1978 20 Master Angler Restoration

[GradySailfish]

All right guys, here goes. I started working on my 78 Master Angler. I sanded the bottom smooth while the boat was still outside...I also sanded the paint the previous owner painted the boats sides with down to smooth gelcoat.

Here are some shots of the boat sitting outside. She was subsequently placed on my Grady's trailer and slipped into her new home for the next year or so inside my big garage.

Here are some pics.
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So much dust in the air the camera got a picture of it!

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Start of De-Rigging

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Fuel Tank Removal

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Tank Coffin

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There wasen't that much foam around the tank, and I think it was relatively recently replace and painted with Zinc Phosphate. Although I didn't take a pic, I scrapped the junk off the tank and it looks like its in good shape. Tomorrow I'll pressure test it...if it holds pressure I'll clean it up more, paint it and eventually re-install. Tank prices have gone up big time in the past couple years.

Now my nest step is to remove and replace the deck. I will need to re-do the entire deck since its VERY SOFT in many areas and rather soft almost all over. I saw pictures of James Allmans 80' MA where he replaced the deck with marine ply. I would like to do the same. My question is should I cut along the line indicated in the picture, remove the remainder of the deck leaving the drainage channel, then grind that area down and apply 1708 over the entire deck to tie it all in. I really want to leave that channel and want to cut 1-1.5 inches outside of the channel, so when I glass the deck over, I can glass over that area and tie everything together soundly and strongly.

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