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    1984 Chaparral 187 XLC Restoration - by blousteau

    Figured that I am deep enough into this to start an official thread for my boat. Boat stats purchased from my brother in law four years ago for 1500.00 boat and trailer, had to rebuild upper on outdrive. Used boat for 2 years, found massive rot, started gutting. Bought a house and had a...
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    Stringer lamination question

    I made one of my stringers today, and before I go on to make the second, I wanted to get a little feedback on its construction. What I did was take two sheets of ACX plywood and rip them into three 1 foot by 8 foot stips. Then I took some Titebond III waterproof (according to the label) wood...
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    Grinding Questions

    I started grinding the stringer sides down and have them flush with the hull, I am planning on grinding over about 4 inches on each side of the stringers. Do I have to grind the glass that forms the hat brim on each side of the stringers to the bare hull, or do I just need to skuff it up pretty...
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    Chaparral Model Question

    The boat I am working on has decals saying it is 1984 187 XLC, I have tried to find pictures of another 187 or 197 XLC but everything comes up as a cuddy cabin. Did Chaparral make a 187 XLC that was not a cuddy cabin, looks to me like the XL was the bowrider and the XLC was the cuddy cabin...
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    84 Chaparral restoring

    I have an 84 Chaparral that the floor and stringers rotten on a few years back. Between when I started the demolition and now we bought a house and had a baby. The boat has sat on the trailer in a warehouse for about two years now. I have started to complete the strip down now, but started...
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