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#1
11-26-2012, 10:20 PM
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Pics of early carnage.
Below gentlemen is the rough boat with no cabin. Everything got a steam powerwashing and cleaned up quite nicely. The mercruiser 888 anchor that was in the bilge is on its way to the scrap yard tomorrow...! Going to go very thorough on the boat before I consider power.
More to come... 
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01-08-2013, 01:07 AM
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New Transom for the 23' Seacraft
Started into the project, will get more pics up as soon as possible but here are a few to start:
Dug out the transom which of course was rotten (why the boat was available in the first place) and also the engine beds. Never have I seen such saw dust as in the engine beds. Good for a laugh though. Here is the new transom laminated from the outside- has two layers of 3/4 MDO ply using all epoxy and biaxial cloth. Fillers I used were a mix of cabosil and 1/16" chopped glass fiber. Was able to remove the hull cap and slide it forward, making it very easy to install the new plywood by sliding down from the top. Boy I'm getting excited: Another: Here is a donor boat/ motor/ trailer I picked up. Never liked a searay... time to cannibalize!
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01-18-2013, 08:40 AM
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Final layer hits the transom...
Finally... The last layer has hit the transom. This is the fifth layer of glass. All 1708 biaxial/ stitchmat combo and epoxy. I would approximate the glasswork is 1/4" thick.
In the last pic Chance, you can see how I wrapped all the edges onto the hull sides and bottom- not too much, just 3 1/2 or 4". I just wanted to tie into the sides if even marginally. I've got more progress pics- i need to get them off of mine and my buddies phones (i'll figure it out someday) easy to take the pics with my phone. PITA to get them off. This transom is so strong it is almost ridiculous, when you knock on it it sounds like you are knocking on a piece of granite. Though I suppose it should, there are five gallons of epoxy already in the transom. All thats left to do is fair in with some epoxy filler and we are ready to paint the hull!
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#4
04-21-2013, 09:12 AM
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Coring the hull cap/ making the CC conversion
Last night, my nephew, brother in law and I spent some time prepping the hull cap for fiberglass (which happens later today). Here you can see the "mold" that was created from above.
First order of business was bracing the mold from side to side and front to back while on the boat using 2x4 8' and 16' screwed thru the hull cap from above, then we pulled the cap, flipped and started grinding... Pretty soon it will start to look the part. Pilothouse is coming along nicely as well.
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