I also sprung for new shoes for my girl .

today I started will laminating the flange on the inside of the console. I layed up 2 layers of mat,1 layer of cloth and a layer of 1708.

the second pic is of mold I made to make the fiberglass angle for the front of the console to mount to.


then I turned my attention to the hatches and ran the router around them and trimmed about a 1/8 of the old flange off to get rid of the chips and cracks in the existing.

I got the panels filled back in with a mix of dynaglass and deck putty. I used something new, as I am getting to cheap to buy mason bags from homey cheapo. I saw a guy at the bakery using disposable piping bags. they are exactly the same thing and cheap. I wouldn't try to push potter putty through them but deck putty and dynaglass flowed smoothly through them

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I decided to mount the electronics on a black gelcoated panel. I marked off an area on the melamine and I sanded it down to 320 and waxed it , I sprayed the gelcoat down and let it kick, then 2 layers of matt dry, 1 layer of mat and 2 layer of 1708, I then added another layer of mat and a layer of stitch mat to stiffen it up.

I popped it off and gonna cut it , wet sand and buff. should look good

then the time had come, it was time to push the boat outside and do some grinding for about 3 hours into the dark. I was as bad as I remembered and if I have to do it again it will be too soon.

it is now done and time to finish the tabbing in all the way around.

next up are scuppers, mounting the console and some sanding.

Where is everyone? Am i boring you with my rebuild???!

We got shanghaied over on the west coast.

Shhhh
I am living vicariously through your rebuild because work is preventing me from getting back to FL and rebuilding my 23. To make up for it, I am quietly ordering parts while my wife thinks I can't do boat stuff from 3000 miles away.
Please keep up the pics 'n I'll keep looking with the room lights dimmed!

ha alright atleast someone is looking at it!!!


alright got the hull to deck tabbed together with a layer of mat and tape.

I then went to work on sanding the console after filling all the holes and seams with dynaglass.

I also shaped the livewell top by hand with the sander. got some more small holes to fill then one last coat of easy fair and it is ready for primer.

I got the electronics panel cut and fitted, do you think a 12" screen is too big?? haha

going with it, it will be awesome. also a icom 304 and a Jensen remote stereo head unit will fit nicely.


go big or go home.......

Don't worry Im taking notes.......