1985 Supra Comp TS6M

[Supra_Comp]

CSM won't make a huge difference in strength, but it will look a lot better and smooth out better.

Here is a larger version of that photo. We haven't gone over the top of the stringers yet, still trying to figure that one out.

The more I look at it, the more it looks like it needs more strength, really hard to tell though. Looks like it has good penetration. On a side note, what thickness wood did you use for your floor boards? We are using 1/2" OSB sanded on one side.

[Supra_Comp]

I have a two chips on the starboard side below the water line that are similar to the photo below (not my boat). The glass isnt cracked as bad but I can still see the fiberglass (Black). When we test floated the boat, we noticed a bit of water inside the boat where the hull steps down just behind the drivers seat. For the life of us we cant find any area where the water is coming in, and it is not travelling from somewhere else. The rest of the hull in that area looks to be in perfect shape!

Could chips like this cause any water penetration? We don't know where it came from but if it was a sharp impact it could of put a pin hole leak..

[jasun]

We haven't gone over the top of the stringers yet, still trying to figure that one out.

Did you round the top of your stringer off? Makes it a lot easier to get the glass to form. What I did was just used 3/4 oz mat and saturated it with resin and then layed it on top with about a 4-5" overlap on each side. Here is a pic of it rounded off before any glassing...



I just used one of my 60 grit flap wheels and rounded the tops off, or atleast added a radius to them.

[jasun]

Could chips like this cause any water penetration? We don't know where it came from but if it was a sharp impact it could of put a pin hole leak..

Had the same issue, but I know where mine came from... A rogue screw broke the gel coat (the screw was verticle and pushed the fiberglass out and cracked the gel coat on a spot about the size of a quater)
I made up some resin and filled the hole. Sanded it down as best as i could and just put as little gel coat as I could (didnt match color). Sand and repeat till it was smooth.

[Supra_Comp]

Its the one thing we jumped a step on, rounding the wood off so the fiberglass would form to the edges (guess we got a bit excited seeing the progress!) We may go back smooth them off and reseal with resin. If it makes a big difference on the structure I will do it but the wood is coated with like 3 layers of resin so I highly doubt it will ever rot if that is all its there for.

We used a pretty heavy weave matte (1844 I think it was) to get the most structure on the sides of the stringers. What is best for over the top?

[jasun]

I did the top mainly to seal, that is why I just used a saturated piece of chop mat. Some people used the 1708 from side to side up and over.

[Supra_Comp]

More updates.

The transom was rotten and the platform was causing major flex so we replaced the wood, fibre glassed it in and then used 1/8" aluminum plates to help spread the load on both sides plus through bolts and a ton of 3M 5200. No leaks here! Instead of flexing the transom, when pressing down you now move the entire boat. Success!


No major description here. All leaks were sealed up, and flotation foam was poured in. In the areas where we had to trim the foam we will be using epoxy to seal it so no water will penetrate over time. First time using it, hard to get the compartment volume exact hence the small pours here and there. Could care less about aesthetics! Happy to see this stage.

[TitanTn]

It's all looking good, but I really like the work you've done on the transom. That's a nice improvement over factory.

[Supra_Comp]

It's all looking good, but I really like the work you've done on the transom. That's a nice improvement over factory.

Thanks Titan, we debated about adding the 1/8 plates for extra support mostly due to the fact we didn't know how it would seal up but it seams to hold well. They only cost me about $4 each so it was cheap insurance.

[Supra_Comp]

Well all, no update pics but we hit some cold weather and decided to winterize the boat and put it in storage. We have the floors glassed in and sealed up, next stage is a few bits like exhaust tubes, clean up the engine, etc. and finishing the interior.

My question is this. We have a line on some maroon marine grade carpet that is super plush and comfy for a good price. I normally would say to go with grey which is the colour we has in recently but I have a feeling it may look better going back to the original. What's your opinion? We are doing new side panels so if we redo those we may add some same colour vinyl as an accent.

Haugy/Titan- you guys both had maroon in your boats correct? How is it in the sun, hot?

I think it would also be ironic as we bought the boat with maroon carpet....went full circle!