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Originally Posted by DonV
I thought I heard a noise from far, far away.....might have been your bank account screaming!!!  Good luck!! |
Haha yeah for sure. Gonna have to start re-categorizing boat spending in our budgeting software as "Investments" or something before the wife catches on.
All the gas is out of the tank, haven't pulled it yet, wanted to get some demo of the cap done before I start ripping up the floor so I would have something to stand on. Starting cutting this weekend.
Getting the rest of the coaming bolsters off:
Cutting out the "Sceptre portion" on the starboard side of the cap:
Pretty much gone. Was gonna leave that little vertical part of the cap that's hanging in these pictures and try and use it as a guide for cap modification, decided against it and am just gonna build a temp mold around the cap when I pull it.
Out of the boat:
Repeated the process on the other half, ending up with:
I know I'm making a CC the hard way, but it's what I want, it's going to end up being EXACTLY what I want, and the price on this hull was right, well below anything I could find for a CC.
Before:
After:
Current major planned steps are (in order):
- Leave the cap how it is for now, to be pulled and modified/re-cored later.
- Pull the tank, clean up/inspect.
- Cut out the floor, leaving most of the liner in place. It will be removed completely later, but want it there to keep stiffness until new cap/sole is in.
- Perform stringer work (not sure of the extent of this yet, still undecided on full redo into grid vs re-foaming current large trapezoidal).
- Perform transom re-core work.
- Pull cap, leave partially cut liner in, and putting in supports across the hull to keep from deforming.
- Pull liner and immediately reinstall new cap to ensure hull keeps it's shape.
- Core the hull sides to replace stiffness lost from liner.
- Layup and install new sole.
Please point out if you think any of those would be better/easier in a different order.
Very long and work intensive road ahead but I'm glad to be on it and have a clear vision of a kick ass "forever boat" at the end of it. I'm trying to get as much done as possible on the hull before it gets too "cold" here. The 350 non-blush hardener states it will cure down to 60F. We have day time temps that high here till around mid-late December, and using the old tarp and heater trick during the night I should be able to have around 2 more months of hull work that I can reliably perform. After it gets too cold I'll move to the garage and start fabricating a console/leaning post for the boat over the winter. Hoping to get the tank out before the weekend and get the floor cut out by the end of the weekend.
Thanks for looking!