Back In The Saddle Again!

[GCC]

2 at a time huh? I suspect they will both be amazing when done.....

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by GCC

2 at a time huh? I suspect they will both be amazing when done.....

It`s a California thing. I was a key grip once.

It is strange having the sea on your Port whilst facing North.

Cheers
Us

[Bigshrimpin]

Yo Chucky . . . Got your message. Will call you tonight! Keep up the good work. Congrats on finding the corroded ground wire! That motor will be perfect for the 23.

[strick]

Creeping along over here at turtle speed. I must say that it feels good to be back in the "itch" again.

Last weekend on the 20 sceptre I had noticed that the two glassed in 4x6 beams that acted as the engine mount platform were glassed in completly except for the very front.

shot showing the 4x6's glassed in:



Shot showing the unglassed area that water can collect into:




I also noticed that the rubber limber drain tube placed by the factory that allows water to drain from the top most panel and drain into the bottom of the bilge was must be hiding somewhere behind the 4x6's




Even though the 4x6's appeared to be solid I decided to remove them.





Note the channel cut into the 4x6. I guess they hoped that water would drain out of this toward the bow somehow

[strick]

Shot showing the uncovered drain tube which was plugged with debris Note the test hole I drilled into the stringer to make certain there was no water trapped in there.




In removing the 4x6's I effectively rid the boat of 60 pounds of dead weight as they were rotting and water logged.
Next I took the grinder to the area, laminated in a piece of 1708, pulled the rubber drain tubes and replaced them with a piece of PVC




I started to fill the dash holes. I'm a little farther along then the picture shows as I have already sanded them down and applied two layers of "quick fair" over them.





Next I wanted to fix the area just behind the fuel tank hatch. This is where I cut out the engine cover lip that extended up from the floor.

[strick]

It's very solid and there is a little lip for the next part to rest on.





Bill jumped on the 23 Tsunami and started a hacking and a hewing. He cut out the lip around the engine cover and ground it down flush. More pictures to come of that later.






Bill is badly infected with SeaCraft restoritis. You should have seen the fiberglass dust flying out of that boat. The next day I asked him if he itched at all and he replied No. So either he is lying or immune to fiberglass dust.

[strick]

While he was doing that I got started on the mold for the fiberglass bracket we will be building for that boat.












Thats it for now

strick

[Old'sCool]

Awesome as usual!! How were the inboard motor mounts originally??

[strick]

The wood was solid where the mounts were. And the lag bolts were tough to remove. I'm sure that you could have ran the IO for another several years and had no problem. Each one of the 4-6's weighed about 28 pounds and since I'm planning on a Suzuki 140 for this boat I need to shed as much weight as possible.

strick

[Blue_Heron]

You're making rapid progress as usual Dr. Strickland. It fairly boggles the mind to imagine what this must be costing you in honey-dos.

Looking forward to seeing another bracket build. Are you going to post your layup schedule to aid and abet us copycats?
Dave