Worked on closing off the old I/O compartment on the rear of the boat. I was going to do a live well similar to strick but after getting a 465lbs motor I decided to not add the weight of the water in the well. The bracket should have enough air space to float the motor and I will be moving the gas tank forward and with the forward weight of the sceptre model I think I am fine but don't want to push the issue no more than I have to. I decided to just make a bench area between the rear seats that I could use as a cutting board for bait or a step up for sight casting.
This is the fiber board that I used to back the areas I glassed to get a smother finish:
This is the rear section getting glassed in:
Adding foam core material to the under side so that it will be strong enough to stand on:
Glassed in place with first layer of matt:
Using the vinyl ester resin that turns white when it cures. You can see it starting to cure in this photo:
Fully cured in this photo:
The front side of the bench step. I still need to grind out the front edge of the seem and glass it in:
In the Boat:
Next is to grind out all the seems around the piece I removed to do the transom and glass it back in place. I am also going to get the bilge vents removed from the top section and make this area solid for the rod holders.
Started fitting up the bracket to the boat to get the height for the mount with the 25" mercury:
Started sanding down the sides of the hull and fixing a few bad spots below the water line that was hiding under the bottom coat:
Hope to soon get the hull ready for a new color just need to figure out what one to pick!