1988 Rogue 2420

[Scott Danforth]

its been almost 5 weeks since I have been able to work on the boat. its been raining like crazy every day. finally was able to get the bulkhead between the cockpit and berth replaced and the gunwale sides filled in between rain showers on Sunday.

yard has 8" deep ruts from me pulling the boat out

pics of the rotten original bulkhead - 3/4 marine ply with a laminate.
the new bulkhead secured with screws, hairy PB, and tabbed in place.
the foam core that I adheared with great foam window and door (low expansion, works great as a glue) and the final gunwale storage pocket.
also did a bit of cleanup where the rub-rail goes with a wire cup brush in the grinder

 

[Scott Danforth]

No pics of last weekends work yet. however it involved finding all the screw holes with a carbide and opening them up for some fuzzy PB.

this week I worked on a template for some laser cut vent bezels

started sanding the port side bottom paint yesterday after running all the errands. looked like a coal miner.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Here is some progress from the weekend. spent most of Saturday working on admiral projects. finally got a chance to work on the boat. got sunburnt sanding.

will pull the trim tabs and other hardware this week. have a 10 x 20 canopy to put up over the boat to prevent the rain. the admiral is on a girls cruise next weekend with her college roommates. so next weekend the boat gets finished sanding. maybe I get the deck and bilge sprayed with gel.

 

[alldodge]

Coming along nicely

 

[Scott Danforth]

wish I had a bigger compressor. most of the day was spent waiting for air pressure to return.

sure miss my 5hp/80 gallon compressor. no place to store it.

 

[alldodge]

Might be worth to use electric

 

[Scott Danforth]

did the Harbor freight electric, it died within the first hour. after the 3rd one, I got my money back.

keep saying I should buy a dewalt or porter cable, however the wait for the compressor is beer time....

 

[Scott Danforth]

The admiral finally approved a paint scheme. she was looking at Chris Crafts..... Since I cant afford $230k

I'm simply mimicking the paint scheme

 

[Scott Danforth]

Tammy is on a cruise in the Bahamas with her college roommates.

Me.... Im sanding the boat.

 

[alldodge]

Oh lucky you

 

[Scott Danforth]

it just stopped raining, so I am going back out at it.

need to make some stands for the rest of the bottom, or drag the boat to work and lift with the over-heads and sand.

 

[alldodge]

it just stopped raining, so I am going back out at it.

Just use wet/dry sand paper and no need to stop. The rain will cool ya off. Just keep the beer covered

 

[Scott Danforth]

Lol, not sure that they make 80 grit PA discs

 

[Scott Danforth]

pulled the windshield assembly on Saturday. it needs re-glazing and while I am at it, it will be painted white vs the current silver. same goes for the rub rails.

I have a few stress cracks where the windshield meets the hull. the gel is about .060 thick there, so I plan on grinding down to glass, then a layer of CSM and a layer of 1708, then fair as needed. this will build up the area by about .060 over where I am now, however it will be much stronger and should not crack again.

same goes for the top of the dash area. the dark grey gel has cracked due to UV damage. that area is getting 2 layers of CSM and will be faired.

 

[alldodge]

Your going to paint the dash area white?

 

[Scott Danforth]

No, will keep the dash and the foredeck stripe in dark grey. Just grinding the gel down to glass, then build back up

 

[Scott Danforth]

here are some more pics..... all the aluminum trim for the windshield and rub rail are now ready for paint.

adjusting some of the windshield frame so when it goes back together, it sits flush. the fit of some of the pieces left a little to be desired.

grinding gel coat to get rid of stress cracks.

 

[Scott Danforth]

a few pics of the parts in the spray booth. should have spent a bit more time with spot putty in the areas that had corrosion, however they are white. pic of the boat under its canopy as the cockpit cover no longer has anything to attach to. also a pic from work on a gangway being finished......LOL

 

[alldodge]

Guess the weather is getting better down their, our snow birds just left a couple days ago

 

[Scott Danforth]

our cold front was Saturday..... it was down to 71 by 9pm. it was back up to 92 on Sunday with a heat index of 102.

yesterday is was 91 with high and sticky humidity..... took the dogs for a walk and they all layed down in someones yard.