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09-19-2004, 06:39 PM
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stringer pieces in place.
I was planning on glassing my new stringer sections in place, but it rained today for the first time in almost 6 months. So all I could do was take some pics of the dirty wet boat [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
After these pieces are glassed into place, they'll be filled with foam (strick method), and then the plan is to glass 3" wide strips of 3/4" marine ply to the tops. In some pics you can see the previous owner had used cypress 2x4's (cut down to 2x3) to raise the floor an 1.5". I'm thinking that I'll probably raise them 2.25" (3 strips of 3/4" marine ply glued together).       
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09-29-2004, 01:08 AM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
Here's a little update:
Got'em glassed in . . . . kinda messy, but these epoxy/1708 forms are rock solid.  
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09-29-2004, 01:10 PM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
Tim,
Looks like it is coming along nicely [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Are you going to use/make a floatation bracket...ala Strick method? Or I guess with the floor raised you won't have to worry about wet feet and you could go with a notched transom. The reason I'm asking is I'm kinda going through this thought process right now. I was all set to raise my transom, enclose the entire stearn and add a new cap (intergrating some sort of live well vs. storage area). And then go with a flotation bracket. Now I'm thinking raise the deck and only raise the transom to 25". I don't know, I end up with about the same thing in the end I guess. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] I'm not sure which is best/less work/more fishing time!!!
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09-29-2004, 05:05 PM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
I would have done the bracket . . . but there was lots of talk about the 20ft seacraft being stern heavy. I was affraid that the boat would squat badly in following seas. This is only a problem in tight chop, but in San Francisco bay is nothing but tight chop. Also I think the ammount of glass work involved with making a bracket is more. I wish I were closer to FL to see how RAHIM.N's 20 rides.
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#5
09-30-2004, 11:21 AM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
Tim,
Are you going to slide your gas tank up towards the bow to help redistribute the weight? I was thinking of doing that and actually sliding my console forward a few inches as well. What do you think?
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#6
10-01-2004, 06:54 PM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
Tim
one more step complete! Just 1000 more to go! The stringers came out looking great. Keep up the good job buddy. Strick
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10-04-2004, 12:07 AM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
pogden . . . I actually don't know the exact location of the original fuel tank. This boat's previous owner had renovated it once before and there were 2 unoriginal rotten tanks buried under the floor. My plan is to distrubute the weight, so that the boat is still a bit stern heavy. I want the bow to be light, so I can fill a forward fish box
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#8
10-21-2004, 02:18 AM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
  Got the front section of the floor leveled. I used the sheet of 3/4" MDO crezon cut into 3" strips. A 4x8 sheet is just enough material to cover the stringer tops with 2 strips (which raises the floor 1.5" + 1/4" of epoxy puddy/glass). I was very impressed . . . the MDO had a only few small voids in the entire sheet. I still have to level the back 7ft of the boat, round the sharp edges, and add 2 layers of 1808 over the tops of the stringers. The make shift floor is a bunch of mdf scraps.
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#9
10-21-2004, 09:52 AM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
Whooh, that looks like a lot of work! But I can't wait to ge started [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img],yeah I am sick.
It looks like it is slowly coming together. You raised the original stringer framework all up to the same height using glass filled with foam and now you are raising it up with strips of MDO covered with glass. [3/4" MDO + 3/4" MDO + 1/4" glass = 1 3/4" (stringers) [3/4" sheet of MDO + (+)glass = (+)3/4" (for floor) total height = (+)2 1/2"
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10-21-2004, 09:52 AM
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Re: stringer pieces in place.
Whooh, that looks like a lot of work! But I can't wait to ge started [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img],yeah I am sick.
It looks like it is slowly coming together. You raised the original stringer framework all up to the same height using glass filled with foam and now you are raising it up with strips of MDO covered with glass. [3/4" MDO + 3/4" MDO + 1/4" glass = 1 3/4" (stringers) [3/4" sheet of MDO + (+)glass = (+)3/4" (for floor) total height = (+)2 1/2" Is that right??
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