18SF rebuild

[adamcannon]

I have started up on my rebuild again. With hunting season, work, and everything else that keeps us so busy in our day-to-day life, this rebuild has had a slow start. My brother-in-law is helping me with all the glass work and we did get the new stern laminated in place and ready to be glassed in. Here are some pics of the progress so far. Any input is very welcome.

Floor cut out


Console, Box Seat, and Infloor Livewell


Isn't She a Beauty


Boxes cut out


Very, Very rotten stern


Gas tank taken out


Floor cut out and stern wood grinded out


Freshly grinded stern


Gas tank out of tank and sanded to check for leaks


New stern(pinski board) laminated into place


Stern from back with seacraft crown intact


Bracket with platform


T-Top


2004 Johnson 150 to shove it to the Hook at Cape Lookout



Well thats it for now. I still have a long way to go, but the end result will be worth the wait. I am really glad that I found such a sweet website to help me along the way. Again any input will be great.

[uncleboo]

Lookin' good! Mine's in pretty good shape for now, but, it's nice to see the construction so I can plan for the future. I'll be following closely. Keep up the good work.

[ReelToy]

Wow nice metal work on bracket.Did someone build it for you? Are you going to powder coat it? I had my Armstrong bracket powder coated years ago and it has held up great. T-top would also would look good powder coated though they might want it sandblasted if it's been in salt water. I just had my poling platform and leaning post powder coated in my 14'McKee that I use inshore it only cost $75.00 dollars.Alot of powder coaters are willing to drop the price if you are willing to wait until they have a large order to run in the color you want.

[adamcannon]

Wow nice metal work on bracket.Did someone build it for you? Are you going to powder coat it?

I had a guy build it from somewhere in the Florida pan handle. He did a pretty good job on the welding but the finish grinding left a little to be desired. I am going to need to clean it up a little with some 80grit. Over all a nice bracket and for $900 bucks couldnt beat the price. I am going to prime and awlgrip the same color white as the bottom will be. With the top of the platform with nonskid.

[makade]

Looks like you'll have a beauty when your done, keep the pictures coming!
I got a question for you, I noticed in the back of your stringers you had some holes presumably for draining. Did you have any hoses or tubes running thru them, or wet foam? The reason I ask is I had something similar but not round and nothing running thru them. I ended up sealing mine as I figured bilge water would get in to them.

[adamcannon]

I got a question for you, I noticed in the back of your stringers you had some holes presumably for draining. Did you have any hoses or tubes running thru them, or wet foam?

There were holes going thru the stringers in the back and also in the front. They had tubes running thur the holes but they didnt really waterproof between the tubes and the foam. The only water that I found in the foam was right around the holes. It wasnt bad at all. I am going to cap off the ends of the stringers with glass and then extend one side of the stringer to tie into the stern. I dont see the need to take the whole box stringer all the way back to the stern like it was.

[makade]

Hey thanks for the info, I'm gonna do a little more investigating on mine. Mine where more like a long oval with no tubes, never made any sense to me.

[Greno]

The strings on mine don't go all the way to the stern and do not appear to have been cut off because the foam is puddled in the bottom of the hull at the end of the stringers.

[adamcannon]

I am going to run the stringers back to the stern. It will just be one side of the box stringer. Most boats have the stringers tied in with the stern to add strength at the bottom of the stern to help with motor torque(or thats what I thought anyway). I am going to beef up the stern. I have never mounted a motor bracket so I am going to make sure the stern wont be the weak point. Probably over kill, but I just want to make sure.

[adamcannon]

We got the transom box glassed into place from the outside. Put some gelcoat on the fiberglass to protect the resin from the sun if we take it out in the sun. Here are some pics of the progress.









In these pics you can see that we made the lip that will connect the liner to hull continue across where the old motor cutout was.





Next we are going to get some good mesurements and put some 2x4s across the liner so it will keep its shape. We are going to need to come up with a good way to keep the hull in shape so when the liner goes back in it will match up. I think this will be the most challenging and the most important step. If the hull or the liner gets out of wack that could pose a huge problem. The new floor is going to be put in while the liner is out of the boat. This way we can glass the floor right into the side of the hull and then glass the liner to the floor. I am hoping this will make the boat even stronger than before. When we take out the liner it can be flipped over and all the seems can be glassed from the inside so we wont have to worry with faring those seams but it will give it alot more strength. I will post some more pics when we start taking the liner out of the boat. Thanks, Adam