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11-18-2006, 07:49 PM
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Re: 1970 19' bowrider progress.
Bait well/storage hatch. Im probably gonna put a piece of clear plexiglass where the vent scoop was over the bait well and rod holders where the two outer vents were. After more scientific mathmatical equasions, it looks like the bolds to hold the bracket on will be in side this area and not below it. So when I order the bracket I will have to see if they can give me carriage bolts instead of hexhead bolts. Thats not snow on the ground, Had to remove the wet balsa wood from the gunnel cap at the transom and grind it out to prepare for new wood, then I figured while I was all glassed up I might as finish leveling the transom. So now hopefully all the major grinding/sanding is done for this step of the project except filling in divits that I ground on the transom where previous holes were.
  
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#2
11-21-2006, 01:20 PM
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Re: 1970 19' bowrider progress.
What kind of livebait are you planning to keep in ther?
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#3
11-23-2006, 01:44 PM
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Re: 1970 19' bowrider progress.
just some small spot and menhaden, menhaden don't do well in any live well so I know they are not gonna do well. Later down the road when I rework the stringers and raise the floor I am gonna put a larger well in the deck.
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#4
11-24-2006, 09:00 PM
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Re: 1970 19' bowrider progress.
Well, that size and shape will be fine for throwing your frozen bait in or keeping some shrimp alive, but I wouldn't look for it to do very good with anything else.
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#5
11-24-2006, 09:23 PM
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Re: 1970 19' bowrider progress.
Menhaden need round or oval, no square corners. They won't live long at all. I spoke with Don Herman about this as my bait well also has square corners. He suggested splitting large (3" or 4") sch. 10 pvc pipe in quarters and glassing them in the corners.
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#6
11-28-2006, 10:03 PM
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Re: 1970 19' bowrider progress.
Decided the other day that I didn't like the shape of the transom outter skin so I sanded it down to fiberglass and filled in the areas that I didn't like with 20oz matt. Got it pretty close, now im gonna put a thin layer of filler over the whole transom and sand till im happy and hopefully that will be early enough to get the first coat of paint on thurs.
  Then just as I was leaving to out for the evening the UPS man walked up my stairs to deliver the new 18" engine bracket from stainless marine. 
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#7
11-30-2006, 06:41 PM
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Re: 1970 19' bowrider progress.
Busy day on the LITTLE GIGOLOT today keith stopped by and helped me with the measuring and layout of the transom template. Rough sanded all the fresh fiberglass and put a thin layer of filler across the transom then sanded it down and put the first coat of INTERLUX on the transom. I knew before I painted it that the transom wasn't perfect but its hard to see whats wrong with no shine. It turned out better than I thought it would but still have a little bit of filling to get it near perfect. When its all said and done, the sides will be blue, the gunnels, bottom and the transom below the outter chine will be white. Thinking of a stripe where the colors change on the hull. But what color, Maybe black to blend the bracket better?
BRACKET TEMPLATE  FILLER SANDED DOWN TO NEAR PAPER THIN  FIRST COAT OF PAINT WENT ON TRANSOM TODAY  BRACKET PUT ON FOR COLOR CONTRAST  I THINK THE BLACK BRACKET AND CHARCOAL MOTOR WILL BE A GOOD CONTRAST. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 
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