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  1. 76SeaRay

    Hard top canopy

    Most people will tell you that you need to be very cautious about adding a hardtop to a boat that did not have one. It depends upon the design, full like mine or something simple like typical sun covers for fishing boats. The concern is stability with the hardtop changing the CG on the boat...
  2. 76SeaRay

    Bonding Polyester to Epoxy - Will this Work

    Polyester it is.. Thanks for the feedback.. By the way, I found an excellent example of the hard spot problem on the side on my hull.. The bulkhead between the V berth and the kitchen area at one point pushes against the side of the hull over about two to three inches.. Directly opposite on...
  3. 76SeaRay

    Bonding Polyester to Epoxy - Will this Work

    So, originally I planned to use epoxy for all my stringer work but the budget doesn't allow that. I got to thinking about using epoxy to just bed the stringers in peanut butter and then polyester to glass them in. My question is this, if I glass in the stringers while the epoxy peanut butter...
  4. 76SeaRay

    Stringer Design Question

    So, finalizing the design of the engine bay stringers and motor mounts. The first two pictures are the factory originals on my boat. The next 4 pictures are from another SeaRay that had a similar engine bay, stringers, and motor mounts and what I am thinking about doing with my boat. The...
  5. 76SeaRay

    Sealing wood for motor mounts.

    Have you watched the "FriscoBoater" youtube video where he puts in new motor mounts that allow you to bolt through instead of lag bolt (that is, open underneath)? He does that so that they won't hold water in them. I don't know if that is a good method or not but if you are replacing your...
  6. 76SeaRay

    Bonding Wood Backing to Fiberglass Shell

    Not planning to glass them, just coat them with epoxy and then epoxy to bond them in.. They won't have gelcoat on them. They are marine grade plywood.
  7. 76SeaRay

    Bonding Wood Backing to Fiberglass Shell

    No they won't be finished ends or showing. They sit on top of the gunwale and bolt down the intermediate hardtop (surround the lower windshield and support the upper windshield - note my profile pic). Hidden by the fiberglass outside and interior covering on the inside.. Picture is with the...
  8. 76SeaRay

    Bonding Wood Backing to Fiberglass Shell

    Here are a couple of pics...
  9. 76SeaRay

    First deck replacement, I have questions

    Answering the question above. Changing from OMC to Alpha One cutout meant completely covering the opening but since I was replacing the transom plywood, that wasn't really a problem for the new wood. The bigger issue is layering in fiberglass on the outside of the hull to fill in the hole and...
  10. 76SeaRay

    Discouragement is starting to set in

    I am doing this now on my deck (top of bow not floor) using a orbital sander with 40 grit (6 hours today). It is working pretty good but it does take a bit of effort to sand it down. On large flat surfaces that are non-appearance, I use the grinder and a 3 inch belt sander. I had used a flap...
  11. 76SeaRay

    Bonding Wood Backing to Fiberglass Shell

    I am ready to start putting new wood into my hardtop. This is for support and to strengthen the fiberglass in some areas. It provides screw and bolt points holding windows and trim in place. The fiberglass shell is from 1/8 inch thick to about 1/4 inch max where the wood goes in as a backing...
  12. 76SeaRay

    '93 Pursuit 2150 - Fuel tank questions

    My sending unit was completely eaten away and I couldn't find anyone to clean it, pressure test it, and certify that it was good. I had a new aluminum tank custom made to match it (about $850 for 60 gallon tank) so now I don't have to worry about it at all... It included epoxy coating on the...
  13. 76SeaRay

    Where to buy hull/motor vent replacements

    You could try Ed's Boat Yard (salvage yard - 719.462.5625) in Manzanola, Colorado. That's where I got replacement used vents for my Sea Ray and a bunch of other NLA used parts before I moved from Colorado back to my home in Washington State...
  14. 76SeaRay

    What is Infusion Vinyl Ester?

    Looking at ordering 5 gallons of resin. Planning to use epoxy for the bedding and covering the stringers and Polyester for the decking but considering Vinyl Ester. When I checked pricing I ran across Infusion and Laminating Vinyl Ester. What is Infusion and how is it used? It seems a lot less...
  15. 76SeaRay

    Replacing stringers

    My 76 did not have any fiberglass on the stringers at all.. It looks like they built the whole stringer and floor assembly and then just put fiberglass on top of everything. They all have rot. Worst of all they drilled foam fill holes through the deck after the glass was put on the floor...
  16. 76SeaRay

    Filler Size Applications?

    I'll watch the video again as I thought Frisco Boater said milled fibers to thicken. I do have some cabosil but that seems to be pretty expensive way to thicken with that...
  17. 76SeaRay

    Stringer Design Question

    Here is the progress on getting ready to install the rib (bulkhead) in front of the engine bay stringers and mounts. The 2x4 in the foreground is holding the forward stringers at the correct width so that the angle steel attached to them is held straight for reference. The angle steel gives me...
  18. 76SeaRay

    Filler Size Applications?

    In searching for materials to make my first batch of peanut butter and using Frisco Boater's approach (chopped fiber for strength and milled fiber for thickening), I find chopped fibers in 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 inch and milled fibers in 1/32 inch and 1/16 inch. What are the correct applications or...
  19. 76SeaRay

    First deck replacement, I have questions

    Granted my boat is a 1976 but something that was weird is the inside stringers near the bottom of the V hull were actually in better shape than the outside stringers on each side and higher up on the V hull. I would have thought the water would accumulate near the bottom and rot out those...
  20. 76SeaRay

    Link to Glass Layup on Stringers?

    Thanks, that helps a lot. I am about to start bedding and glassing in the engine bay stringers and motor mount steps.
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