Rebuild Repower

[Myfathersson]

Did you get any glassing done on your stringers this weekend?

[Slightly_Twisted]

Wow it’s taken so long to get things moving. LOTs of little adjustments to get the stringers to sit just right and give me the height I wanted. Took a few days to grind the surrounding glass to get a good bond once I start glassing.

Work has got me putting in way to much time and passing off projects that they “can’t find the money for, but can find the materials”. I work with a high school athletic teams and I built a few chillers for drinking water years ago. Well they wanted another and one three times the size. That’s taken a lot of boat time away!!

Got the stringers “glued” with thickened resin and fiberglass dust today. Forgot to get pics of the alignment cribbing, but here is after they sat for 8 hours.

[Myfathersson]

Looking good. I hope to be at that stage after Labor Day Weekend. I will confess being a single guy with no real commitments outside of the daily grind helps with my rate of progress, though my wallet needs a little recovery time just like my body does LOL. I like your shelf/table over the gunnel. Might have to replicate that when I'm glassing in my stringers.

[Slightly_Twisted]

Well took me a week but I was able to slowly chip away at the fillets. I got them all rounded and sanded on the inside. I’m waiting for a 1/2 hand held belt sander to get the out side done. I was going to get the cheap harbor freight one but went with the amazon one for the free shipping. I get it tomorrow. Sunday I had the morning to myself so I spent 4 hours tabbing in the inside of the stringers. I wanted the best bond to the transom so I but a layer covering the middle 1/3 of the transom. Then tabbed in the stringers and knees with three layers of 1708 tape. 8inch, 10 inch, 16 inch. All wet on wet. had a few hiccups but over all other then my back be sore it came out nice. Only Took one pic, had to take a break and stretch out a little.

They are far from done I need to put a waterproofing layer from the tabbing up and then a cap. I’ll use 1708 from the tabbing to the top and then I have some 6oz cloth for the top waterproofing layer.

[Myfathersson]

Looking good. You'll like that sander, makes quick work of the fillets. I didn't have squat for process pics glassing mine either - time without gloves on was focused on guzzling water! Keep up the good work!

[Slightly_Twisted]

Took a few days off from working on the boat and work last week almost broke me. 30 hours on the clock in under 48 hours total, between football and a 34 team soccer tournament it took me a few days to recover.

This week I finished tabbing in the stringers. All the sides have 4 layer of 1708 all wet on wet. 8 in-10in-15in-then a 10 in covering any exposed wood. The knees got the same treatment along with adding a few layer to the transom.

I’m going to sand the sides tomorrow and waterproof the tops with two layers of 6oz cloth. Then on to the bulkheads and the side supports.

I never wanted to add foam back to a hull but I’m really thinking about it now. What do you guys think of this. So the outer sides of the stringers in cuddy cabins are not used for rigging. If I fill them with foam to the height of the stringers the shape out a low channel leading to the center line. Then once the foam is shaped to drain to the bilge, glass over them so the foam is 100% sealed and the water if any gets in flows over the glass capped foam.

Thoughts?

I’ll post some pictures tomorrow

[Myfathersson]

Sounds like you've got a really stout lamination. Can't wait to see pics.

I too am mulling the foam or no foam question. I incorporated limber holes into each of the panels to the sides of the stringers to handle water - the original pieces didn't have a real method to address water that made it's way down there. The wings weren't formed down to the hull, they all stood a good half inch above, and the glass bridged the gap. What I noticed is that water that got down there flowed through some resin starved sections of that cloth, albeit slowly. Although few of the areas it could flow through were at the lowest point of the cell. If I foam I am going to leave the top of the foam uncapped and rely on the full channel I've created to provide a path for any water that does get there to exit through the limber holes and proceed to the bilge. Since I'm planning to trailer her all the time I'll keep her in a bow up attitude to promote drainage of anything that gets in. My bigger concern is cleaning up the passage that was made in the panel which covers the fuel tank compartment for the steering and throttle cables - they just cut a 4x6 hole in the edge of that panel. It is covered by the center console but I don't think relying on a bead of 4200 around the base of the console to prevent water on deck from making its way there instead of the cockpit drains is the best idea.