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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures WoodonGlass, do you think I have a plan? Of course not, lol! I'm going to go with a lot of resin and lay out some glass the best I can with a little praying... It kind of works out where it is because I'll be putting a nice layer of PB down under the transom between...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures I know I have not posted anything in the last month, however I have been diligently at work! I got the transom all out and sanded off all the extra resin and seams, along with cutting the new transom out... Have a look, I will be working on the stringers next...
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    Damaged Hull -- Pictures

    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Thank you for all the new people following! So, I was able to spend a couple of hours out on the boat today so I spent the day working on the walls of the hull. when I cut off the floor and the shelves there was a very small lip left going horizontal that I wanted...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Welcome along Greenbush! This is really a weekend project for me, I'm lucky if I can get 2 hours of work done on this boat a week. From time to time I go a little crazy and call into work or take a vacation day and drop my 14 month old son off at his grandmothers...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures w So, I got most the floor up, all but a small piece up front. All the foam is out and I started working on removing the back portion of the stringers this weekend, which were really all mush in between 2 pieces of fiberglass. The entire rear section of the...
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    Damaged Hull -- Pictures

    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures THE CAP IS OFF!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Thank you, LAWD!
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    Damaged Hull -- Pictures

    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures I know it has been some time since I have posted anything, however I have NOT given up... It's been too cold to be out there for hours at a time. I was able to finish my cradles and got the boat on them today! I took all the trim off and started grinding down the PB...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Okay so I take that back it's about 2" between the sections you can cut, which have 3 LEDs. See the attached picture. By the way the other side of it is 3M, I don't know if I would just mount it using that but it will help when you're mounting it into place.
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures See at the end of the day I still have an addiction with electronics and I have started piling up on items for the boat, here are just a couple -Arduino board -16' (300) LED White led strip (might I add WATERPROOF!) -Temperature sensor (Waterproof) I have already...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Thanks Chriscraft for all the info! I don't know what I would do without you guys other than save money! Okay, so there is no structural purposes of this tube correct? Also, do you think once I cut it off, should I replace it by fiberglassing it back in or should I...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Thanks for the pics JB!!!! I started working on the cradle. I was looking over a bunch of different designs and I had to customize my design a little due to the amount of work space I have along with how I was going to remove the boat from the trailer without...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Okay, is it possible just to sand it down or do you need to apply additional gelcoat where you sanded? Just so I can get an idea of how what to budget myself for. I just think it would like nice with a fresh coat on there, I want to get all the decals off of the...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures As for cradle designs I really like this one and I think I'm going to make a spin off of something like it. I'm just going to have to make some structure type changes to it, like I said above, I need to have it open down the keel. I think a design like this would...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Well I did a little work today... Still not the cradle but oh well, I'll be picking up the wood this week! We are supposed to have a nice weekend (not freezing and snowing), so I would like to work on the cradle and try getting the boat on it by next week, that is...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures So, I did a little work however, milestone (in my opinion) I have uncovered a portion of the stringer! The other picture is under the "dashboard" I removed the panels so now there is a clear shot to the front of the boat. I made some BIG progress! lol! I keep up at...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures I'M BACK IN THE GAME KIDS!!!!! Well, after taking a week to recover, I feel MUCH better. I stayed away from the project and this forum, because reading this makes me want to go out in my garage and do some work! So today, I had to reinforce the motor a little on...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Well, I wasn't able to do much work this weekend on the boat like I would have liked to. However, I picked up in the garage a little more to make room for use of the heater and room to store the motor. I was also able to take out some of the wiring and I removed the...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Ohhhh man! This just got real serious now! We have heat!!!!!!!!! This will make the winter much more enjoyable for those long hours spent in the garage! Yes, that's 150,000 btu for a 20' x 20' garage! :facepalm:
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures You know, you're 100% correct! This is why I charged the batteries today! I FOUND THE CRACK! lol!!!!! - Never thought I would say that statement in my lifetime! haha! Also, I'm sure you can tell I found that the piece of wood that goes across from one...
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    Re: Damaged Hull -- Pictures Okay, that makes sense but hear me out and let me know what you think after I run this past you. I have been studying iboats forum like a bible for the last week and I TallCanadian's rebuild of his MFG Gypsy. Now, I noticed on his that there is a tube that runs in...
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