1973 20 SF changes/improvements and a question

Blue197320 · #1 12-10-2006, 06:15 PM

i got the console bonded from the inside. All the white area by the wood is thickened epoxy putty for fillets.

Time to start workin on the outside.

Blue197320 · #2 02-21-2007, 07:58 PM

It has been a while since i worked on my boat. i too lost motivation but get it back watching fishing shows on saturday morning. the old console had the cooler in the front with both my batteries located in the rear. i have made a battery compartment and cooler combo. the batteries will go on the left and cooler on the right. [image]

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also got everything cut out and ready to have steering and throttle and trim tab switch mounted. need to have paint and have the dash made up still. [image]

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Blue197320 · #3 02-27-2007, 07:29 PM

ok i got the cooler all done except for the drain and im going to cover all the foam with cloth to make it durable as the adult beverages are banging around in there. it is contsructed of 3/4" home insulation foam with 2 layers on the bottom. polyester resin ate up the foam so i went back to west system epoxy for this. I am thinking about just drilling a 1" hole with and a rubber drain plug like my original one was. here are pics of the completed cooler.

This is where i am at with my floor modification. this portion of the floor is not really going to be stood on too much as it is right next to the console. so it will be filled up with plywood and 1.5 oz mat.

any comments are appreciated as always.
-evan

Blue197320 · #4 03-03-2007, 05:19 PM

i got the section of floor fully glassed in today.

luckily the boat is in the shade as it is 90+ degrees in miami today.

i was tryin to use some west system with 206 slow hardener on my cooler today but since that is sitting in the sun i think it triggered the reaction too fast. the mixture started smoking and started the melt the container i had it in