My 23' Rebuild
 

I've been asked by several folks for some pics of my rebuild from spring 09'. The hull is an 87' 23.
Thanks. [image]http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/origtran.jpg[/image]
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Gotta love Awlgrip [image]http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/w...intedhull1.jpg[/image]
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Hope You all enjoy this boat porn!

Console Finished
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Re: My 23' Rebuild
 

That looks very nice!!

strick

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Thanks for sharing. I always liked this boat

Couple of questions.

What type of resin and cloth did you use for the transom?

Also how much resin was used in the transom area?

thanks

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What year was this hull? Looks like the original waterline stickers from the trackers.

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Disregard i didn't see you already mentioned it at the top of the post.

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We used polyester resin I'm pretty sure. I have no idea how much for the transom alone, my guess would be 3-5 gallons??? I did watch them and they sqeegees alot. We used about 18 or so for the whole project including deck, console, etc.- alot was wasted. I used my buddys glass man for most of the glass and paint work while he was rebuilding his boat yard after hurricane Ike, so I really dont know the specifics of the glass #'s and so on. I do know that the transom has 2 layers of 3/4" marine okume snadwiched with 3 layers of glass between each, the skin, and outter layer. The corners have alot, I'm thinking 6 layers, I wanted the glass to overlap onto the hull sides and transom at least 1/2 the width of a whole role (18+" on each side of the corner?). It was built it to withstand the pressure/stress of twins on a bracket, and to handle the choppy Texas GOM. The bulk head in the anchor locker was also removed and rebuilt as well.

Re: My 23' Rebuild
 

Love it! Great job; so clean looking.

I love me some boat porn too... :D

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Alot of work was done to the console, you can see the console in the first pic before we started on it, there were alot of holes that we filled, I wanted a clean boat, so it took alot of work.

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Hey Richard - looks great - I sent you an email with a few questions (including which airport to fly into!) I'll try to call sometime this week. Bill C. in PA.

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Nice work. I like the way she sits in the water too.

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really really nice

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Ditto. Really clean look and pretty on the water - sits right on her lines. Nice work. Thanks for sharing the pics. :cool:

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Thanks for the compliments, I really enjoyed doing the rebuild, wish I could make a good living doing it.

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Me too. :D

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Theres just not much of a market here in Texas for customizng smaller boats.

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Ray-

what color did you choose for the hull sides?

strick

Re: My 23' Rebuild
 

The hull sides and all of the interior are snow white Awlgrip. I wanted to use egg shell for the deck, but the snow white with the non-skid mixed in turned out nice, I think that the next one I do will have more of an off white or tan deck- the snow white shows every piece of dirt & bird droppings. I'm thinking the next hull will be either navy with white boot stripes, or fighting lady yellow with green boot stripes. If I ever get rid of this one, I'm ready for the next project.

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I love the way those boot stripes look. What are the thicknesses of the two stripes? Im about to do mine and like the way yours turned out.
Thanks,
Conrad

Re: My 23' Rebuild
 

The bottom black stripe is 1 1/2" and sits 3/4" from the chine. The center "white" is 3/4", and the top black is 3/4". We kept it simple by using a roll of 3/4" tape
and 1 1/2" tape.