The Fish Tank AKA The Beast - Page 6

natecert · #51 10-24-2016, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by kmoose

Glad to see you moving right along Ed. You told me you weren't going to let her sit around and you are a man of your word. Keep it rolling and keep posting pics!

I just got an email from Don and my bracket just hit the mold!

Glad to hear the bracket is going to be on its way soon. As far as getting the boat done, I've pushed up the finish date to April first 2017. Well that is to say in the water and running. I'm sure there will be things to do like adding radar and other expensive items.

Ed

natecert · #52 10-29-2016, 03:06 AM

Picked up a water aerator tank this week and plan to repurpose as the live well. It will need to be beefed up some with mat and csm. The nice thing is at the end of the day I can open the drain and empty easily.

Still laying up boards so no great progress on the boat to date.

natecert · #53 10-30-2016, 03:50 AM

Still skinning boards. But finally got the girl home and will do the clean up today. This Thursday will start to remove the wood transom and hope to get the new one in place. It's going to help a lot now that I start a three day work week.

The Happy Dolphin looks so small next to the SC.

natecert · #54 10-31-2016, 05:08 AM

Only got one board skinned on one side and spent the rest of the day going to HD, Lowes, garden chores and a beginning clean up of the interior. Some of the growth really needed to join the dollar shave club.

Question, the boxed style stringers in the bilge area at the stern, those are hollow should I enclose them and foam fill?

Islandtrader · #55 10-31-2016, 10:10 AM

where are you in englewood? send me a pm if you want some immoral support from time to time...i'm always off island tues and thur.

Water Rat · #56 10-31-2016, 10:45 AM

Natecert,
I believe the two box-style stringers in the transom bilge area are the original engine beds from when the boat was an inboard/outboard. When I had my transom redone recently on my 1978 23' Sceptre I/O, we found the wood that was laminated into these for the engine mounts to lag into were totally soaked and rotten. My advice would be to drill a sample out of them and see what lurks inside.

I am following this thread closely; I am fascinated by the process and wish I had the time and skills to do a project like this on my own. Good luck!

natecert · #57 11-01-2016, 02:31 AM

Water Rat, thanks I totally missed that they are rotted out. Just may remove to give more room in the bilge. Likely will be a bit busy there with multiple pick ups and pumps etc.

Regarding skill, I'm learning as I go plus talking to people that know what they are doing.

natecert · #58 11-05-2016, 02:44 AM

Finally got hands on the boat instead of ancillary items. The inside skin is coming off easier than I though. The used Rockwell tool and blade used for wood/nails made a big difference.

Now that I know the two box frames in the bilge are not structural they will be removed for more space. I started on them and it will be more work than it looks, a lot of glass in there.

natecert · #59 11-06-2016, 01:27 AM

Removing the wood is more of a project than I thought. Going to borrow a chain saw and see if that helps. Taking the most of the day off to do on line tests for the CEU'S i need.

Made a run to Fiber Lay-Sarasota on Thursday and again Ryan was a big help also found a way to discount the bill $50. One more board to skin coat and they are done.

abl1111 · #60 11-08-2016, 07:53 PM

Nice project. You're in an area that I'm focusing on - the liner to hull connection near the helm and passenger seat.

Could you take some pix of what it looks like under the floor looking forward on both sides ?

I want to tighten up that area and am focusing on the joint that connects the hull and liner near where the liner seam, that is 6" off the floor, runs horizontal to the floor, then vertically up the side. I am planning on glassing those seams inside and outside to make the liner and topside one ...