Pic of bow area with bow eye removed and some voids ground out.
Some sloppy glasswork up there; and I thought my work was messy!

Amazing how they built boats in the 70's isn't it!?!

watever happened with this build cool stuff makes me wanna tackle my 75 18sf myself.

I got side tracked with other projects, a new grandson, taking care of an elderly relative, and moving up to Port St Lucie.
Waiting on getting a side driveway done and a large canopy so I can work on the boat again. Hope it works out otherwise I’ll have to have someone paint the hull.
Got to meet Chris/squid lips and his nice boat building setup.

Got most of the hull to finish primer and have to build the pilot house still.

Some older pics.

A few more.

Nice work!

Forgot to update this thread!
Finished her up in early 2019, glassed in the hatches, added a Pilot house with Wynne glass Windows, and painted it.
Then the big money for the motor-200AP Suzuki, hydraulic steering, Bennett Bolt electric tabs, BocaTech switches, wiring, lights, vhf, dual Garmin 1042xsv, GemLux thru hulls, steering wheel, rodholders, and lots more.
She rides well esp. loaded down for offshore. Needs some tab most of the time
Top speed 45, cruises about 30 at 4000 rpm, 4.0-4.5 mpg, depending on conditions.
When it gets sloppy can still run 14-18 mph.
Been Swording 25 miles out a few times and deepdropping quite a bit.
She handles well offshore, but with the wind and rough seas lately, a bigger hull would be better.
Also I’ve been exploring the inshore fishery here in the St. Lucie Inlet area.
I’m obsessed with Snook.
The boats high sides, and Pilot house creates a lot of windage, so it drifts quickly off spots. I'll need to add a trolling motor next.
Also it drafts a bit more than a dedicated bay boat, so tough to get in really shallow.
Who knew when I built this boat I’d be fishing inshore so much? Shoulda made it into a bay boat!

More pics.
 

Will add more as I can.
Anybody want to see anything in particular, let me know; I got a lot more pics.

And some more.
 

More pics.

And some fish pics.
 

Hard to find fish pics w boat.