Don's a member of this forum (as hermco), so why don't you just send Don a PM with a description of work that needs to be done?!

Or call him. He spent a great deal of time on the phone with me before and was very generous with information. He builds a mighty fine bracket too!

Well its been ages..the weather is cooling and I am itching.. Started back. With cutting down the console and refit it . then cut out the ice box.. Waiting on some glass to build the floor in the stearn up share the engine cover was..FYI if you want to get your boat worked on , do not go to escape boat works in Panama city.Fl... As you can see I am working on my boat again. Cause.he failed to fulfill his part of the deal... I actually pulled the plug two months early cause I notice other boats getting done before mine.. But with all my products. About 700.00 worth.. Most of my foam core and a roll of 1808 ,paint ,faring and resin were. Gone... I guess I should have taken pictures of all materials and put my name on everything I gave him to do my boat... Lesson learned...

Console refit and ice box cutout
 

Modified console abit . cut the top down 4.5" for the teak pod . and re glued the top back on. Then will work out the pop up display...cut out the hatch for the ice box. Need to sand and gelcoat the inside of box....and inside console. And install a couple drains for console

Console
 

The 2nd and 3rd photos you see where I ground out the core some and made sure to grind each side of glass.. Also used alignment marks to help with install.. Also cut the bottom of console out. But made sure to bevel my cut so it will make glassing in much easier and to be able to glass the top on from inside...

Fishing and glassing...
 

This is the most fishing I have done on my seacraft

Laying out the hatch opening

Hatch
 

Man Joel if you guys made smaller hatches I would buy every size you got

Fishing and glassing...
 

Funny how I cannot even catch a fish on me seacraft.. But instead entangle him..lol

Still working on front ice box hatch
 

Here are some more photos. To trim out the drip channel I used my 4.5" diamond wheel to score glass
Then used my router with guide collar to grove out the foam. Next I cut glass 1708 and layed two layers in the channel and up to the floor... Next I layed a tube I pre cut and fit in there to try to keep the shape of channel..I did wax the tube.. Then installed the hatch cut out back binnhole , and weighted down with batteries..

I cut this piece out and glued to the underside so I can cut in a drip channel later... With all foam cores I use my die grind er and take out about 3/8" of the core and back fill with thickened resin...on all edging whether exposed or not...unless wrapping with glass

Hatch
 

Bull nosed the edge of the hatch cut out and now layed alayer of 1708 and a layer of mat. Ground out the core of the hatch cut put and backfilled with thickened resin,made from cabosil and ground fiberglass.

I know it looks rough now but fairing putty is my friend...

yikes! major sanding for this hatch,but nice gutters !

Yea it is a bear.. I took me about 2 hours sanding and fitting the hatch.. It not as pretty as ya'lls but I'm going with teak sole.... Thanks...

I have just been grinding on the deck some. Started shaping the console some. And also fitted the front hatch...

Shaping the console. Therer are three lines drwn on top. Port ,starboard and center.. This is the part that will be cutoff so that the console will receive an electronic box.. I do not like my GPS or bottome machines in the ttop box.... It makes for along day and a sore neck...especially if the gps and bottom are separated . along with compass... It just chaps my ass......so compass will be in center and will,be flanked my GPS and sounder...vhfs will be in ttop box...

I drew a rough sketch of what I wntd the console to look like.. Then took some scrap foam from the floor hatch cutout to shape.. It had glass on one side so it made it easy to shape. I gutted some foam out of the console ,pealed 2" off the foam cutout and inserted the foam. Used a string to draw my arch. Reshaped it, And then made alignment marks on the foam.. Pulled it back out and back buttered it with cabosil and glass resin then reinserted..I'll let it set up then cut out the whole top and build electronic box..with gutters and such..

Hatch
 

Still working on hatch .. I rough sanded and it now fits. Still need to fair it out then final sand it to receive primer...

Rule 13,523....do not throw away parts to be replaced...took mese time to just make a pattern for front anchor locker...BTW this is the rule right after the one. About make sure you have all bulkheads in before glueing down Cap!!! Smdh

[QUOTE=martin;239272]Rule 13,523....do not throw away parts to be replaced...took mese time to just make a pattern for front anchor locker...BTW this is the rule right after the one. About make sure you have all bulkheads in before glueing down Cap!!! Smdh[/QUOTE
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Layed up one side of the forward anchor bulkhead hatch.used the outside patio table as my layup table.. Layed some visqune down. Cut the 1708 and wet out, then wet one side of the foam. Set it and forget it. Well not until I layed another layer on top of foam and added weight to pull the excess resin to the top.....

Anchor bulkhead
 

Layup

Paint
 

I hope to have her painted by December...

I cannot wait for the Temps to warm abit.. although sanding in 40 degree weather is like sanding in an air conditioned tyvex.... I am getting the itch again..

Well it is finally getting the tic it needs.. I sent my boat to the most eperienced fiberglass boat builder in Panama City..Mattke Brothers I know will do a fine job...

Forward progress
 

Well it has been five days now and Steve Matkke has been making some forward progress. I made a list of things I wanted done, most of it being custom work...so far I am very please with the results and most of all the communications we keep with each other during the build process..mind you I hired him do just fiberglass work and some fairing. As I will do the final fair,prime and paint...

Pics
 

pics

Rubrail and vents
 

Pics

Pics
 

Rubrail ,forward hatch,

starting to look like something there. Cant wait to see it all one color :)

Work
 

Thanks Frizz. Yea I just ran outta steam. Now.I spend my time with kids and wife fishing ,instead of sanding.. Plus Steve is not playing around. He has pulled the console off now and is customizing the console...hope fully have her rigged by end of summer...

Progress
 

Well the rain stayed for two days. But they were able to get the console out and cut down. Also the rubrail was glassed in today. Should be fair next week I hope to have her done by next week

Pics

Man it has been over three years since I started this build... If I don't finish it this year my wife will kill me and burn the hull down...

And to see Capt Todd's done. In four months make really want.bring to git er done now

Started faring the rubrail out. Got the port side pretty close. Now to do the starboard side. I measured Frome the chine forward and at the top of the rail. Then I measure From the chine up to the bottom of rail..write that measurement and record..so i can transfer the same numbers to the starboard side... as long as the are within 1/8" I'll be happy...

Measurements
 

pics

Console is primed
 

Finally picked up the console..I'm very pleased with the way it turned out...will be picking up a load of mahogany to build the steering pod...