Looks nice, simple and effective. What are your plans for your helm pod? Something Carolina custom-ish?

Yes .. Carolina style . With a electronic pop up

okay back at it .. peeled all the core material off the center deck boards and ground down. going to replace with foam core.... added a few more pieces of foam core around the gunnel cap for the rub rail. and prepped and coated the twin bracket..last coat for bracket went on tonight..

center deck
 

here is how I removed the core material, I just cut around the edge with my 4' dimond blade. and then peeled the skin off

after clean up I wet out a layer of 1.5 oz matt

wet out glass
 

1.5 oz matt to give the foam a nice bed to bond to

I gave them a quick sand down today. and had the bright idea to try the RESIN INFUSION TECNEQUE Well it sounded good. Trying to elimated a couple steps... I did not have the proper equipment . other than a vacuum pump.. so here it is

Rtm
 

Cool at first, then well, it got messy

here you go
 

sucking it in

fishing product
 

not bad for the first goat rope-in. With out the proper equipment

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

Well I finally got all the bolts to come through to the otherside... The bracket is fitted but not bolted yet... Resealable ng the plywood core. I have done this three times now. Pulled the bracket off more than I want to count... Slowly but surely, it's getting there.. I also went ahead and v.r.t.m. the void I have in the transom.. Mixed some fast west epoxy and sucked that stuff right in..

Cool - did you pull the resin up or down? How much vacuum did you use and did it get to your trap? Get any pics? I know sometimes pics are not possible with a fast hardener.

v.a.r.t
 

Here it is nothing fancy

I drilled a hole at the very top of the void. Then I installed my 1/4", fitting and connect to the vac pump.. I then installed another fitting to the lowest part of the void. Which happened to be one of my bolt holes.. I then pulled a VAc checking it to make sure we have good vac.. I then mixed west 105 with there fast hardner.. 206 I think.. Mixed her well the opened the vac port and voila....

I just pulled all new hoses for the two fuel tanks... What a job..found that a small gaff works well at pulling the 1 1/2" fuel fill hose up through the gunnel.... My question is is it okay for my fuel fill hose to touch the deck.. Or does there need to be an air gap??

I finally am back at it. Got fuel hoses from tank secured and put an aluminum pipe under the cross brace on the forward tank.ground down the bilge area and prepping to glass. Built a forward insulated cooler. Will glass it tonight ..

cooler
 

Cooler

2" low density foam. Cut to fit and hot glued together

Finished glassing outside. I'll fit it in the bow..then bed it with epoxy and cabosil.

cooler
 

Glass

bilge
 

Engine compartment.. Still need to grind some on the keel area.. And finish the void in the out drive area... There was an air void in between the two layers of fresh glass and the new transome.. There are three layers of 1808 on the ply core.so it will be fine. Plus the glass on the inside skin is over 3/8" thick.. Coring with 1/2" composite then grind down and bed a skin of poly and fiberglass 1708..with epoxy and cabosil.. That way I won't have a delam issue later. Cause everything from here will be polyester...

bow
 

Front cooler

cooler
 

It fit!! Now I just need to glass inside and pull back out to install drain plug. Then reinsert and finish glass

transome and bilge
 

Pulled the bottom bolts out and ground the bilge and back skin down. Played up a polyester skin to be bed glued on to the epoxy transom core..

bilge and stern support brackets
 

Just glued a gussett across the stern and will tie into the back liner and deck..also layed two layers of 1708 .slowly but surely getting there.. Debating on building a sea chest for my pumps.. Has anyone done that before I seen pics in my mags but that is all

bilge and stern support brackets
 

Pics

I'f you notice. I will be taking the brackets back off once I draw my water line with engines on and estimated weight of fuel gear and console..then I will finish glassing in the gusset. It is glassed on the bottom... A lot of work just to get it right..

I will be adding some vertical knees to the horizontal brace and tied in with an alum. brace. Vertically as well

I have layed 2 layers of 1708 in the floor and up about 4" on the stringer box..it has rained a few day so I went under the roof

and started the toe kick for the console, I will incorporate battery trays and fw water tank as well in the bottom of pan...

toe kick
 

Built frame ,radius edges with clay and router. Waxed and PVA... Then gel coat and then tow layers of glass. Then foam and then three layers of glass.. 1808 .. It is a bit over built but the plan is to mount ttop to console not to floor