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    ‘85 Chris Craft Scorpion transom, stringers, bulkheads and upholstery

    I'm doing an 18 ft boat. I left mine on the double bunk trailer without adding any cradle supports and pulled the cap off. I measured hull width every foot and drew a sketch. I removed 2 of the 5 stringers, the rear bulkhead, and transom and replaced those. While bedding and tabbing in the first...
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    Fletcher Bravo Arrowsport 150 restoration...

    I just ground mine until the texture on the surface was gone and there were smooth transitions everywhere. As I was grinding, if I could tell there was an air pocket or delaminated glass underneath, I would grind deeper. My hull was by no means flat. Look at the pictures in my post here - you...
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    If you get a boat, you will never, ever, ever be done working on it...

    You can only edit your post for about an hour after posting it. Plan on it taking at least 12 months and plan on needing to replace all the wood structure (floors, stringers, bulkheads, transom). Before you go crazy ripping all the rotten stuff out, take lots of pictures and make lots of...
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    Fuel tank to engine hose routing

    Yep, I've read the regs. I'm under the 12 ft. It's right around 10 ft.
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    Fuel tank to engine hose routing

    Thanks for the input. I thought about running PVC under the deck, but what about making turns - are there fittings and elbows with gentle enough curves and no step in them that would allow me to get a 3/8" ID fuel hose through? I had also thought about PB'ing a piece of PVC against the hull...
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    Fuel tank to engine hose routing

    I'm doing a full gut/cut restoration of a 1987 Power Play XLT-185 and can see the light at the end of the tunnel for being able to put the cap back on. Before I lay down a new deck, I'm looking for input on fuel hose routing. This boat has an aluminum fuel tank in the bow with an anti-siphon...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Appreciate the detailed input. I'm going to CSM and gelcoat my ski locker too. It will drain constantly directly into the bilge. I think I'm going to put some kind of drain in the deck where people will sit to allow that area to drain into the ski locker, and the ski locker into the bilge. I...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Ski locker floor tabbed in, holes drilled for pour-in foam. I did end up just going with 2 layers of 1708 tabbing after all.
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    Replacing bulkheads and deck on 85 Chris craft

    Look in my thread - "1987 Powerplay" - I'm 4+ months in on my restoration - first time just like you. Learning as I go. I've got pics of where I drilled my transom and what the wood shavings looked like. Buckle up and prepare to spend a lot of time breathing through a respirator and itching over...
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    The Tin Mule Resto

    It's toast.
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    Looks really good man! The gelcoat takes it to another level.
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    My boat had wood that was just resin coated above deck. For the stuff that didn't get rained on, it's still in surprisingly good shape. Personally, I'll probably CSM everything, just because I've got it.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Ground down all the glass that was sticking up above the top edge of the stringers from the bulkhead tabbing. Also started calculating material for cleats to hold the decking down. Laid a fat bead of PB on top of the center stringer and laid the ski locker floor down with some weight. I did...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Appreciate it! Question - I think I'm only going to use one layer of 1708 to tab the ski locker floor in - anyone have an opinion on that? I figure since it's not really part of the structure, it doesn't need the 2nd layer.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Finished tabbing in the pieces of the rear bulkhead today.
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    Installing new decking question

    Will 5 yards of 1708 be enough? Tabbing eats up a lot of cloth and resin, especially if you do 2 layers. I've only done my stringers, bulkheads, and transom so far, and I'd guess I've used about 15-20 yards of 1708 and 15 gallons of resin already on just that. You may get lucky, but I think...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Didn't get a ton of work done today because I used the last of my cabosil this morning to set in the outer pieces of the rear bulkhead. A new bucket showed up this evening so I'm back in business tomorrow. Drain hole in the center part of the rear bulkhead came out nice. I may router the...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Well thanks again. It seems like a great idea.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I got one layer of CSM on the back face of the ski locker floor. Once the glass on the ski locker floor was cured and trimmed, I set it in the boat and this help me set the height of the pipe which will drain the ski locker into the bilge. I marked the ski locker floor's height onto the...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks man!
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