What type of 20 SF

[captmattson]

Hey, Ive been hunting a project 20 hull in SC to do a total rebuild. I just did a full rebuild and conversion of a 256 Dusky and enjoyed the boat for 3 years. Sold last week, so now Im planning on a conch 22 style rebuild.

My question is I found a mystery 20 seacraft hull that has been abandoned. The vin on the hull had been faired over from a patch a long time ago. I can get the hull for almost nothing but i want to make sure it is a pre 1980 hull. How can i verify this with out a vin. I can acquire a homemade title because the vessel is only a hull and cap. What should I look for to verify the possible age?

I have to dig out the trees growing in her to take stringer pics on monday.

Thanks

Michael
captmattson@aol.com
843-224-3542

[captmattson]

[NoBones]

You blocked out the hull state ID #....
Go to the tag or title agency with the number that is on there.
South Carolina or wherever the number is from should be able to tell you the year...
My guess is 69-72

[McGillicuddy]

Com'on, Skipper,
Cut the dang trees down and count the rings on the trunk

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by McGillicuddy

Com'on, Skipper,
Cut the dang trees down and count the rings on the trunk

How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
I can get you a new sim card for google earth...4 ribs for early hulls. 72 or 73.There is a reason the elders keep me around.

Carl overlapped these for an almost flat laminate, centered on the step plane. Smart man.
Center the stringers in the middle of the plane and tab out. Very smart. Flex is just not for breakfast anymore. The steps have large shoulders. Always thinkin` that Moesly fella.

[flyingfrizzle]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
I can get you a new sim card for google earth...4 ribs for early hulls. 72 or 73.There is a reason the elders keep me around.

Carl overlapped these for an almost flat laminate, centered on the step plane. Smart man.
Center the stringers in the middle of the plane and tab out. Very smart. Flex is just not for breakfast anymore. The steps have large shoulders. Always thinkin` that Moesly fella.

Where is that damn decoder ring, u saying the big box stringers are better? I thought the four were stronger and were changed to the two box style to save on glass and weight.

[captmattson]

more pics. Im thinking '70 with some modifications??? I know the transom had been replaced and i think the put a bracing stringer in. This looks seacraft to me. I hope so because project is underway after 2 hours of shoveling dirt and harvesting poison ivy, pine trees, and magnolias. Motor removal and placing the boat on a new trailer this week.

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by flyingfrizzle

Where is that damn decoder ring, u saying the big box stringers are better? I thought the four were stronger and were changed to the two box style to save on glass and weight.

I am not an engineer, but I know one. Look at the tabbing of the four stringer layout. Almost connecting the layup. Spruce has a nice tight straight grain and of course adds beef. Plywood adds even more. Off the factory floor, I would say these are much stronger. Once the wood rots you see fracturing typical of these pictures. Please remember these hulls are older than most of the lurkers.

The old foam adds little structure and has fewer tabbing overlaps. You don`t see as many fractures but water intrusion can cause this and other obvious issues. My Slacker has mint stringers, but she shudders a good bit if I push her.The only time I pushed her really hard was trying to run with Bones at Peanut. She still sneers at me.

If I were going to do one from scratch, I would do a composite grid with big weep channels.
With epoxy. There I said it.

Checkout Caymanboy`s recent build for hullside coring.

Cheers,
GFS

[strick]

Diamond in the rough for sure. As NoBones mentioned it is a pre 80's hull from the looks of her. Looks like the same place Ken found his 27 Gil How come you did not see that one on Google earth?

strick

[McGillicuddy]

Originally Posted by strick

Gil How come you did not see that one on Google earth?

strick

My wife put a block on all aerial imagery sites and I'm having trouble hacking her password. Veritable forest floor in that skiff - pine, maple, sumac, poison ivy... wow, you might have to clear that removal and restoration with the US Forest Service