Still curious if anyone has heard anything on that fiberglass supplier.
But over the weekend I got some good progress done on the boat. Finished popping the rest of the rivets out and unscrewed the cap. There was a fair bit of silicone between the hull and cap and ended up cutting most of it out with a chisel. Then separating the cap was easy enough to do by hand. Picked it up corner by corner and got some thin boards between the two until I could slide the 4x4 in there.
On friday I got the adjustable sawhorses built as well. Extended to their full height (6') they were more stable than I would have expected. I cranked down the bolts and they snugged up pretty well, so I think we will be alright. I set those up around the boat and then had my girlfriend help to lift the cap and 4x4s onto the sawhorses. Thank goodness she is 5'2"! Super helpful... but she was able to get it onto her head and then I got it the rest of the way lol. We make a great team.
After getting the cap up on the 4x4s I started to disconnect the remaining wiring from the dash, speed sensor cables, and steering cable. There was a lot of extra wiring under there from the previous owner. And a lot of wires which went no where. We will see how much I feel like trying to rewire, or just let it be for the time being. I dont know the wiring schematic for the engine to really know where the sensors are at.
From there we pulled the hull in the cradle out from under the cap. Partly by car, partly by hand, since our alley is pretty narrow it got a bit snug trying to bring it into the other side of the garage. But SUPER happy to have the garage space to fit both the cap and hull under the roof. (Thanks Kelly for parking on the street until this project is over
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Cut out the front area which was glassed in VERY WELL, made me sad to undo work that was actually done correctly, but the stringers ran all the way up to the bow, so a mixture of my 4.5" cut off wheel and a reciprocating tool got it out of the way. Definitely keeping that wood as a template.
and FINALLY got all the foam out of the boat. trash can number 5, I feel like we need to bake the trash men a cake, I feel bad having heaping cans every week, but we should be done throwing stuff away for the time being.
So with that we are in the final stages before cleaning, cutting stringers, and GRINDING (definitely not excited) but I did buy a full face mask and tyvek suit. So i suppose we are as ready as I can be.
As always I appreciate thoughts, comments, or encouragement. Its still fun at this point, but it will certinally feel good to eventually be putting things INTO the boat, rather than ripping them out. Also, thoughts on how I upload pictures, before I was embedding them into my message, this one I just attached them as a slide show. Let me know which you like more, I think its helpful to have them next to the text they reference.. but maybe its easier to pull them up this way. Up to you! Cheers!
