and it will probably last longer then if you bought a big tarp! That is one big nice looking project you have there... I dont know how you do it all....

strick

Tent? Bowshed! https://www.by-the-sea.com/stimsonmarine/bowroof.html

My stimson bow-shed plans arrived in the mail the same day as home despot sent another '24 months no interest' promotion... so a $700 shed for free for two years.

Billboard was $20, bought foam for hullsides and still came in 120$ under 700! Its kind of cozy, like a windtunnel when i open the foredeck hatch. Will have to figure out some shade when she goes upside down thats for sure...

Rain dance today...

Now I’m afraid, after the rain this time of year, Lovebugs! Seem like they smell the resin and think it’s dinner time. Good that you have the tent.

I like your drawing, I have a similar sketch for my 27 after seeing Jimmy Buffett’s newest Last Mango except mine was not a walkaround. Did you see the 27’ in NJ with the Downeast pilot house? The owner did a really nice job.

Aint a real boat without a couple pounds of lovebugs glued in!

I did see it... A bit too yachty for me. Thought long and hard about a walkaround but she just doesnt have the beam for what id want in a walkaround...

Bulkhead and tank time. 200 main on centerline and 50 each in saddles. 70 gal of freshwater just behind main bulkhead...

You said that this was a back burner project which for me means years but you are hardly 6 months into it and it looks fantastic and is indeed inspirational. My 27 is almost on it's way to San Diego and I'll certainly be following your progress.

May I ask why you cored the hull sides and what material you used? I see that you overlapped the new section but you also went forward too. Do you think there are benefits to coring the sides on a factory 27?

Its just such a big expanse of floppy hullside. It will really make the boat feel alot "tighter". Not a strength thing just a feeling thing. Insulation for down below too for noise and condensation (the hull wont "sweat" inside now). They sides really arent much thicker (if any) than the 23 i have here now.

I used a 1/2" 5# pvc foam from Marex. Its basically Italian divinycell without the name markup. TDS properties are the same or better (not that im getting anywhere close to testing them with this boat though). Im no engineer either so those numbers dont mean alot to me, I just know itll work...

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