Hull Changes

[ocuyler]

Mark - good one. He'll have it cut down in no time. And don't worry about the fuel tank. He'll cut that in half to reduce the weight. I think you could probably make 2 cuts and remove about 6' from the middle and glass her back together. As long as you maintain that classic SeaCraft arched transom...

[Mark]

That's a good suggestion Otto: sort of a cut-n-paste approach to SeaCraft reduction. Then, any member that had a 20' and wanted a 23' could purchase the now-removed section and paste it into his/her boat to acheive the 23'. Wow, talk about solving two peoples goals with one chain-saw!

This site is just chock full of great information!

[Finster]

Hey, Otto why don't you tell Sam how you fix boats with a hole saw, bacon grease, and a hot glue gun....

[Spidercrab]

Hi
thanks for the help posts Mr Shrimpin I dont want to sell
my boat i had it many years and meens alot.
I wnt to put stirofom under my flore not under boat but
does it need to tuodch water to float better? whats
stringer foam? is it orange?my brother wants to no
if fibrglass cloth or woving rover is best for glewing
stirofome down under floor in my boat

thankyou sam

[warthog5]

I wnt to put stirofom under my flore not under boat but
does it need to tuodch water to float better?

Doing that will NOT make the boat float any higher or lower in the water.
The hull displaces X- amount of water for it's weight. The foam has nothing to do with that until the boat fill's with water. Then and only then does the flotation foam come into effect. Styrfoam is not the product of choice. It will crumble and can absorb water. This will defeate it's ability to float the boat when swamped.

This remind's me of threads I've read on other forum's where the owner is getting water in their motor bracket and they want to fill it with foam, unstead of fixing the leak. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

I'm not saying Styfoam will not work, but it need's to be encapulated in fiberglass and epoxy resign. If you use Polyester resign on Styfoam it will Melt it.

Still I would not use it.

[SeaMaster]

I really want to see pics of this whole rebuild. very intresting IMHO.

[ocuyler]

Finster - you very funny guy. I am only an amateur. I defer to your expertise. Sam needs the help of real professional...