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    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    All the glass is there - that's a plus. Other than the bottom cushions, the upholstery looks OK - you could probably clean and manage for a little while, and just recover the bottom cushions or just throw towels over it at first....but that's a discussion for WAAAAAY down the road. The ski...
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    1985 Beachcraft Cuddy Model 240C rehab

    March 2025? You better get started!
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    We have a Winner for 2023 SOTY!

    Way to go @mickyryan ! You wanted to win so bad you entered 2 boats this year, lol. Just kidding, both turned out great.
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    Voting for 2023 Splash of the Year!

    Make it where I can vote multiple times, and I'll bring those numbers closer together.
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    Fixing Dings and Dents

    This will be a relatively simple gelcoat repair. Grind them out, fill them with gelcoat (might need to thicken it), then sand and buff to the desired finish. I would get some white tinted gelcoat and if you want, you can try tinting it to match. I had to repair gouges like this on the keel of...
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    New project.

    Once you try the cake bags, you'll never go back to zip locks. You have way more control since there is a much smaller angle at the tip, compared to the 90 degree angle at the corner of a zip lock bag. They're also a more "crinkly" material that doesn't stretch, like zip lock bags.
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    2023 Splash of the Year Nominations!

    I nominate @huggyb1972 and his Bayliner Capri 2150 https://forums.iboats.com/threads/bayliner-capri-2150-resurrection.741603/
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    New project.

    Measure and sketch, then keep cutting and gutting.
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    New project.

    To reduce materials you have to buy, just make some peanut butter (poly resin mixed with cabosil to thicken it) to fill voids with. I also used it to glue the floor to the stringers. Go buy some icing bags from the baking section at Walmart. Mix up a batch of PB, dump into an icing bag, then...
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    Seeking advice on fiberglass repair

    If you're going to put a keel shield on there, I'd just grind out the bad, mix up some polyester resin with some cabosil to make it thick, then fill the gouge. Sand it to shape, tape off the area, then roll on 2 coats of white gelcoat. Then install your keel shield. Here is where I did mine.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Primed and painted.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Good info to have! I don't even have any 5356 filler, so it's safe to say I 100% rolled the dice! Hope it holds...if not, grind, rinse, and repeat.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    ER4043
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I winterized the boat last weekend. We wanted to do a fall leaf tour of the gorge, but my truck's transmission died 2 weeks ago, so no more boat hauling till that's fixed. Since the drive is off, I went ahead and started fixing the places where the whale tail broke off. This is what I started...
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    Hydra Sport 185 soft spot between captain seats.

    Yes, I replaced my mid floor....and the rest of my floor, and stringers and transom. LOTS of pics on the link in my signature. Just be prepared for a full gut & restore.
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    1990 Bayliner 2651 resto

    I just did 1 layer of csm and 2 coats of gelcoat on my steering relief cuts
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    2008 Rinker 296 Bowrider Vent Cover

    Post a pic. It may be something from Attwood or another company.
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    1990 Bayliner 2651 resto

    I used a drill press to drill a guide hole in a piece of 3/4" plywood, then clamped that to the transom and used that to help drill straight. It wasn't perfect, I still had to waller out a couple holes just a little. For the steering relief, I just used a 1" drum sander on a 90-degree angle...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    I'm not sure if mine was a bad install from the PO, if I hit something small with mine, or if it's just the risk you take running a whale tail, but one side of mine broke off this summer and took a chunk of the cavitation plate with it. I'm going to weld in new aluminum plate where it chunked out.
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    I can smell the Sapele through the screen. 😁
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