And away we go...

[CHANCE1234]

I tried to take advantage of the forecasted weather of nearly 60 degrees today and fiberglass the fuel tank supports in place. Nice forecasting, they neglected to tell any one of the rain showers. Next on the list is to continue on the console.

[CHANCE1234]

I was fortunate enough to buy sceptre20's hermco splashwell. When he brought it over to test fit before I bought it, it was obviously too wide. I need a splashwell with this 20 inch transom so I decided to take it with making some modifications to it in mind. I hated to cut it up but I had no choice. I screwed up a little on the port side, but nothing I can't fix. I ended up taking out about 10 inches out of it and some other small cut outs were removed. Here what I got now.



As I get deeper into this rebuild, I am confident that this hull is a 70' 71' or maybe a 72. I have noticed that beside my stringer configuration that 70, 71, and maybe 72 hulls have a more rectangular rear seats. Later hulls have nearly square seats back aft. Also the transom notch seems more narrow in earlier hulls. Also, my deck cap has no coring except in the bow. the rest of it is solid glass which is nice. i think Stricks was the same way and his is a 69. is anyones 20 cap cored all the way around? Just my thoughts. Hope to get some work done soon on the console once I get some more resin. Until then i'll play with the splash well. Second edit...also just ordered a fuel tank from tony at sunrise. Super nice guy and fellow seacrafter! Should be here late next week I think.

[Bushwacker]

The early 20's had narrower splashwells and motor cut outs. The cutout on mine was just barely wide enough to accommodate a V-4 when it was tilted all the way up. Potter didn't start making those splashwell tubs until the late 70's when they had gone to a wider cutout for twin in-line engines.

And yes, those seats look a lot like the ones on my '72!