I must like punishing myself

[billythekid]

nice nipple polishers, I knew a girl once that ...... aaahhh nevermind


Got some more work done today,

I popped the mdf off the cap and decided to cut the gunnels. I first screwed a straight piece of plywood to the liner a 1/2" down from where the cut would be. I then grabbed my trusty diamond cutter and Fein Vacuum and off I went slicing all the way around except for the bow as I wanted to get it straight and the old anchor locker has a funny angle on it . So I trimmed it close until I am ready.

I lifted it back in the boat by myself which proved to be interesting, I wanted to see how it looked as I still need to core the underside. The hull had spread a little and I had to muscle it into a place.

[billythekid]

Before I cut the cap I wanted to get some glass in the old outdrive hole. I took the air grinder and cleaned the old hole up and wanted to make a template for the glass, So I took a piece of cardboard and traced the hole to apply it to the fiberglass. I did 2 layers of mat 1 layer of 1708 2 layers of roving mat and 1 last layer if 1708. I cut everything and got it ready. I followed suit as I did with the gunnel cap and screwed some mdf and wood to it to laminate against.

[billythekid]

I have been collecting stuff like a hobo over the past 8 months to prep for the project. I got a console out of an 18 that I will lower and add a lefty kreh like coffin box to the front. I got a bunch of fiberglass rolls 1708, 1808, mat and some 38oz stitch mat. I still have some hose, wiring electric connectors left over also. I got a set of load rite dolleys for the garage that I will put the boat in a few weeks.


and also the power plant that I got my hands on, Suzuki 140 4stroke hiding in the corner!!

[PharmD2B31]

Looking forward to watching you progress through your build and maybe learning a few things.

I am wanting to make my gunnels on my project larger like you have on yours.

[PharmD2B31]

I had noticed that your 20' Seacraft was originally an inboard/outboard set-up..... Do you know what size motors was used in these hulls back in the day??? And roughly how much weight do you think that motor and outdrive weighs that was in it??

[gofastsandman]

Like a rabid Spider Monkey. Nice.

[billythekid]

Picked up some material yesterday for the transom and the inner hull. I decided to use a product called Corelite for the transom, It was recommended by a friend who has done a lot of restores in his time. Its about the same weight as Penske or coosa board, But it cuts a lot easier. It looks like Azek and almost cuts like it, but you cant compress it like azek. It is rough on both sides.

I ripped a pieceof 1/8 Luan down to use as template material, So out came the shears, heat gun and pencil and off I went making a template.

[billythekid]

After I dry fitted both pieces, I cut a piece of mat for between both of them, I mixed up some poly and layed it out, dropped the second piece on top and put a couple screws through it to hold. Then I grabbed some weight laying around to samich them together. (samich is from duck dynasty if you don't watch it)


I also grounded down the boogers on outdrive hole and smothered some dynaglass to smooth it out and layed a layer of mat over it to finish it off. I also layed some dynaglass in some of the gouches from removing the transom.

[heynow2203]

Wow!! You make this look easy

[Blue_Heron]

You're making good progress. I guess you do a lot less head scratching, and have more productive time once you've got one or two of these under your belt.