1977 16' Baja

[74Baja]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

no luck, i tried it but it wouldnt come apart. i think ill just cut that area out (i have to redo the spots that were cracked anyway). then it should be easy.

 

[ddavisr]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

Sorry to hear that, mine just popped off. Hope you don't break to much of the fiberglass. Its always easy to say I go back and fix it. Just seems to take a lot longer to get the boat in the water. In the end it will bea big help getting the transom out and installing a new one.

 

[74Baja]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

thanks, i managed to make the cut across the top of the transom and the whole top is totally freed up! i am just waiting for more people to help me lift it off.

 

[CalicoKid]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

That's good to hear 74 Baja, have either of you guys got new pictures? I know Winter is setting in but will progress continue? 74, is yours a bowrider or closed bow?

 

[74Baja]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

its a closed bow. here are some more pictures .http://www.shareaproject.com/manageProject.php?p=149

 

[CalicoKid]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

http://www.shareaproject.com/pages/projectTut,p,149,00.html

 

[74Baja]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

Yes finally!!! I got the top of the boat off today pics will come probably tonight or tomarrow.

 

[74Baja]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

i got the transom out! now i will order the west system stuff today and ill get the marine grade plywood this week from a local place. THANKS

 

[CalicoKid]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

Good to hear! Got any new pics yet?

 

[74Baja]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

hey, i just got all of the wood out, now im left with some more of that grout-like stuff on the inside of the fiberglass. i started sanding it down with the disk sander. about half of it came out great, but in some small areas on the half that i havent done yet the grout broke off with the wood and the fibers are exposed. am i doing the right thing?

 

[74Baja]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

i got the grout stuff out with an angle grinder, now the surface is nice and smooth. i also cut back the floor to where the lump is where the ski tripod goes. ill try to get some pictures up.

 

[ddavisr]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

Well hello fellow boater, hope everyone had a good winter? <br /><br />Im back to work on the Baja thanks to the grest spring we are having. Started priming the hull with interlux 404. It went ok, not what I thought it would be like. Had a lot of trouble getting smooth, I just hope when it drys tomorrow it looks a little better. Its kind of like painting your boat with elmers glue, once you brush it on it starts to set up. If you forget where you started and brush over an area that is already drying your screwed. I hope the perfection goes on better. I added some pictures of the primer. Any feedback would be great.<br />

 

[ddavisr]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

http://www.shareaproject.com/pages/projectTut,p,139,00.html

 

[CalicoKid]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

Now that's pretty! How much paint did it take to cover the hull?

 

[ddavisr]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

Yeah its turning out good so far. Your looking at 2 coats of white primer and 2 coats of Perfection red. I putting the third coat on tonight which will use up the 2 quarts. Came out good, just need to be careful about adding thinner to the paint. First time I thinned it out and it didnt cover very good and left me some runs. The second coat with no thinner came out alot better.

 

[ddavisr]

Re: 1977 16' Baja

There was some kind of compound they used make up the difference between the inner wood transom and the splash well when they married the uppe and lower together. Does anyone know what it is? Dont think it was resin because it came apart easy. Thinking it might be some kind of bondo with fiberglass in it.