23 Project Started

[mrobertson]

We had some time on saturday to do some boat work.

The starboard side stringer is done. All the old foam dug out, repoured with new and closed the stringer back up with 2 layers of 1708 and epoxy.

I didn't take any progress pics of us cleaning out the port side stringer. However, it was cleaned out and new foam poured in.

Here was are wetting out some cloth to close it up.



We had to build a new rear bulkhead. It is 2 pieces of 1/2" plywood glued together with epoxy and a piece of 1708 cloth in the middle, clamped together and allowed to dry. Then, we layed 1708 cloth on both sides and sealed it up.



We set the rear bulked down in a bed of epoxy thickened with cabosil and made a nice fillet around it.



After the resin kicked, man it is STRONG.

We are going to use 1x4 slats for the tank to lay on. The slats are made out of red oak and will be glassed over both sides and then glassed to the boat.



The jury is still out on the transom. The transom that is in it is very dry and sound. Still unsure if we are going to tackle it or not.

More to come......


-Mike