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Stringers are solid at the rear of the boat. The boat will be moving at the beginning of October. Amazon has a sale going on and I plan on buying all the Amazon stuff then. 1708 biaxial 10yrds, CSM 10yrds, woven 3rds. The portable garage is on there too.
It’s almost winter here. Grass will be dead in a couple weeks anyway 😂
I rent as well, HOA was just easier than explaining it all.
I’m just sad it’s delayed finding out if I’m doing stringers or not. At this point I have hope that I won’t be after seeing the unsealed screw holes along the...
Project is on hold. Not only can I not put up a temporary shed, I can’t keep the boat on my property at all.
Edit: moving project to my mother’s property. Unfortunately that’s gonna slow things down a lot
Today I learned it’s called a rub rail 😅😅
None of the tutorials I watched before 15min ago talked about removing a rub rail. At least I stopped after snapping one. 🤞
Thanks for the advice! Gonna go do this now!
Bought the pry bar and snapped the rivet. Not quite sure this trim piece needs to come off to separate the hull from the cap. It does look like the rivets go through both. Really at a loss on how to do this without breaking the rest off.
Update: got some screws, ladder, and trim off the back of the boat. Went to remove the seal and there’s hidden bolts/rivets/screws along it. Not sure what they are yet. Pry bar is next purchase!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_rcEeOsTe9/?igsh=d3ZmYmJsc3U3NGlo
Also I’ve found one cause for the...
I have the instagram account for it. Should be a public profile so you don’t have to follow it to see the pictures.
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It’s the style of boat I was told I would never have. I grew up poor af. Had my heart set on a fiber glass bass boat ever since. Even If I end up without a usable boat at the end or I give up. I’m going to learn a **** ton. I already have. Like don’t check a transom on a boat that has it’s...
Alright. Last time im responding to a junk it comment.
I understand and do not care about the value of this boat. I’m not a speed boat junkie, nor do I have anyone to impress and no I don’t plan on going over 30mph.
I understand in other areas this seems incredibly stupid. I’ve spent the last 10...
update!!
Motor is toast and I’m not crazy. Model number is lost to time so no way to rebuild it. Only salvage is the carb(maybe) and the control arm?(shaft between engine and lower unit.
Transom is WAY smaller than I thought. It’s only where the motor is according to him? He also advised me to...
First of all. It’s not about what it’s worth it’s about what I can do with it. Fiberglass boats are few and far between where I live. At least one like this.
Secondly, low retail is 3k. Suggested MSRP is $12,000.
Third I don’t intended to sell it anytime soon. Thanks.
Current fiberglass list:
Going west system since it’s readily available.
50inx10yards Chopped strand mat
50inx10yards 1708 biaxial mat
105b epoxy resin and 206b hardener with pumps
406 colloidal silica
404 high density adhesive filler
403 micro fibers adhesive filler
Fiberglass rollers
Foam...
try instagram? if you have a FB accnt, you might as well. you can setup a side profile just for the boat pictures. NGL, all the things ive seen for stringer repair has me praying mine are okay! Following along!
Dude, you just saved me a **** Ron of money! THANK YOU! I was about to blow like 3-400 in tools.
Tbh I’m all over the place on plans for this transom. Coosa board, marine wood, there’s a **** ton of options.
Late night thought I had was using seacast to reinforce the transom like rebar in...
I’m hoping. If not I’ll be asking my mother to do it at her house an hr away which would really, really suck.
Another option may be seacast but after reading some of grafs restore(really similar boats) and this searay link that was posted. I think I’m going to be doing stringers as well. The...
Mechanic is gonna take the motor off for me and advised me to keep it on hand til my restore is done in case I need something from it. No answer from HOA yet.
So far for tools I have a grinder(still need to buy it) and I think I can get by with my orbital sander but I’m not sure. Total cost is...
If anyone could suggest some solid tools for this job I would really appreciate it. Right now this is dependent on my HOA being okay with me putting up a temporary shed. I’m in South Dakota so doing this outside over the winter isn’t an option I’ve learned.
Nah. I’m okay with learning and putting the work in. I purposely bought a boat in poor condition. I was hopeful I got lucky but my expectations were realistic. I don’t plan on selling it any time soon.
