Now on to the bracket for the boat. First I used my water sandblaster that I got from northern freight. did a quick blast. ten I used ppg alum. prep.rinsed real good. and then used ppg barrier coat. dry out is the sun . then applied three coats of belzona5811 and made sure I hit all the nook and crannies.

bracket
 

prep work

Thats about it for now. Tues I will be finishing ou the deck boards and building the gas tank beds. Going to try to blast the bilge.

Finally got the fuel tank bed glued down. Between the glassing and kids fighting and one going in the water.. I was not able to take as many pics as I wanted...so here is the tank bed being layed up..

tank bed
 

I will tab it is after the cabosil compound kicked off.. Then gel coat

Great work, great documentation. I am a month or so away from starting somewhat similar mods on my 25, so the pics are appreciated.

Thanks for the compliment...there are so many other things i wish i could have documented . I mean alot more pictures would have been good...

I dry fitted the 9' bed a few times to get the height ringt.. I then knew i had to install a center stringer to help spread the load .. That was a major pia.. Especially by myself..i lamenated two3/4" foam boards to gether and then.. Be gan sanding the piece slowly down to get the correct spacing between the bed and center keel..i covered it in a layer of1808 and down each side of the stringers port and starb to give the bed some fresh glass to stick to..while tacky. I piled on the resin cabosil putty on the keel and down both sides then i carefully set the bed down and wedged whatever i could find to keep it down.. Cause the bed had a slight crown.. Which to me is good...

Looking good Martin. Was that bubble wrap you used in the vacuum process?

Did you use regular epoxy for the layup?

Yes just plain bubble wrap.. I prefer the large bubble wrap but this is all hd had at the time..
Polyester resin is all I'm using for now..thanks fish on the brain

I'm impressed. I'd like to try and vacuum bag something soon. maybe I can give you a call when I'm ready?

strick