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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    Since the cabin is now air conditioned, I figured I would takle the rotten balsa core in the fore deck while enjoying the cool a/c.
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    Well it's been consistently in the 90's temperature wise here in California and so I have to work early in the morning or late in the evening...... until now.
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    I thought about that too but, I bought a big ol swim platform to hang off the back though thats been sitting in the shipping crate this whole time. Plus this boat has a bad tendency to wander at low speed; do you think putting an outboard further out might make it worse?
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    It's about a 2 1/2" rise towards the transom.
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    Here are the 2 main stringers patterned. I used 1/2 inch Styrofoam board. I cut the Styrofoam into 2 strips for each stringer. The top strip follows the plane of the deck and the bottom strip follows the plane of the hull. Then I just used bits of Styrofoam hot glued in the center to hold it in...
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    Well, I'm back to work on the boat after taking a couple weeks to landscape the back yard. Almost ready to pattern the new stringers. I still have a little ruff and scuff with the sander to do before that. I plan on splicing in the Coosa stringers to the existing wood stingers with 12" butt...
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    The transom core is now bonded to the boat. I mixed up about 6 quarts of thickened epoxy resin to spread it on. I ended up throwing away almost 4 quarts of the stuff that squished out; kind of overestimated on my part. Starting work on the port side stringers now. I would like to add more fuel...
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    Well, I've decided to use thickened epoxy to bed the transom. The bad part is, I will have to baby sit the job with a rag and acetone to clean up the squish out. The reason I'm cleaning it out is because I want to fillet and lay glass with vinyl ester resin. I am working on the clamping setup...
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    Anybody have recommendations on bedding the transom? I was planning on using thickened vinyl ester resin and then fileting the squish out. I also have a little bit of epoxy left over that i could use but, I wanted to laminate the glass with vinyl ester, so I don't think an epoxy made fillet will...
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    I mentioned before that the tansom skin was thicker at the bottom half of the key hole. I used the belt sander with 36 grit and brought the skin down to 1/4 inch all the way around the key hole. There seemed to be a large buildup of CSM around that area. A straight edge would rock across the...
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    I'm already at 2 1/8" without glass and the core not bonded, that only gives me a 1/8 of an inch to work with. I'm cutting it close. I might run the belt sander across the transom a few times to give me some wiggle room.
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    Here's the fit check. A little more trimming at the corner is needed but, I'm happy with the way its turning out so far. I'll rough out the key hole next.
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    I finished grinding the transom and the areas I will be tabbing to. The skin on my transom is thicker on the bottom than it is at the top (3/16" on top and 1/4" on the bottom). I believe the reason behind this is because there is a layer of woven roving running a quarter way up the transom from...
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    In my situation I'd prefer to leave the cap on and mask off areas where I won't be working. The boat is outside and the cap gives me some protection from the sun. I can also store my tools in the bow when I'm done for the day. I'm almost done grinding out the wood in the transom; the wood...
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    I hear you. I've had many hours of experience with a 4 inch grinder, and when I switched the tool on with this wheel attached it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. It is considerably heavier than any normal grinding disc and when it gets up to speed its like a top with knives...
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