1977 20ft Master Angler Restoration

Seacraft84 · #1 03-23-2011, 01:46 AM

Finally finished up with my wifes shop and she should be open next week. Just finishing up helping my buddy make the lettering for sign that will go on the building.

Finished up the transom tonight. All I need to do now is sand it some and add a layer of 1708 and 1.5oz mat over it and blend in with the rest of the gunnel. Filled in all the holes in the top cap and had a buddy come by and start sanding on the hull. Hopefully by the weekend he can have the whole boat sanded top to bottom. I am starting to run out of time and my buddy needed some extra cash, so it is money well spent.

strick · #2 03-23-2011, 08:19 AM

I like the lay out. Looks nice and clean. Are you going to put a live well in it? Paying someone to help with the sanding is one of the smartest things I have ever done

strick

Seacraft84 · #3 03-23-2011, 12:31 PM

Thanks man. Trying to utilize all the space. I am going to build a coffin box to go in front of the console. Dang coolers are so expensive and I can build the box for about $100.
I have never been a fan of hatchs in the floor and compartments everywhere, especially on these smaller boats.

Seacraft84 · #4 03-24-2011, 02:06 AM

Cut the glass for the transom tonight. Ran into a pretty big problem on my top cap. Long story short, where I busted through it, scraping all the coring out, ended up being all uneven. One big high spot. Started grinding it down and noticed where I had put my cabosil to thick it was cracking. Not taking any chances I grinded all the cabosil out and will be replacing it with 4 layers of 1708 and one layer of 1.5oz matt.
Maybe by April I can start priming.

Seacraft84 · #5 03-25-2011, 01:38 AM

Finsihed up glassing the transom tonight.

thegoggleeye · #6 03-25-2011, 06:06 AM

Dang! Looks good, no matter how much frustration ur project provides u, let me tell u its inspiration for me on mine. couldnt help but notice your cap came off and remained solid. i guess diff. b/t ma and sf. when i took the cap off my sf and set it on horses it looked like a roller coaster track! remember it could be worse! lots of luck!

Seacraft84 · #7 03-25-2011, 08:21 AM

Thanks man. Yeah the cap has been about the only thing that I have had to redo. Just did not want to chance it. Jumping on the bow from off the dock, and throwing the cast net off the bow would have eventually cracked through to the paint the way my luck is sometimes. I am having to get remotivated myself. Spent the last month redoing my wifes shop. This was not in the plans when I started the boat!
The cap did stay pretty striaght and went back on the boat easily. It was pretty light too. If I could do it agian I would have of cut the bow section in to smaller pieces and then glassed it down and also layed a layer of glass down before I layed the wood too.

FishStretcher · #8 03-26-2011, 11:47 AM

You're an inspiration. When I convert my MA to a full transom and bracket, this work will be my reference.

Wildman · #9 03-26-2011, 01:08 PM

Just a heads up, there is a 9X12 hatch that might fit instead of your pie plate on the corner bulkhead. You can mount a fuel filter housing to it, so that it will open up and swing into the boat for easy changing.

http://www.pompanette.com/pompweb.ns...a?OpenDocument

Seacraft84 · #10 03-26-2011, 02:37 PM

Thanks man. Let me know if I can help.