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agree ,it sometimes will just agree with you ,you have to specify ,what to do now or how do i do something ,if you ask it for reasuring you on what your doing it just agrees with you

thanx for your help ,but AI is gonna help rebuild my boat ,i use ai for all the info i need ,and it a great helper for any fiberglass work or shows me a video to help shows me the best product to use ,so i think that AI is a smart choice for information ,try it out you might like it

I have alot of pitting fiberglass at the bottom of my transom ,what can i do to fix this area be fore fiberglass ,was thinking thickened epoxy across whole transom area and put 1708 over that then the coosa board transom

fishbumptv is excellent tutorial also boatworks today is excellent

hello so i have started getting materials together for transom rebuild and have sourced local coosa board ,now my question is thickness ,my boat transom area was rebuilt sometime ago,,they butchered the whole thing ,so thickness has to be 2-2.25 inches now my outer fiberglass skin is 1/4 ,so...

as i get into this project i can see that the aft end of the boat 1988 thompson 240 fisherman has been redone before shiffy job ,its all rotted out ,but i was surprised by the lack of craftmanship that this boat had ,and the lack of foam the factory put in ,and who ever re did the aft end put no...

Hello, my question right now is stringer replacement size, when i measure the existing wood stringer,some is exposed ,so i measure 3/4 wood with fiberglass wrap making it 1 inch ,but i can not find if 3/4 inch width is correct ,most stuff i see on line says (2) 1/2 inch wood glued together to...

1988 thompson 240 fisherman fiberglass boat rebuild transom (see pics), my question is now that i have removed everything from the transom (trim tabs ,kicker motor bracket speedo tube ,and some other hardware) do i (1) replace the transom wood and fiberglass on the inside first then fill in...

spent about a year watching videos before i took the bull by the horns ,frisco boater ,fish bumptv ,boat works ,michael romer ,and many more ,now i got to a point in my project where i was trying to figure best way to replace transom wood and take care of my swiss cheese fiberglass transom thanx...

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1988 thompson 240 fisherman fiberglass boat rebuild transom (see pics), my question is now that i have removed everything from the transom (trim tabs ,kicker motor bracket speedo tube ,and some other hardware) do i (1) replace the transom wood and fiberglass on the inside first then fill in...

boat is in slip ,gonna switch out the prop hub ,now is there a way to check the coupler while in a slip ,or can i take out on lake and try ,will this coupler totally give up or can i limp it back into slip when i go up to boat this weekend what should i check ,is there a way to mark the...

thank you for your input alldodge , I also like to state that i have sei 106 alpha 1 gen 1 outdrive ,that being said has anyone had issues with the sei outdrive getting to hot and having populsion issues, ,maybe overheating outdrive ,which i don't have a gauge to know that temp ,i don't know...