ceasefire49
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- Mar 21, 2018
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Picked up a very cheap 1988 Rienell 18.5 with a 260 OMC Cobra and out drive the boat had been sitting for two years in Sacramento. Has a Dual axle trailer with surge brakes that is in like new shape. The owner bought it in 2007 but is a long haul driver and just didn't have the time to use it anymore and needed the space for his tractor. He informed me the hull was great and it is no dings or cracks but the transom and floors were soft so I took on the arduous task of removing the engine,Floor,foam,Transom and rotted stringers . Removed tank and discovered through all of this a previous owner(guy before the one I bought it from) had really botched the stringers and foam. The interior is in pretty good shape and ill be cleaning and touching up with SEM vinyl restorer. I am using the west system with the 407 low density filler for tabbing in and fillet on stringers I will be soaking everything in pretty good with epoxy. I am using marine wood for the transom of course using the west system with 1708. My question is I have noticed a few different ways to laminate the transom together.. One is to apply matting and epoxy to the side facing the transom and then one side matted between of course both of those sides with epoxy and clamped then I have seen both pieces that are clamped together with mat on each side and epoxied in before clamping then after applying filler tab and epoxy apply glass and more epoxy and then use filler. I called west system and they said I could also paint the transom with un thickened epoxy before I clamp the transom down. The other thing is when I got the wood off the transom I noticed a lead deal about as round as a quarter and about 3/8 inch protruding out. I made a relief cut in the template to accommodate that Whats its purpose. I paid 400 for the boat itself and will be putting a total of a grand into it when all is said and don. The trailer Is worth more then that. LOL. Ill be using the aero marine 4lb foam. Of course new bellow and seals are in the works.