Complete 14 Stumpnocker restore

[adavis329]

Hello, I'm new to owning a boat and I bought this boat not knowing what all it needed or knowing anything about a boat but this seems like a good place to help me along the way and to get suggestions. I'll post some pictures of my progress so far. The first picture is the day i got it. The second a few days later after starting to sand.

 

[adavis329]

Then after flipping the boat i discovered the bottom to look like this



So after seeing that the keels where dinged up and had some damage a buddy and myself decided to dig deeper

 

[adavis329]

And this is where it stands right now.

 

[jbcurt00]

You cut the bottom out of the hull?

That may be a 1st....

Stumnocker or Stumpnocker w the P?

 

[adavis329]

Yes it's supposed to have a "p" stumpnocker. I'm sorry, that's my fault I was too busy trying to resize the photos.


And yes we cut the bottom out going to start redoing stuff this weekend. I'll post pictures along the way and document our progress. I'm hoping what I have it turns out like what I have planned in my head.

 

[jbcurt00]

How do you plan to recreate the keel strips running down the hull?

Good luck w your project

 

[adavis329]

Well, the original ones where made of just fiberglass that was hollow and under that was the wood which is hot the wood all rotted. My plans are to glass the whole bottom I'm going to be using marine grade plywood and 1708 and then use oak wood shaped with a router then soaked in resin with fiberglass over top of that so that if they are hit on say rocks or trailer that they wouldn't be hollow to fill up with water.

 

[Woodonglass]

Sooooo how much of the fiberglass bottom did you cut out????

 

[adavis329]

There is about a 9" lip around the boat. All the wood was rotten and delaminated from the bottom of the boat and the floor of the boat.

 

[Woodonglass]

Is this a wooden boat or a fiberglass boat?? If its fiberglass then you need to TRUST me on this one. I HOPE you cut that piece out in one piece. If so, and you really want to SAVE this boat and repair it, then lay the cut out piece back in place and then grind/sand it down to fresh glass on both sides of the cut line. You need to grind/sand it back about 3-4" on both sides and feather the edges towards the cut line until it's almost a razor sharp edge and forms kinda like a valley. Something like this...

Then get some unwaxed laminating polyester resin, (Not the junk sold at the autoparts stores or at the Big Box stores) and then get some 6" 1.5oz CSM tape and some 6" 1708 tape and glass the entire piece back into place as precisely as you can. 2-3 layers of each should be adequate. Cut the first strip down to about 1 1/2" for both, 2nd strip should be about 3" wide and then the final 6" layer goes on last. You've created a LOT of extra work and expense for yourself. Not sure how much you already have invested OR how much you WANT to invest but to restore this boat is gunna cost a minimum of $1,000 soooo, if that's in your budget we'll help you get through it. If not...haul it to the dump and move on. Thankfully it's fiberglass and ANYTHING can be fixed. Don't worry about how it looks cosmetically right now just get it "Glued" back together. Then flip the boat back over and do ALL the tear out and repairs from the INSIDE of the hull. Once get down to the bottom of the hull and the cut line is exposed you will do the same kind of "Lay Over" patch on the inside as you just did on the outside using Two layers of the same material and a bit wider. Once you get all the repairs done on the inside you'll then flip the hull back over and effect the repairs on the outside of the hull. Like JBC said I think you have made a place for yourself here on the forum... NEVER seen this approach for hull repair. Don't want to see it again either!!!!:faint2:

 

[adavis329]

It's fiberglass with a wooden core. The wood stops at about 1.5 feet from the transom.

 

[adavis329]

So far I have less then $1,000 invested that's including boat, motor, trailer, 5 gallons poly resin from Raka, 10 yards of 1708x50, 15 yards 3/4, 3 sheets of marine grade plywood, cabosil, and 5 pints of milled fibers. We did cut the floor section of fiberglass and bottom layer of fiberglass off in one piece. We will be working on it tomorrow, so ill post some pictures. Thank you for your help!

 

[Woodonglass]

Wood Cored Hulls can be problematic and difficult to repair. Having cut out the entire bottom of the boat as you have done makes it even more so. I fear you have a LOT of difficult work ahead of you.:blue:

 

[Stumpalump]

I like it but will admit from the first pics that running and find a better hull unless the boat is special to you first came to mind. I fixed two boat bottoms that were as bad and was glad in the end. You did the right thing in my opinion by ripping the whole bottom out and planning to glass a new wood floor in. Make sure the hull is stiff enough to stay straight and square or brace it up. If it were me I'd skip fancy by glassing in the sheets and hide the repair with a good brush paint job. It will be fixed, strong and you will be out having fun in no time. Are you going to glass the fiberglass you cut out back over the new wood and slick it? You could go from side to side with a whole new bottom for a bulletproof smooth bottom boat but you would have to glass it up the sides. That could look ruff but if you did not get too sloppy a contrasting bottom paint would cover it. I like that hull and am glad your saving it!

 

[64osby]

Dump the hull and go find a old 14' aluminum fishing boat. Go fishing the next day. My .02

 

[adavis329]

I've been busy with work, but I was able to work on it the last few days, ill post some pictures tomorrow to show the progress thus far, I think it's coming along good so far. I'm hoping to have it done by the end of this month.

 

[adavis329]

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Actually, I do have some pictures from a few weeks ago, I'm further along then what these pictures show. And even picked up a 2010 Tohatsu motor for it

 

[Woodonglass]

Hmmm, Interesting method of repair. What's your glass layup gunna be???

 

[adavis329]

I covered the board in resin let dry, wet out 1708, laid it to where it overlapped and went up the sides, then laid 3/4 May on top of that also overlapping and went up the sides some.

 

[gm280]

Oh I have to watch this one.