My 23' Rebuild

[RWatts23]

I've been asked by several folks for some pics of my rebuild from spring 09'. The hull is an 87' 23.
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[RWatts23]

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[RWatts23]

Hope You all enjoy this boat porn!

Console Finished
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[jeff6645]

Love it! Great job; so clean looking.

I love me some boat porn too...

[strick]

That looks very nice!!

strick

[nate22]

Thanks for sharing. I always liked this boat

Couple of questions.

What type of resin and cloth did you use for the transom?

Also how much resin was used in the transom area?

thanks

[RWatts23]

We used polyester resin I'm pretty sure. I have no idea how much for the transom alone, my guess would be 3-5 gallons??? I did watch them and they sqeegees alot. We used about 18 or so for the whole project including deck, console, etc.- alot was wasted. I used my buddys glass man for most of the glass and paint work while he was rebuilding his boat yard after hurricane Ike, so I really dont know the specifics of the glass #'s and so on. I do know that the transom has 2 layers of 3/4" marine okume snadwiched with 3 layers of glass between each, the skin, and outter layer. The corners have alot, I'm thinking 6 layers, I wanted the glass to overlap onto the hull sides and transom at least 1/2 the width of a whole role (18+" on each side of the corner?). It was built it to withstand the pressure/stress of twins on a bracket, and to handle the choppy Texas GOM. The bulk head in the anchor locker was also removed and rebuilt as well.

[RWatts23]

Alot of work was done to the console, you can see the console in the first pic before we started on it, there were alot of holes that we filled, I wanted a clean boat, so it took alot of work.

[bcdc]

Hey Richard - looks great - I sent you an email with a few questions (including which airport to fly into!) I'll try to call sometime this week. Bill C. in PA.

[Entourage]

What year was this hull? Looks like the original waterline stickers from the trackers.