1970 20ft SF Rebuild

[Kithogue]

I got a little ahead of myself this past week messing around preparing a deck template. I have had some setbacks in the bilge (very bubbly glass) on a section of stinger that needs to be reworked. The original layup went well but after realizing that stringer was high I had to grind it down about 3/4". I have now made two attempts at capping the stringer and sealing it off but keep getting a ridiculous amount of large air bubbles ....so i needed a change up from that job.

Started by mounting 3/4" coosa blocks 6" long every 24" inches on the hull sides to catch the deck on the outside. They are not glassed in, just bedded in thickened resin. The blocks are cut a various degrees to match the angle of the hull sides so the deck can rest nicely on top.

Next I planned to make a template of the hull just a Billythekid did. I ripped some 2" strips of Luan (old molds from the cap), threw the chop saw in the boat, heated up the glue gun and started making a spider web. I worked in 4' sections from the stern to the bow making a template. As I would complete a section I would transfer it onto 1/4" ply for a mock deck. It was awesome to the the plywood deck in place.

Then I put the old, slightly modified, console in the boat and started planning hatch placement. Hatches/gutters are cut out of the old casting platform we are hoping to reuse them to save some coin. Also, very pumped on the flat deck, it really opens up a lot of space.