Took out the hatches that cover the gas tank and flipped it over and took a saw set it to 1/2 inch cut a checker board pattern in it and took out the matting and the nasty wet wood underneath. I bet it must have weighed at least 80 to 100 lbs with all the wet wood down there. Finished with the grinder to the underneath skin on the floor ...what a PIA tomorrow will get the hatches done...
Pics to follow

But now its time for the MIAMI HEAT GAME....GOOOOOO HEAT

Filler question??????
 

I have not posted in a while and the project sat for way too long.

I went and bought 1/2 nida core to replace the wood in the floor and enough glass and resin to hopefully finish the floor.

My original plan was to try and use the skins that I took off the deck but I see that is was not going to happen so I laid several layers of glass to build it up to where it was.

But I need to apply some kind of filler to be able to get it even and smooth again.

What would be the best filler to use? ??????????

After that I plan to pour a composite transom which has been ready to get done for 2 months.

What's your resin system?
I used VE, fumed silica, milled glass and a load of glass balloons. I suspect you want to go easy on the milled fibers if you DIY a filler. Enough balloons and it gets pretty easy to sand. Not as easy as poly and balloons, but nothing like straight VE.

I think Hermco had a 3M VE based putty that he liked- he posted about it once. I never tried my Merton's Hull and Deck Putty.

I used poly for the resin

Looked a little on the Fgic.com website where I bought all the materials and it looks like they have a compatible product that looks like it will work. Am going to call them in the morning.

They also have the pourable transom in 5 gal buckets and it only involves 1 trip up

Well I worked about an hour each day for the last 4 days since it is getting hot down here.

I have about 85% of the floor done and all that I need is to pickup the fairing supplies to finish. More fun sanding LOL

I started measuring how high up I need to extend the transom and following some advise here I'm going up to 26 1/2. Going to use some of the skins that went un-used off the floor and glass them into the transom and have it ready to pour the transom sometime next week end.

Boy am I having fun with grinders, sanders, glass and resin

all this fun pays off, looks good there....

Back at it
 

Well it's been a while but I have been grinding and glassing every day for the last 10 days an hour or so when I get home. Almost to the point that I can think about the portable transom getting done. Still need a bit but I'm getting close. The floor is also about 90% done just another layer of mat and back to fairing and sanding.

Not many pics but I will start taking some in the next few days.

It MAY turn out to be a 2017 model ....if you know what I mean...LOL

Stay with it... I have been hauling my sceptre around for 12 years and it has never touched the water... Sitting for 2018 completion...

Some work done today.....more work yet to come

Will it be done this 4th of July...:D

Sorry man I just had to bring up the past....however its great to see you back getting itchy and dirty again.