1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

[Durt]

Well, my original thread has vanished without a trace, so I'm starting over. I'm starting restoration on a 1982 Kencraft Baymaster. I'm going to remove everything right down to the fiberglass hull and rebuild from scratch. My goal is to complete the restoration by June 1 with a $2000 budget.

Cat scale says the weighed 2540 pounds without a motor and with the trailer. My goal is to reduce overall weight of the boat by ~175 pounds by taking out 3/4" soaked floor and soaked foam and replacing. I'm also going to remove the door/wall from the cabin and make it more open. Add a bow roller and anchor locker, rod lockers on both sides, an under the rail gas tank to make some room on the deck.

As you can see from the photos, the scuppers are below the waterline which floods the deck, so I'm going to close off the scuppers and put in bilge pumps.

The transom is soaked as well, and there is too much cut out of it for my liking. I'm going to replace the transom completely.

That's all I have for now, I'll fill in as I go......here are some pictures

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

1979 100hp Johnson 2 Stroke with an 88 cowling


Boat in place and ready for restoration, complete with party tent to keep the rain and sun off of me


This is what I plan to add to the transom in the end. Safety issue for me


Removing the door and wall to open up the cabin


Layer upon layer of bottom paint

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Great place for a bow roller and anchor locker











Lots of spider cracks!

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore






This is where the under the rail tank is going to go


You can see on the right where the 25 gallon tank used to be, taking up a lot of space

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore



Deck and cabin torn out, grinded to 1/4'' of the hull. That keel stringer is dry as a bone so it's staying, although I will be beefing it up to deck level


That's water dripping off my hand, ALL of the foam is soaked and weighs in at 14lbs per cu.ft. I was hoping ot find some dry stuff to weight it, but I'm guessing I'm going to replace it with 2lb per cu.ft foam in the end


Didn't expect this one. There are no bulkheads in the boat and what I thought were extensions to the bulkheads coming up the side are just sitting on top of the deck.


Stringers are upsidedown L's then filled with foam and covered in chopped strand. There were puddles of water where the chopped strand was....monolithic, but where it was separated it just went into the foam with no where to go. This really makes me rethink the foam thing, I hope condensation doesn't build up in the chambers like it did here with no where to go. I understand that I can put passthroughs in the stringers and bulkheads, but that doesn't mean that the foam I put in will allow it to get to that hole.

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

This weekends plan.....Jack and support the boat as a hook in the hull is already forming. Remove rails and cabin, continue to tear out the stringers, foam and transom.

It would be awesome to have all of that done and ground down to the fiberglass hull, but that's a little optimistic I think....we'll see!

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Oh, please post suggestions, comments, and criticism. I want to hear it all, I don't want to feel like I should've done this or that, or didn't think of something during the build.

Thanks all

 

[Teamster]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

It's weird that the other thread is gone???,....

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Just gone Teamster. I contacted the mod, they said that they have the ability to see deleted threads but couldn't see mine. It's no big deal with the exception that the original post was a brain dump from all winter, then posted, erased and recycled from my desktop. I hope I don't forget anything, I'm going to try and recover it tonight with some type of recovery software but I'm not getting my hopes up.

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Good progress and ahead of schedule. Boat has been 'cradled'. Tomorrow I'm going to focus on tearing out the rest of the transom and grinding.

I like it without the top, there were discussions of making it a center console but I doubt it


Transom is being a pain in the arse, I didn't think it would be this much work to remove.


Mostly torn out, needs some grinding


Transom 3/8" outer skin with 1.5" plywood core


Top rim of boat 5/16"

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

I'm glad I'm getting all the grinding done early in the season. It's 45 or so here and I'm sweating like a pig in the tyvek suit. I have no idea how frisco did it in 80+ with humidity.

 

[Teamster]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Without a top I'd put a tiller handle on the outboard and be done,........

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Didn't get the transom all of the way out today, 3.5 hours and I got it half way out. I plan to start making the transom this week and have it tabbed in by the end of next weekend. So, I am going to need some epoxy so I may as well start building my USComposites order.

I'm going to start with 5 gallons of the 4:1 since it's so cold still, and I want to reapply/layer often.

I'm going to do everything in DB170 (17oz biax) and 4 oz cloth. 4oz will be used for the underside of all plywood and all simple waterproofing.

For Transom....(There's a 100hp Johnson(300lb) motor on there now, want to build it for a 150 4stroke(500lb))
5" tab
10" tab
Full cover with additional 3" going onto the hull past the tabbing
Second Full cover with additional 3" going onto the hull past first full layer

For Stringers....
I'm cutting them down in height, but I'm also doubling the amount....I think. As is was, there were 2 L shaped stringers on each side of the keel, with the L's facing inwards towards each other and then filled with foam. I'm going to sister and stagger 1/2" plywood together to create a 1" thick stringer with DB170 on both sides to essentially create 2 'standard' sets of stringers on both side of the keel. So I think that's doubling....?
Anyway....
6" tab
12" tab
DB170 over the top, stringers will be routed to have a round top

For Deck...
6" tab
Full deck covering, plus additional 3" up the side past the tabbing

Does this sound right? Important part folks, please comment. I HAVE to use epoxy.

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Got the transom out, but didn't get the hull sanded down. Another 4 hours and I'll be ready.

No opinions on the layup schedule? Weird....

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

IMHO you're a little short on your full layer over laps to the sides of the hull. Thats' where ALL the strength is I'd go 10 to 12" on the full layers but that's just me.

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

I will do Wood, thanks for the advice. I'm going to order 30 yards of DB170, so I should have plenty to do that.

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Another question...

The stringers weren't attached to the bow and transom. I've seen them attached to the transom all of the time, but can't find a thread that has them glassed to the bow. Does anyone see an issue with spacing my stringers 1/4" from the bow and glassing them to the bow/hull? The original keel stringer that I'm leaving is also about 3" from the bow, was there a reason for not glassing these stringers in from stem to stern?

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

Well...I talked to a boat builder today from my local marina and he said to take it up the bow when I make the stringers, just keep it ~1/4" or so off of the hull. I don't have to go far up the hull, just didn't want to stop 3" shy. I also went back through friscos videos and he goes up the bow too a little bit. There's my answer I guess... Video below if friscos video of glass up the bow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJokjxoJ2Js


I also found this beauty and may steal it, without the green and black paint of course....I think I can fit a rod locker under the cabin floor for stowing rods up to 6'. Will still need gunwale rod lockers as they will double as a little support for the gunwale.
http://www.customrodracks.com/GB_011_op_640x426.jpg


Quickly approching $2k by the way, going to need to up that a little. After USComposites, various misc, a couple of needed tools, a gregs marine order to completely rewire, I'm up to $1800 so far. Still need wood, paint, and hatch covers....

 

[Teamster]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

I'd skip racks in any rod locker,...

Rod socks prevent tangles and also allow for more room in the locker,...

Cabela's: Cabela's Advanced Anglers™ Adjustable Rod Cover

 

[Durt]

Re: 1982 Kencraft Baymaster 18'10'' Restore

I agree with the rod socks, I'm not going to have the thin walled pvc pipes that the tops of the rods go into, the 'rack' was just to make it look organized. I'll make it removable in case I don't like it, but I do like the idea of a little order in there.

Thanks again for the comments Teamster, seems hard to drum up interest. Hopefully I'll get more feedback when the building process begins.