ALRIGHT! I have returned and had a very busy weekend. had the weekend to myself ( 3 day weekend
) my better half was on a course in Toronto thus I had the entire time to complete everything I could for the boat other than install or work on the actual hull itself, when I go on Christmas leave in December, the boat will be hauled into the heated garage and that's when crunch time with everything I prepared will go in, so without anymore delay!
first myself and krista started this seat base project earlier before I left, it had some rot so we replaced some wood, we were also testing and practising our fiber glassing, wanted to do it on something not as structurally important, we wanted to glass it mainly because we would it rather not rot out again, it did last 2o years only wood, but maybe now we will get 30, one way or another it was a nice bonding experience, I think we did pretty good! one csm, then after another strip on 1708 ( 100% easier to install "1708") and after this we covered everything in some good gelcoat then sprayed this anti mold ..? leaves a pinkish residue for 12 hours and it hardens the product to a finish,, either way it is hard as a rock,
second this weekend I had my father come down and help with all this, we unbolted the transom, ( it was clamed and drying for a month, I figure the PL was dried by then! I belt sanded it rounded all edges then we cleaned it and began laying csm over both sides and around the edges, it was a very learning curve but when we got it we got it, had a few bubbles here and there, have to re-sand and touch up some spots plus the over lay. but over all I'm happy with the outcome,
lastly we began tracing the old stringers and bulk heads onto new plywood and cutting them, they are a rough but close cut, room for improvement when we get the boat in the shop, but they are around 80% where they need to be for installation I believe, the main stringers are the proper length and are glued together now just curing for the next few weeks,
we built a fiberglass dispensing rig in the ceiling, primitive but it works well!
I'm quite excited about this now, I definatly have the boat bug right now , re reading pages and getting excited, the boat came with 1/2 inch stringers and a 1" transom, I'm putting in a solid 1-1/2 inch transom with 3/4 inch stringers,, I really thing this boat will be more sturdy in the wavy lake thus I'm excited to try it out! abit slower probably, but nothing a new 115 ETEC cant solve
LASTLY! I created the thickened resin peanut butter.. I think I more made tiger fur,, or tiger hair, it was quite thick! I seen that they sent me 5/8th glass strands,,,, I figured it would work but it was real thick... I had a one gallon pail of the stuff so I may end up manually chopping it,, or just order another batch of the 1/4 inch, regardless it came out good! real thick but still went on well ,
