Complete Deck Rebuild - 23 CC

[CJR]

Jim,

Yesterday, I just bonded the new coosa deck on my 23cc. If I
can get the pics to post I will do so.I cut out the existing deck about 1 1/2"from the hull side leaving a flange.I rabbited the coosa panels so they would slide under the flanges . I had to totally rebuild the port side including the sub-deck using epoxy and a layer of 2415 stitchmat sandwiched between two layers of 1708. The coosa was easy to work with. I added two layers of 1708 to the bottom of each coosa panel. I bonded the coosa panels to the sub-decks with FGIC's 2:1 bonding putty.
It is a really solid deck. Oh yea , I used 1/2" bluewater 26
coosa. I will now lay down two laters of 1708 @ 45/45 and 90/90 with a layer of 6oz. cloth on the top.I still haven't deceided whether to paint or gelcoat the inside. A lot of sandinding and feathering to still do.

[yachtjim]

It's exactly 3 months after I started my deck project. 12 gallons of epoxy, 4 panels of Coosa, and 1 gallon of awlgrip later I am just about done. I'll try to get pics soon. I took pics all along the way but I think I accidently delete more pics than I take, so I don't have much to show for it. I now know every square inch of a seacraft deck from 3 months of building and sanding! The new deck is solid as a rock and flat as a board. I couldn't be happier with the results. All the painting is done and looks outstanding except for a misc bug or two, but I can't expect it to be perfect doing it out in the backyard. All that is left to do is non-skid and re-assembly.

I did a lot of Gucci touches that I'll post pics of. Most ideas came from this site so its nothing you haven't seen before. The list includes:

1. bench seat on console door
2. built-up and faired the flange around the dash on the console - now there is no flange
3. removed the flange around the bottom of the console and made a new one on the inside
4. built a composite forward anchor locker bulkead that looks like it was supposed to be molded in
5. Flush mounted the hinges for the fish boxes

It was a very fun project, but holy crap, alot of work! It should be together shortly. I'll try to post some pics.

[yachtjim]

Learned a good lesson last night in a rush to get some awlgrip appplied. Don't awlgrip outside just before dark! With having to work full time and wanting to get the boat in the water asap it is hard for me to find 3 hour windows to awlgrip during the day, except on the weekends. With the tsunami we have had the last 10 days I have been trying to squeeze in awlgriping sessions any time I can. Well, last night I had what appeared to be a good window, I sanded down my console, prepped it, and started shooting 2 glorious coats of awlgrip. Went on perfect like a mirror. I went out a few hours later to check it only to find that there was no shine on the horizontal surfaces. I guess some dew had landed and the rest is history.

Soooo....I woke up this morning and went out for an inspection to see just how dull it was and it looked like a nice storm whipped through because all of my masking film had blown on to the console and stuck! Sounds worse than it really is, it just left a slight textured surface.

There is no damage, it just needs to be lightly sanded and painted again. The biggest pain about it is I will need to buy a little more awlgrip to finish the job since my gallon is almost depleted and I still have the non-skid left do to.

All I can say about awlgrip is I am having a blast painting this boat. Me and my brothers went in on a Fuji Q4 HVLP turbine sprayer which makes the job very easy and rewarding. I learn a little more about applying a perfect finish with each coat. Now if I could just find some sunshine and a few hours....

[cSickNick]

Hi Jim,

Sounds like you are pretty close

The weather windows this year has been a pain in the arse. I was getting delayed on my projects by weeks before i finally decided to retarp the boat.

Keep us posted with some final pics,

- Nick

[yachtjim]

Took the morning off because it is going to be nice all day to do the casting deck non-skid and paint the console again. Non-skid is going great but I got a run on the side of the console and turned it into a complete cluster trying to fix it. Back to the drawing board, need to paint it again! This console just refuses to cooperate. I can paint for 6 sessions without a run, but as soon as i get near the console I get a run

I'm going to go out and take some boat porn pics while I wait to put on a final coat on the non-skid. I'll post them later.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

When I did the paint job on my 23 CC on the final coat of the outside of the hull ¾ the way done great day to paint and no problems and I am starting to have confidence in what I am doing and starting to relax and actually start enjoying MY accomplishing “Painting A Boat”. Well guess what?? MY NEIGHBORS CAT JUMPED UP INTO THE BOAT FROM THE TRANSOM REALIZING HE’S FULL OF PAINT HE SLIDES DOWN THE SIDE THAT IS NOW TACKING UP AND STICKY. If I had a gun close to me that Cat would have went from 1 to 9 lives real quick.

FellowShip

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My motto: Just for the Grins

[yachtjim]

I know the feeling (kind of, I think I would have shot the cat too). Here are some pics I took today, a bunch of them. Basically some things to note are the bench seat I made for the front. The cutouts in it are for the slick Harker hand-holds Trayder pointed me to. You can see the haydraulic rams all painted white yacht style that will raise and lower the front door. This works so well you might think it was factory equipment. I have part numbers if anybody else wants to do it. You can notice at the bottom of the console the flange is gone and now on the inside of the console. This turned out really well. You can see the casting deck with two coats of paint, one more was put on after the pics.

There is a pic of my two cockpit panels showing the support I put on the underside. I weigh about 240 and hate when things flex!

There is a pic of my aft bench seat the covers up the engine well. This will get a couple of rod holders and a backrest at some point.

There is a pic of my newly reupholstered leaning post. Some pics of the awlgrip shine (see the reflections). A pic of my dash and one at an angle to see the finish. It is a 100 year old piece of mahogony that is an inch thick. Turned out great.

There is a pic of the new radar I put on, new style Raymarine. A pic of my painting get-up on wheels. it usually has a vacuum on it too, just roll it down to the boat and its got all the goodies I need. And a pic of the Fuji sprayer. This thing is great, I have been painting everything. The dog won't even come near me anymore because I was sizing her up for some primer.

Hmmm, I think that is it for this batch. My camer sucks and it was very bright so a lot of th epics are washed out but it is boat porn none the less.



























Here is a pic of today's booboo.























Making do with a little bit of space.

[Capt Chuck]

Well guess what?? MY NEIGHBORS CAT JUMPED UP INTO THE BOAT FROM THE TRANSOM REALIZING HE’S FULL OF PAINT HE SLIDES DOWN THE SIDE THAT IS NOW TACKING UP AND STICKY

Way to Go Fellow-Ship!!!

Shelter caring for small cat found covered in stars and blue paint
By Linda Fusco, Broward Post-Gazette

Who would paint and stripe out the fur of a cat? If you know the answer, you could be in line to get a $500 reward.

Betsy Geter, of the Animal Rescue League of Western Ft Lauderdale, washed a year-old tabby cat found completely covered with stars, stripes and blue Sterling paint. The female cat, though uncomfortable, maintained a friendly disposition.

The cat was picked up on Frankstown Avenue by Broward County Sheriff's Animal Control yesterday morning and taken to the Animal Rescue League of Ft Lauderdale in Cooper City. The cat is female and appears to be about a year old.

The cat also appears to be the color of Morris the Cat, though that's hard to determine because so much of her body, including her ass, is coated with Sterling paint.

"We're not sure whether this was an accident or done intentionally," said Jim Long, communications director at the league. "We think it was intentional because of the extent of the coverage." Mr. Long was quite upset over the whole ordeal. "I've never seen anything like this before" I would like to catch the(beep)(beep) that did this" I'd cut his "censored" Off!!

Shelter workers bathed the cat with dish detergent, but the bath didn't make a dent in the paint. "That Sterling is some hard crap" "We're letting her relax and settle down" before trying another kind of bath, Mr. Long said. "We'll probably try a nontoxic paint remover,Acetone is out of the question, which we'd test first on a small portion of her back end fur."
If the paint cannot be removed, the cat will have to be shaved.



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[strick]

Way to go there Jim. I'd be interested in seeing your CC door set up when you get all the hardware put on it. I tried to make a CC door on mine that would have shocks on it and it would flip up ward like the ones you see on the Sea V's but I got frustrated with trying to make it work right and scraped the idea. Good Job and keep the porn coming please

strick

[yachtjim]

I made a lot of progress over the holiday but it wasn't without problems. Sunday afternoon I put on my final coat of awlgrip on the non-skid. It was my last drop of paint and the last coat the boat needed. As soon as I shut off the compressor I hear a big rumble. A huge storm rolled through that took our island by surprise. It certainly was no predicted. Anyway, I am doing the painting outdoors so you can imagine the panic that set in! I called in the troops to bring over some tarps, but in the meantime I decided to find the closest overpass or cover. The boat hasn't moved in 6 months and I couldn't get the engine tilted up, but she did fine. On the way out of my community I met my brother so we decided to get her tarped up right there. Got a cover on from one of my brothers donzi so I thought we were in the clear. We parked it next to a big building the broke up the wind. Turned out it was a huge storm that had hail and the winds broke down some signs and trees. Thought we were in the clear. Took off teh cover in the morning to find out that the cover leaked...a lot! So the paitnjob was ruined. Back to the drawing board on that one. Had to sand it down and repaint it Monday morning. It's now not perfect like it was when I finished Sunday, but it's still acceptable. The only real remains of the storm are some yellow stains on the paint from the masking paper. I hope some On/Off will get it off or something...any ideas?

Here are the latest photos. They are in no particular order but here is what you will see. I could not find hinges big enough off the shelf for my hinged front door so I bought some industrial ones and drilled the holes, rounded the edges and polished them myself. They turned out great.

There is a pic of my dash. Time to bolt things on!

There is a pic of inside of my console and how I have the batteries mounted. There are wires going all over the place at this point, haven't routed or secured any of them yet. You can see the blue sea acr.

There are some pics of how I did the non-skid too. I used the west system stirring stick to radius the corners. I sprinkled out the non-skid with the container pictured with the red top.

There are some pics of my console door in the up and down position. It really turned out great! It can be raised from just a little tug with one finger.

That's it for now.