1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

Productive day today. Got templates for all my stingers and bulkheads cutout and test fitted. I decided it was going to be near impossible to get the height just right right so I'm making them all a little tall and will cut them to height once they are installed. I'll use the existing stringers to set the deck height.



Need to cut a template for the ski locker floor. I decided to put a bulkhead at the bow end of the ski locker so it's totally enclosed. The previous ski locker was open all the way to the bow. This will allow me to foam the areas in front of the ski locker and everything outside of the gas tank area. Also I will not have a drain hole in the forward bulkhead around the gas tank. It's clear that water was flowing up and down the keel and under the ski locker previously.

Got the stringers and bulkheads cut out and fitted. Forgot to double check the length on the ski locker sides after the bulkhead was fitted. They ended up being about 1/2" short. I was able to salvage the longer one by using it in place of the shorter one so only wasted one of them.

After dry fitting everything and cutting the tops to match the existing stringer height, I've wrapped all the new stringers in CSM and dry fitted them again. Had to do some sanding/trimming on the cut end of a few of the existing stringers to get a proper fit but everything is falling into place. I tried to leave a little extra room between the existing stringers and the new so I can CSM over the ends of the existing stringers where I cut them. I'll do the same on the tops of the existing stringers which I've already sanded down.




On the bulkhead, you can see where I made cutouts for the fuel lines.


The one new piece I have not wrapped in CSM yet is the strip that goes along the keel. Being 10ft long and curved is going to make that fun. That's on the schedule for tomorrow along with putting out Christmas lights.