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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    After the flooring, you know you have to do some test fittings!! And she got a name!! The Admiral's nickname
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    I wanted to get the flooring in, so that the epoxy resin wouldn't be exposed to too much sunlight. I went with a pebble grain marine vinyl glued down with contact adhesive. Contact adhesive gives me anxiety. If I were to do it over again, and I may in the future, I would probably do a...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    The motor got a clean up while it was out of the boat, new gaskets, paint etc. The outdrive got a new impeller, seals, fluid change, pressure test, etc. There was also some prop damage, so I had that repaired locally. It's a stainless prop, so worth it. And it was only like $100. We got...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Thank you for checking it out. I know most of these build documentations are usually more engaging if its real time and question and answer. I do hope anyone who happens along and sees how I or the factory did something can be helped in figuring out their own solution.
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    So at this point in our recap, it's late November, and I started the build in late June, so right at 5 months worth of pretty obsessive work, when I'm not at regular work. In hindsight, it cracks me up how close I thought I was at this point. I figured a wash, cut and rub the gelcoat, pop the...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    In one of those, "why didn't I do that before?" moments, I suddenly felt like maybe I should have addressed an issue that I hadn't been too concerned with before. There had been some keel rub, through the gelcoat. I figured I would just repair the gelcoat later. Well, insomnia and anxiety...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    I had some white epoxy primer from a car restoration project, so after the bilge got faired out a bit with epoxy/cabosil, it got a healthy coating of the primer, as did the transom. Both then got 3 coats of epoxy bilge paint. I really love the before/after pics on this area.
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    I went ahead and ordered the back to back lounges and a jump seat for the rear. Unfortunately the base was cracked. Unfortunately when they sent a new one, it was the wrong color. Unfortunately when they sent a new, new one, it also had a broken base. I was able to use pieces from different...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Thank you! It's gonna be like doing drywall, you do it so infrequently, by the time you get half-fast decent at it, you don't do it again for 10 yrs.
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    I also enclosed the footwell of the open bow. I wanted to have a larger flat area and some enclosed storage. The monstrous hole where the radio had been installed using a chain saw also got repaired. The backside was supported with plywood epoxied into place. Then polyester resin was used...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Once all the under deck stuff was done, it was on to the deck and flotation foam. I went with what is supposed to be 5/8" ACX. It was all dry-fitted and then predrilled for the foam pour holes. I used PL glue and screws to hold it down. All the seams were filled with epoxy PB After all the...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Next up were the motor mounts and bulkhead between the ski locker and fuel tank. Again everything got liberally epoxied before being epoxy PBd into place and fiberglassing. All the drain areas are also capped with pvc
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    It blew me away. The holes where the flotation foam was poured in were left open. The foam was cut flush back to the deck and carpet layer over it. I think this boat should certainly outlast my interest in it, if any care whatsoever is taken to protect and maintain it.
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Fiberglassing will never become one of my favorite things. It's too finicky and I'm far too persnickety. I'm glad epoxy is strong. I'm glad I overbuilt this boat. I'm glad there are far more layers of stronger fiberglass, over structurally stronger pieces of wood, using a stronger resin, with...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Not bad, for a chiropractor.
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