gel coat and canvas.

Hey your work looks great from the pics! Better be careful - there's lots of us that need stringer work including myself! I'm in Parkersburg, WV so not too far to go. Maybe I can visit your shop when you've got a rebuild in sometime.
Keep up the good work, and as always - thanks for the pics!

[c43amg]

Hey your work looks great from the pics! Better be careful - there's lots of us that need stringer work including myself! I'm in Parkersburg, WV so not too far to go. Maybe I can visit your shop when you've got a rebuild in sometime.
Keep up the good work, and as always - thanks for the pics!

thanks, stop by any time

pic from today

[c43amg]

went with red carpet

[mapleleaf]

That's why it's such a pain to replace carpet, I've been doing it wrong!!!
Should'a taken the top deck off first!!!!! LOL

[vtrider22]

New guy here. Wow! What a great thread. It makes me feel .... better, I guess about my flexi-flyer. I'm looking at this coming winter for the big job. Question, when you pull the deck, how do you grab/support it? Pictures are great!

[mapleleaf]

New guy here. Wow! What a great thread. It makes me feel .... better, I guess about my flexi-flyer. I'm looking at this coming winter for the big job. Question, when you pull the deck, how do you grab/support it? Pictures are great!

I think if you go to Rickr's comp restoration or Salty's 87 Saltare restoration you'll see how they pulled the top deck, a long 4X4 with straps in a few places seems to be a preffered method....
Welcome to the board, good luck with the project......
Pics are always good, lets see her!!!!!

[Salty87]

so close c43, it's looking great. where's the rest of the boat at?

New guy here. Wow! What a great thread. It makes me feel .... better, I guess about my flexi-flyer. I'm looking at this coming winter for the big job. Question, when you pull the deck, how do you grab/support it? Pictures are great!

drive under service. i left mine in a sling for something like 9 months, it was frickin heavy.

use whatever you've got. i've seen pics of people using the boom on tow trucks, fork lifts, hoists under trees, all sorts of cradles built with lumber.

check my signature for some pics of mine

[c43amg]

so close c43, it's looking great. where's the rest of the boat at?




drive under service. i left mine in a sling for something like 9 months, it was frickin heavy.

use whatever you've got. i've seen pics of people using the boom on tow trucks, fork lifts, hoists under trees, all sorts of cradles built with lumber.

check my signature for some pics of mine

its outside undercover. I used a 20 ton boat lift to lift mine off. we had a strap under the bow about halfway to the window, another under the stern about where the seat goes and a third tied off and through the railings on the inside of the deck, ill post some pics when we lift it back on.
gonna be a little while though i have some work to get caught up on.

[vtrider22]

Wow! Rickr - what can I say? What a job. The quote we use in the shop " better than new every time" doesn't even come close to your craftsmanship! The long 4X4 with lots of straps hooked to anything and everything looks to be the way. I do have 2 rolling chainfalls on an I-beam but my ceiling is only 10' 6" to the top of the 16" beam. I'm thinking picking the boat up (which I've done before) and setting it down on some sort of cradle with casters would be key. How easy does the windscreen come off? That would get the deck a little higher and less in the way. By the way, this 86 comp I stumbled onto for 100 bucks running and floating. I've already done alot of topside work and engine love and other than the floor/stringers she's pretty good. The tower is something I made from Dairy-tube (2" SS) that came out of a defunct dairy barn. Taught myself how to TIG and the whole deal. Kind of fun. Oops, need to switch computers to attach photos.