72 20’ SF Rebuild In RI

[Scottman]

Stopped working on it till the fall. I am out on Block Island and sure enough there is a 20SF a couple of boats away that is finished out pretty much the way I am leaning towards, including the 140 Suzuki. We are both here for a while and I will go take some measurements for sighting the tank coffin, console, splashwell etc. maybe even talk him into giving me a boat ride as I have never been on one.

I haven’t tried to fair anything yet but the transom is in, the stringers are raised and I am ready to start installing transverse bulkheads in the bilge and prepping for reinstalling the bow liner.

I haven’t decided yet wether I will repair the cap outside or move the hull outside and bring the cap into my garage. The balsa coring on the casting platform was all shot and has been removed. The coring at the bow is still pretty good, but that will go also and all will be replaced with divynlcell.

Almost 4K in materials so far, including about 13 gallons of epoxy, so original cost estimates not looking to accurate, but no surprise there.