Here We Go Again

[GradySailfish]

Strick on the fuel tank hatchm how much resin did you use? Just trying to plan for my tank hatch.

As usual, nice work!

[strick]

Alex-

To be honest I cant remember. I just keep buying 5 gallon pails. I'd have to say around 6-8 quarts if you made me guess.

strick

[LiveLine]

bump for any updates

[BigLew]

I was wondering when someone was going to surface and ask for "The Rest of the Story." The last couple of weeks have benn like going through withdrawal or something.

Strick, how's the shop construction coming at least?! We all wish you the best and MISS your postings.

[strick]

Ok time for an update. A lot has been going on around here however not much of it with the boat. I will post what little that I've done. More importantly my new shop is 95% complete all I have to do is get power to it and start hanging electrical components.

When I left off we were digging footings:



with that complete we set the forms for the foundation. One of my buddies helped me get the forms up so we could pour the slab. I trade work with him as he has horses and we don't charge each other.



finished slab



A couple weeks later the crew arrived to install the 30x30 shop.



Fully erected. There will be a breeze way connecting the two



Now it was time for me to get busy with the inside. I put some shelves up so I could get some of my junk up off the ground.



I got some cabinets from a client for free. They were remodeling their kitchen. A little white paint with my airless and they look good as new.




The SS counter tops I got on Craig's list. Some guy pulled them out of a Togo's sandwich shop. I had to do some cutting and riveting to get them to fit.



Now for the boat.

I've mounted the bracket permanently to the transom. There are a total of eight 1/4" square washers holding the flotation chamber to the transom and four 1/8" washers attaching the swim platform to the transom. To seal the bracket to the transom there is about one tube of 5200 that I applied. She ain't going nowhere....till death do they part.



The gunnel cap had tons of little spider cracks so I ground them out.



cut some pieces of 2 ounce matt to fit



and laminated them in place




These areas were then sanded/quick faired and sanded/quick faired and sanded once again.




The underside of the hull was a mess. Tons of blisters from years of neglect. In many areas the gel coat had to be sanded off to get thru the blisters.



Showing some areas were I had to quick fair




On the inside of the hull I put some 1" cloth over the rest of the exposed joints were the gunnel supports are. No joint has been left unlaminated



These areas were then sanded and quick faired.




I've ordered some Awlgrip primer and when it comes in I will give the entire hull a good sanding then primer the hull so I can see were I'm at as far as fairing goes. Thats it for now. The dog days of Summer have finally arrived here in california. 108 degrees in my neck of the woods today.

strick

[NoBones]

Strick,
The Boat and Boat House look great!!
You may want to consider putting in a big gable fan in the back of the shop, with the temp at 108 that metal shop is gonna warm up.
See ya, Ken

[BigLew]

Strick,
We should have known! How sweet is that shop? Out(damn)standing!!!!! A cot and a fridge, and your wife will never see you!!!!!

At the risk of shooting myself in the lip; talk to your buddies and see if you can come up with one of those ladders that run on a track (library style) and attach it to that upper shelf overhead. Then the rack rate will go from Hilton to Waldorf!!!!!

[RingLeader]

Man that shop is f---in' man's paradise! I am green with envy. Glad to see you back on the boat project.

[strick]

Thanks fellas for the kind words.

Ken- right now I'm making due with one of these:



however I do plan on putting in some kind of ventilation and will have the wiring in place. It's very hot in there but when I open the two roll up doors and windows it cools off fairly fast.

BigLew- I've already taken care of the ladder. Craig's List is a great thing!



Ed- paradise is an understatement.... I've been doing backflips in there. I only go in the house now to eat and sleep. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

strick

[BigLew]

Strick,
We should have known!!!! Your ladder is the perfect answer.

Now, with regard to only going in the house to eat and sleep; I did mention something about a cot and a fridge. No- on second thought, that's probably not a good idea. Cali is a "community property" state and if you put the cot and the fridge in, you'll never go in the house; she'll sue on the basis of abandonment and she'll get half of the SeaCrafts!!! Not a good idea!!!!

P.S. I haven't heard from Carla on the steering wheel hub for JC.