18' Thompson Calae transom, stringers and deck

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From this weekend:
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Nice that it's been warm enough to open the overhead door...wet out and filled over the countersunk screws.

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Also filleted the gap between the hull sides and the deck. And also filled any gaps between the sheets of plywood.

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Started glassing the deck at like 7:30 pm and didn't finish till 3 am but I didn't want to stop without completing it.

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Long term durability and longevity is important to this project so I used CSM and one layer 18 oz roving (and CSM over that of course). I did overlap the layers of glass a little...it may be a little noticeable in the finished product but water resistance and strength take precedent.

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The CSM is 38'' and the roving is 50''...that eliminates any double overlaps in the layup but makes for a total PITA when trying to wet out and lay it. I had to work from over the sides of the hull, on a 2x6 laid across the gunwhales and from the engine area. I put a 5' extension pole on my roller and that helped a lot. Used the Glasskoter roller covers from US-C. I remember ordered one pack of 6 but they sent two packs...they tend to throw in little extras when you buy a shipload from them.

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I didn't take photos of every stage...when it's past midnight and a big stage is in progress I don't feel like having to rip my gloves off all the time to snap photos. I've been through at least 200 pairs by now. The Harbor Freight 7 mil nitrile gloves seem to be the best as they're pretty durable and the chemicals don't eat them too quickly.

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I was back at the boat around noon so it had 9 hours to cure (and it did cure). I mixed the resin with around 50% more MEKP than usual (US-C approves) and raised the heat to 65f so I'd be able to work the next day. I spent a few hours today sanding (wet, 40 grit on a Dewalt palm sander) down the glass (sorry no photos)...

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I also prototyped the deck on this keyhole cutout. I laid up the glass just the same as I did on the deck and sanded it...I didn't not sand until it was super smooth...there were still some lines from the CSM but they were kinda faint. Then brushed two layers of gelcoat with traction grit. Note that I just used a brush and not a roller. I also didn't thin the gelcoat with styrene...US-C says the gelcoat should self level with it. At any rate my father in law and his wife both liked this sample so I'm going to perform this process with the real deck. Note that the CSM lines aren't really visible.

The weather's good for much of this week so I'll be taking my bike over there and continuing work during the evenings this week.

Thank you woodonglass for the tips so far (as well as everyone else).
 

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Deck Glassing looks Fantastic!!!! When you roll the gelcoat it'll look even better than your sample. You'll be on the water in NO TIME!!!
 

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So far this week:

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I spent another evening sanding the deck down, again. I figured it would be worth it. I eventually got it looking like this.

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Rolled/brushed gelcoat in the engine compartment and along the deck to hull joint.

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The transom and engine bases received a 2-3 coats and are good but the rest of the engine compartment got 1 and looks a little thin. I don't think I'll hit it again though...I mean the engine is gonna hide it. Also gelcoated the inside edge of the hatch holes.

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I made like 8 batches of gelcoat...16 oz of gelcoat, 4 oz of the medium traction grit, 1/8 oz MEKP, 1/4 oz surfacing wax and 1 oz of styrene...starts to feel like Breaking Bad...I'm skipping at least a day of work to make sure it's cured before stepping in the hull again. From what I could tell it's going to be a great deck. I rolled it once inside the boat (aside from where I was squatting) then hung over the gunwhale and rolled a couple more coats for a total of 3 in the same session. That 5' extension from the push broom came in handy for getting under the consoles.

I'm thinking I'll reinstall the mechanicals then do the console bases, bow seating bases and whatever is gonna happen in the rear. My father in law bought new jumpseats to go in the back and the previous setup, with all its rot, was junked, aside from the engine cover. Will have to figure something out.
 
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F14CRAZY

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It seems the gelcoat cured with marks from the roller but to me (and my father inlaw) it's like perfect

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This fender washer is about the size of a quarter

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Gimbal stuff isn't mounted yet but I put a couple bolts through to check the keyhole notching for the steering pitman arm thing (being an OMC guy I don't know exactly what all this stuff is called lol). I ended up having to grind a little more so I had to wet out and gelcoat those spots again.

I used Purple Power and the power washer to clean up the transom assembly, trim pump and some other stuff. It's nice not having to handle greasy stuff and it seems wrong to put something nasty back when everything's new and white.

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Bilge plug is like an inch lower than it previously was...just about perfect now. I wet out and wiped peanut butter inside for good measure (though if you recall, I overdrilled this and filled with resin so this hole is really just in resin). I'll wipe 5200 over it anyway. Can't ever be too crazy when it comes to protecting wood.

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I picked up a couple replacements for these thru-bolts...

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For a Saturday it seemed like I didn't get much done, and I didn't because I was doing some rust touch up on my mom's car. I installed the deck hatches though...predrilled the holes without going all the way through, filled holes with Boatlife (more on that later), put caulk on the bottom of the hatch, set it in, put caulk on screw threads, tightened, wiped excess.

My buddy picked up silicon for the deck hatches as the package says to only use silicon. This past week though, BoatUS on Facebook posted this Don Casey article...

http://www.boatus.com/boattech/casey/sealant.asp

Going by this, I decided to use Boatlife (or at least the West Marine version).

I was hoping to get the engine in tomorrow but I forgot about the exhaust Y pipe to transom assembly gasket...I ordered that on ebay and also the sterndrive to gimbal ring gasket and O ring set from Amazon tonight.
 

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It seems the gelcoat cured with marks from the roller but to me (and my father inlaw) it's like perfect

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This fender washer is about the size of a quarter

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Gimbal stuff isn't mounted yet but I put a couple bolts through to check the keyhole notching for the steering pitman arm thing (being an OMC guy I don't know exactly what all this stuff is called lol). I ended up having to grind a little more so I had to wet out and gelcoat those spots again

I have referred to this image a time or two. There is this and a whole lot of great info in the Adults Only section in the Mercruisef sterndrive stickies.
 

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Thank you for the enlightenment Chuck. The gimbal housing and inner transom plate are now mounted as of yesterday:

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Tons of 5200 was used to make sure the thru-bolts are sealed. Personally I don't think it's totally necessary but I caulked the outside of the gimbal housing. Along with the new gasket between the transom and gimbal housing I applied 5200 near the inside edge of the keyhole. 5200 around the thru-bolts on the transom. Pretty much 5200 everywhere.

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Got this in too. I used up a few rags and acetone cleaning up the 5200 mess but rest assured everything caulked pretty damn well. Formerly working for the family plumbing business, I'm able to lay decent looking beads.

I took a day off today but I'll be back at it this week. I start master's classes on the 8th so that may slow down things but I'm hoping I can balance things out.
 

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Nice work on getting all that done!!! I used black RTV on mine. Just a small bead on the inside of the new gasket. We should never have water leaks again!!
 

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Nice work on getting all that done!!! I used black RTV on mine. Just a small bead on the inside of the new gasket. We should never have water leaks again!!

Obviously keeping the new wood dry is important but the boat previously had a mystery leak somewhere so
 

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Sorry I've been slacking on posting but this past week I got the engine in with the help of my father and brother in laws. Bolted in and everything...

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Unfortunately this was short lived. Today I started aligning the engine (thankfully Brian invested in an alignment tool and loaned it to me) and found that I could only get it into the coupler about 3/4'' regardless of gimbal-ing or engine mount adjustment.

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I pulled the engine again, removed the coupler and found there was some spline damage. I admit that I hadn't checked them until now.

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Overall they're not in bad shape. I suppose I could have stuck a file in there and fixed them. At least the splines on the driveshaft look like new. I got authorization to order a new Sierra coupler though.

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I was planning on aligning the engine and reinstalling the sterndrive and all the other engine related stuff but with the coupler issue I figured I'd spend the rest of my day cutting wood.

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I temporarily reinstalled the windshield to help figure out the height of the consoles and bow seating bases. I later cut down the scraps and repositioned them so the padded vinyl wasn't getting cut into. The old, rotten starboard console base was saved to use as a rough template.

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I needed to trim this piece and get it into position but this serves as a console base and base for the bow seating on the starboard side. My step father and brother inlaws came over to check things out...we assembled one of the bucket seats and one of the rear seats and brainstormed stuff for the rear. They ran to Home Depot and brought back hardware for the bucket seats and bases. He got in the boat with the helm seat and we figured out where it'll be positioned. I didn't drill yet but we marked where that'll go. He found that the adjusting, swivel bases are a little too high at their 12'' minimum height and his head it above the windshield (he's 6' 9'') so he's considering getting different bases. We looked over cutting the bases down but only about an inch would be gained (or lost?) without major modifications.

I'll be back to cutting wood tomorrow though
 

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From today:

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In case anyone here needs a reminder of what rotten wood is like...

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Getting there

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Pulled the pieces back out and cut the storage access holes similar to how the originals were

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Figured I might as well try the new bases out

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Afterwards I actually found that the windshield wasn't closing...but this isn't a disaster or anything since the consoles screw into the bases. I checked the bases again (have been using a 4' level across them) and they were still level with each other so no biggie. I just have to remove the screws holding the consoles to the bases, lift them and rescrew. Not sure how they moved though.

I'm thinking to take everything back out, glass the panels individually with 1-2 layers of CSM on both faces (resin and peanut butter the edges), sand, gelcoat (doesn't necessarily have to be topside-glossy) then reassemble in the boat. I don't think anything here needs to be glassed to the hull or deck but I'll use some aluminum L brackets on the inside in a few places. I was figuring on using 5200 to stick things to the deck though. It would probably be good to peanut butter and glass the vertical panels together.

I picked up another pound of #8 1 5/8'' stainless deck screws. I had some like #12 phillips screws but they're a pita to work with compared to the deck screws, that pretty much get sucked into the wood. I still drill pilot holes to keep the wood clean though.

I still have to cut the boards that serve as partitions between the storage under the cushions and the footwells under the consoles. I suppose those might be called bulkheads. My master's program starts tomorrow so that facet of life might get in the way a bit but I'm still shooting for Memorial Day weekend.
 

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Looking good. I like the extra structural rigidity the bow seat bases give the bow when fully glassed to the hull. You're not going to get that out of angle brackets. Just my opinion, your wood work looks awesome.
 

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Things have been hectic with graduate classes and I've slacked off on posting, but from last weekend and this weekend so far...

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Glassed (one layer of CSM) both sides of the bow seating panels. Sealed all the edges with a couple coats resin and peanut butter.

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Built the engine cover base

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Installed the new Sierra coupler

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Embrace the danger

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Engine bolted back in and aligned. I haven't bolted the sterndrive back on but I made sure the coupler and driveshaft interfaced with each other fine before I bolted the coupler to the flywheel

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Gelcoated the bow seating panels. The ones with the holes (for speakers) are the bulkheads under the consoles. Gelcoated the edges as well. I should have acetoned the Sharpie marks before gelcoating but they went away with a couple more coats.

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We tested a seat pedestal and bucket seat but my father in law felt it was a little too high and his head would be over the windshield (he's 6' 9''). We ordered pedestals which go under the deck a bit and will be lower but this one got a little damaged in shipment. For some reason they ship in single wall boxes with no packing at all. He said this was acceptable. I'm going to try polishing it out a bit and install it facing the hull side. I'm gonna try a wire brush in my Dremel first. Or emery cloth.

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Picked up 12'x5' worth of outdoor carpet from Home Depot for the hull sides.

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Engine cover base is now glassed inside and out.

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We took a trip to West Marine and they happened to have these Attwood vents which fit the old cutouts perfectly. I also replaced the bilge pump thru-hull with the chrome one pictured. Was like $5.99 on ebay. The old plastic one had a lot of UV damage and was gonna get crumbly.

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Ran the bilge blower hose ($1.99/foot at West Marine, which isn't bad I suppose). This is how it was originally ran but after I installed it I realized that it would have been easier to run it to the port side vent. Why Thompson didn't do that, I don't know.

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I 5200-ed the float switch (new addition) and the bilge pump down last weekend and hooked up the wiring for it today. Rest assured, I'm going to tidy up the wiring.

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West Marine also had this old-stock Bimini top for $54!. The gunwhales measure 82' (center to center) but we're gonna make it work. We have a $256 make it work-budget with this one.

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Installed the fuel filter/separator and hooked up the gas lines.

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Trim pump mounted and hooked up (I connected the wiring after this photo)

In addition to what isn't pictured, I hooked up the tank sender wiring, drilled the holes back out for the depth sounder and speedometer pitot, hooked up the engine wiring, tested the battery while at West Marine (still decent), poured about 7 gallons of gas into the tank for testing, and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember at the moment. Will be back on it this Sunday and Monday. I was hoping to have it done for this weekend but my father in law was saying that they wouldn't be looking to take it out this Memorial Day weekend yet and I still have a lot of small stuff to do.
 

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Sorry I've been slacking on posting...just skip to the last part if you prefer...

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5200 and a couple L brackets...it's pretty solid

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Speakers going back under the console as they originally were

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Boat ran fine but nothing to brag about here. Replaced with Sierra stuff. Timing was +8 degrees instead of -8

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Trim gauge wasn't moving when I tried to adjust...swapped the guts with a new Sierra unit

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Sterndrive back on. Splines slid on easy and alignment was easy too
 

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Back outside for a "final" power washing and scrubbing

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New outdoor carpet for the hull sides. That Super 77 works well. Took 1.5 cans

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Made a new glovebox

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New Kenwood head unit. Bluetooth and all

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I replaced the cores for the side shelves. I primed and painted the cores with acrylic latex exterior house paint. We'll see how that works long term.New padding too (scaps my work throws out)
 
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