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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Once I got over the fear of turning my transom into a hashtag symbol, and removed everything, I got it good and clean and made a cardboard template. I made it so it was held off the bottom a 1/4" or so left a wide swath around the drain plug. I clamped the new transom into place and marked...
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    Advice on transom , stringers and floor rebuild

    What got you to the point of opening up the front area? How did you know you were getting water in?
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    I tried to leave as much of the design elements intact until i could get everything out of the way. Things like the motor mounts, bulkheads, stringers etc. Then tried to cut them out to be able to replicate them. I also remade the wood trim around the navigation light, but used ipe instead...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Epoxy definitely isn't as much of a respiratory issue, but it is a sensitizer and caution should be taken, especially with the dust. I did like working with poly, as the speed suits my hyperactivity, but I would have needed help with the bigger layups, for sure.
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    As I was demo-ing the boat, I was deciding what to do...what woods, epoxy or polyester. Ultimately I went with ACX and epoxy. Thankfully last year ACX quality became amazing, as you can tell by the fact that it suddenly cost $114 a holy sheet. Fortunately, by the time i realized i needed...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Disassembly and demolition. Normally I love demolition; take a big hammer and break stuff under the guise of being productive. This wasn't as much fun. I still enjoyed it though. Which is saying something because bringing this gal back to my place in June made for a bunch of hot times. 😳...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Thank you. He's amazing. He races on the salt flats with a roadster he built. It's gone 239mph with a sub 300ci hemi.
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    I hear you on worrying about overheating it. My buddy is a master fabricator though, and he knew I was concerned about that. He's grown up with everything fast; his dad used to build racing boats before he went to work building for Keith Black. It was in good hands. 👍
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    When we were pulling the motor we couldn't get the steering rod out of the intermediate gear case. There was a flathead screw down inside that was not coming loose and I was not going to take a chance of camming out the slot. There would have been no way to get pliers or vise grips on it, and...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    It is the 3.0 OMC with the Stringer 400 outdrive. When I picked it up, and really until my buddy helped me pull the motor and pointed out that the skeg was about 5-inches shorter than optimal, I hadn't even noticed the custom grind job the PO had put on it. Sweet. Gotta love custom one-off...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    In disassembling this boat, it is amazing to see how little concern was given to prevention of rot. The foam was poured into holes, and then leveled off with the floor and carpeted over. The stringers were kind of overlapped pieces of 1/2" ply, glassed only on the bilge side. I stupidly worry...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    I spent the first week cleaning it out and getting it running. I couldn't believe how clean it was under the valve covers. I threw some parts at it, nothing that wouldn't have needed replacing anyway. Coil, cap, rotor, points, plugs etc. Once it fired up, it sounded healthy. 😁Fortunately...
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    Rotten 1982 Beachcraft

    Just over a year ago some friends of mine bought a piece of property that the previous owners had abandoned all kinds of junk. One of those junks was this old boat. The previous owners had left the title (thankfully), and my friends gave it to me knowing my obsessive nature and love of...
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    Grinding on hull for floor replacement

    As long as you can glass over it with no air bubbles or gap under it, you're fine. You can use peanut butter to fair it out and lay your new glass on it.
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    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    Will using the ratchet strap work to reduce the splay in the hull? Meaning, once things are glued/glassed back in, will it hold the less splayed shape? I have the same issue with my windshield, probably from mother nature removing most of the wooden supports before I acquired it. . My quick and...
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    Marine plywood edging (cabinetry)

    For plywood doors, you can edge band them with wood veneer, use thin strips of wood glued to the edge. You could use thicker wood at the edge and downsize your plywood if you need to put an edge detail on the door, like a chamfer, roundover or back bevel for a finger pull area. For...
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    '92 SeaRay 160LTD - floor repair

    You're going to have to remove the portion that is failing. You can use a small Japanese pull saw , or those handy dandy multi-tools, then saw, chisel, pry and sand off the old rotten part. You can then cut a piece to fit. Give yourself a good 3-4" inches of material to glue to the underside...
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