Restoration Glastron V156 (The Scarab)

[Sn00ky-G]

Currently working on a Glastron V156 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

Find some sweet (soft) spots in the glastron floor, which let to indeed wrecking the floor and finding rotten stringers.

 

[sphelps]

Welcome aboard ! Let the fun begin !

 

[archbuilder]

Looking forward to seeing the rebuild!

 

[Sn00ky-G]

Welcome aboard ! Let the fun begin !

There is still no fun. Started working again on the boat after two and a half months.

done until today:

-hull patching
-Grinding part.
-Transom placed /laminating tomorrow.
​​​​​- 4x stingers ready for placement
-Inhaled fiber glass / stingy fingers / sore back / cuts and bruises...

An mini update with the pictures see below link ms one drive

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AkfvzYjHlh6f034TbXXHLZdHTH13

 

[sphelps]

Good progress so far ! Are you reinstalling the putting green ?

 

[Sn00ky-G]

Haha, if you are talking about the green grass that was put it by the previous owner(s) to cover up the rotting of the floor. Only if the misses wants to plant something in the bow of boat.

Any tips? Iwas thinking about:

-laminating MDF fiberglass and polyester on one side but that’s again a lot of work...

 

[jbcurt00]

Not MDF unless its something else in the Netherlands.

MDF: medium density fiberboard

 

[sphelps]

Any tips? Iwas thinking about:

-laminating MDF fiberglass and polyester on one side but that’s again a lot of work...

Not sure what you are asking . Are you talking about the deck floor ?

 

[Redtruck12]

Haha, if you are talking about the green grass that was put it by the previous owner(s) to cover up the rotting of the floor. Only if the misses wants to plant something in the bow of boat.

Any tips? Iwas thinking about:

-laminating MDF fiberglass and polyester on one side but that’s again a lot of work...

Oh ! You must be looking for the “quick and easy - “
low cost” boat repair section

 

[Chris51280]

Not MDF unless its something else in the Netherlands.

MDF: medium density fiberboard

No MDF. Unless you want to fall through the floor when the particles loose their bonding due to moisture.

 

[Sn00ky-G]

Owh my, miscommunication... The deck floor should indeed be made of triplex and not MDF. Laminating triplex

-laminating one or both sides?
-Laminating will give it a rough surface, any tips on making it more smooth or other tips for getting the deck waterproof childproof and strong?

Im indeed searching for the best low cost and fast way to fix it... I normally work with figures and computers only. Fixing a ledger is way easier than fixing a boat...

Again a mini update: (please note: that I’m first timer)

-Laminated the transom.
-Placed two stingers with fiberglass putty.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AkfvzYjHlh6f034TbXXHLZdHTH13

 

[Sn00ky-G]

Hi Guys, busting my bals here about ->
After placing the four side stingers, I want to remove the middle stingers and laminate the four stringers without the middle to give the middle of the hull some strength?. Afterwards I will laminate it one more time with the middle stringer.

Would the above be a good idea?

 

[sphelps]

Yes I would glass the underside of the deck ply before installing ...
Nothing wrong with how you want to do the stringers ...imo

 

[steve_h7]

Off topic but I enjoyed the video series and thought with your boat it might be worth checking out:

https://youtu.be/ldow-POe97A

 

[Sn00ky-G]

That reply is on topic and yes, I’m still looking at his page for references I think he’s on this forum too. But a lot is not shown in the videos. And his boat was in good shape. Mine really got tortured.

sphelps s: will update tomorrow how it went

I just came across this article: https://wavetrain.net/2010/12/15/fiberglass-boatbuilding-resins-and-laminating-techniques/

im actually using a ortho based resin :s

 

[Sn00ky-G]

Finished my first layer of CSM (450grams) today.
Tomorrow the next and final round layer(s), biaxiaal (435gram) and covering it up with CSM (450grams). Is that the right combination to go? and is that combination doable in one go?

enjoy!

(updated-> https://1drv.ms/f/s!AkfvzYjHlh6f034TbXXHLZdHTH13

 

[Sn00ky-G]

Another update from AMSTERDAM:

-Removed the middle stringer
-glassed in the 2 side stingers with 1x csm 450gram + 1x 435gram
-glassed in the 2 middle side stringers with 1x csm 450gram + 2x 435gram

Glassed in the middle/center of the hull touching the 2 middle side stringers with 2x csm 450gram (U-profile)

On schedule tomorrow:

-center stringer placing with putty, glassing 1x cms 1x biax
-other hull patching+glassing:

Upcoming problems:

-stringers placed to high, they height of the stringers matches exactly the top of the old floor. (Any solutions / tips)?
-The sides of the top cap and lower part has a lot of holes near the edges looks like a cheese hole cap( Any solutions / tips fixing these)?
-Paint job, any suggestions what to do? As I can’t figure out if it’s bad?

Enjoy!

 

[sphelps]

Either raise the deck height a bit or cut the stringers down ..
depending the size of the holes you can fill with your bedding / filleting mixture and sand ..
Painting ? Just depends on what you want to spend really ..

 

[Sn00ky-G]

sphelps Thanks for the reply. Really hoped there were some methods for the cheese hull and the high stingers. (Really start hating grinding)...

The picture of the gel coat looks really bad -> https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkfvzYjHlh6f1U3rM3CKsjEHQlv9

the only method is to scrape / grind away all of the gel coat?

 

[sphelps]

Looks like it just needs to be sanded smooth . A bit of touch up fairing then primed and painted . Probably don’t need yo take all the gell off ..