'77 Sceptre Rebuild

[newellchunker]

Ok gents, we started the overhaul of our 1977 Sceptre. The first pic is when we got her in '08. The rest are from the last two weeks or so. I'm gonna need lots of pointers and advice, as I have never undertaken any kind of project like this. Please be patient with me.....I'm a complete newbie at fiberglass and repair. (And apparently posting pics too! Can't figure out wht some pics are huge and the others are small??) The plan is to enclose the transom, add a bracket, add a bait tank in the transom, recore the floor (has a few soft spots) totally repaint her and upgrade the wiring and electronics.

[ScottM]

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[newellchunker]

Lets try again: My son and I bought this boat in '08 and we knew that we'd be able to fish her for a little while and that we were gonna need to re-do her. Well, we fished her for the last two seasons and we finally got brave or crazy and decided that it was time to do something. We were just gonna paint her and then redo the floor next year, upon removing the Lenco's I found water dripping from the holes.....we all know that ain't good, decided to go ahead and tear her on down....floor, transom, repaint her and then upgrade the electronics and wiring. I'm hoping to enclose the transom, add a bracket (need advice here..IE: brand and etc.) add a bait tank in the transom and of course recore the floor. Started a couple of weeks ago and sanded the starboard side back down to gelcoat...had two coats of paint (what a PITA), then moved to de-rigging the engine and preparing to remove it. Removed the transom bait boxes and finally got around to removing the engine. Next we're going to remove the hardtop and start on the transom...removing the old core. Need some pointers on all of this, as I have never undertaken such a project and have very little fiberglass experience. Here are a few pics: When we first brought her home.
Starboard side sanded down.
Where I filled and have started fairing the starboard vent.
The bait boxes removed.
Starboard side box gone!
Port box gone!
The main reason for the whole project!

[NoBones]

Glassing in the vents was a mistake..
Thats why the deck is still solid!
It vents the inner hull of moisture that would be normally
trapped.

Just my 2 cents worth.

See ya, Ken

[newellchunker]

NoBones......the floor was soft in some spots to begin with. It's not like I cant cut them back out u know?? Thanks for the advice! CAN someone delete the empty pics in the original post??? Please

[fdheld34]

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