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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We have more boats then just this one project. As usual the weather dictates what we can do. Prepping and fitting the Volvo 280T transom shield. It will take a few different steps. A battery mystery in the Biese. Time to put the 280T shield in. Nail biting time. Once we get it in we can move on...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    I never bothered with a (expensive) synthetics for a few reasons but mainly the wood (coring) really shouldn't be factor when it comes to strength of stringers. All the real strength comes from the glass its wrapped in. As an example the Nova 24 race boat had balsa for stringer coring. As for...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We try to finally finish the gas tank / fuel system install. Then it's time for the first boat cover since the paint was done on the boat. These little installs sure seem to take a lot of stuff to do them. Part by part we start putting it together and finding that we may have to take a few...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We really have to get this paint on the deck and transom before we install some stuff. Then we go after the stern deck cleat. Seems simple but we make sure it's not. Time once again to show of my bad welding skills. Finally we get to install some bling bling pieces. The weather shows us who's...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Time to fit the windshield frame back to some place it has not been in a long time, it's home. Looks easy but it's not at all. It starts out pretty flimsy but ends up really solid. The hardware is adding up and its just for the windshield. The weather plays games with us again so we start...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    After getting rained out during our first attempt of painting the bottom it's time to get it done with more weather on the way. Is this the end of the "endless work"? Some times plans don't go as planned...they go so much better!! There was a whole lot of water in the boat. Thinking ahead, it's...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    With the boat off the trailer I hope I have enough to hold it up? The bottom repairs begin. It don't look as bad as I thought, it's worse....or is it? Again the weather is a major factor on everything we do even though it's not supposed to be. Once you think you are done an area you hit it with...
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    Anyone recognise this boat?

    Looks a lot like this 1960 Dorsett Catalina cuddy cabin.
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    It's like Christmas, lets look at the boat for the first time together. But that's about all we can do for now to the paint. We have to give it time as much as we don't want to. The weather comes to stop us again but we keep going even if it's in the garage. Time to show off our crappy welding...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Armageddon come to our door. Did I actually get lightening steamers on video? We need to use our bad welding skills to attach the top to the hull. It's time to get some color on the hull. At least a base coat. Maybe a color you would not expect. A well thought out joke bombs. After more prep...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We get out a paint gun for the first time and then get very carried away with it. We then see how bad things really are. This boat is so screwed up it needs to be restored, let sit for a year and then restore it again. I'm telling you, I'll take any cheat I can get at this point. A "Race...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Dreaming of a time when this boat was born. Time to get the sides ready for paint. There is a lot of hidden issues. Like thousands of them. Looking for Allmand tags?? The Sun wont come out so we make our own to find bad spots. We start work on the windshield that is in many pieces. Another Poly...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Why and how we do what we do. With age....comes tools. We start with our special blocks, spread a bunch of carbon around and then sand it off. Body work, body work, body work, it just never ends. And....we have already damaged the boat but we can fix it. Round and round.... Look at that...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Time to install the top for real this time and then put everything we have out to do it, back. The top has a slightly different shape we are going to have to live with. We have to fill holes. Lots and lots of holes. So many holes!!!! We had to count them. Sunlight and shade, a big difference. We...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We start off Another Day with another weather related tragedy and brings me to the real reason I don't re-do boats anymore. We get to save a couple pieces of the original deck as we re-core it. That's a first. After many days working on the flipped over top I'm getting a little sick of it and...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We get a slow start because of rain. Time to rig the top right for lift off. The first failed attempt was the most extensive rigging attempt we have ever done. The second attempt will be even more extreme by an extreme level. Got to give Maryland their slice...year after year. Flying illegal...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We continue working on our rear seats. They seemed real simple but are not. Nicest thing about them is you wont see much of them. For the first time we do a long inspection of the front deck. It don't look good. We now have to do things that we are not sure where to even start at. Some final...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We start our day with a big expensive shipment. Rain, rain, go away.... If its not raining we are doing something but the rain just keeps coming. We continue to build our missing deck along with finishing the motor mounts. We keep finding hidden holes. We finally get to start building the built...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Lucky enough the Layup Resin I get from US Comp's is a lot better. Never thought of just filling one paint tray half way up with crushed ice and just putting another one on top of it for the resin. Thanks !!
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Kicking off Another Day trying to complete the deck. Thinking we have the wrong poly resin to do it. What we get from Home Depot and US Composites are two different worlds as we move on to our 15th gallon. We hit another milestone. We visit the engine room to see our new lip. We just cant let...
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