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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I started the day by trimming and sanding smooth the overhanging glass at the top edge of the stringers. Next, I made templates for the rear bulkhead and the ski locker floor. I still had the old ski locker floor and did some test fitting with it before switching to foam board. Foam...
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    Yeah, I've kind of been thinking of doing a layer of 1708 and a layer of 1.5 CSM on top of that for the top surface of the deck. Beyond that (gelcoat vs. carpet vs. something else), I haven't decided.
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    '65 Lyn Craft Seabreeze 1500 Sport Runabout

    Seats look good, floor looks good, and I'm jealous...you've got a cap on your boat! Great work.
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    What's your fiberglass plan for the decking? 1 layer of CSM on the back and ??? on the top side? I still don't haven't 100% decided what to do on mine.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Yeah, my better half has been really good letting me spend as much time as I have on the boat. Before this past year, I was usually out paddling whitewater every weekend, so I think the fact that this project keeps me around the house helps. I got the last stringer tabbed in this evening...
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    Painting a new transmission

    Just use the proper PPE and you'll be fine. I've used alumaprep / alodine / zinc chromate a bunch in experimental aircraft construction. That combination does work well for protecting aluminum.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks guys...yes, I'm trying to work fast to have it ready this summer...maybe still too aggressive of a goal, but we will see. Today I got the starboard outer stringer bedded and tabbed. My fixture to hold this stringer was much less elaborate than the one to hold the center stringer. One...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Finished tabbing the center stringer tonight. After removal of the fixture. After completing the tabbing.
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    '65 Lyn Craft Seabreeze 1500 Sport Runabout

    Congrats! Putting the cap back on seems so far away for my project, but I am hoping to be doing it by the end of March!
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Finished my 2nd 5-gallon bucket of resin today while tabbing in the the center stringer. The last 3 stringers after coating with resin. The knots suck it up so it took a few coats where the wood looked dry. First round of tabbing is curing. I tabbed it to the front bulkhead and in 3...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks Pulse - I did read the regulations and there isn't anything against it that I saw. I'll go back through them again here to make sure before I start closing anything in. I haven't made my mind up on this yet. Glad to hear your feedback on the XLT-185, also. Looking forward to seeing...
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    Installing new decking question

    Your estimate there is proving to be pretty accurate for mine!
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    Installing new decking question

    You're working in area, so divide sq-ft by 9 to get sq-yd
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    More work tonight - I unclamped my scarf joint and sanded down the squeezed out resin. Didn't get a picture of that. I did some tweaking on the foam template for my center stringer to get it where I wanted it, then traced it onto some 3/4" plywood and cut out the shape. Next I used some...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    I think $600 is probably fair. In my state they base it on the bill of sale, and if it's less than what they expect, you have to fill out an affidavit for low selling price, and both buyer and seller have to sign. We valued my 1987 boat at $540 and they didn't bat an eye.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Scarf joint bonding in-process. This board will get cut in half (long ways) to become my two outer stringers. I also re-tabbed the front bulkhead to the hull tonight. The boat originally was only tabbed with some CSM and it was poorly done. I also ground through the tabbing in a few places...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    More small bits of progress: Not pictured - I got my tabbing cut for the front bulkhead. I plan to lay it tomorrow. Foam board templates made of the remaining stringers. Scarf joints cut and soaking up a coat of resin for the two outer stringers. This board is 10" wide, which will be...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    What about laminating two thinner (1/4"?) pieces together, bent and clamped in place with resin and CSM between them? They may still spring back some...just throwing out ideas.
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    Free Boat, This thing is a badboy!

    Just curious - how much resin did it take to wet out that giant piece of double bias?
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    Looks good. Did you just roll it on? What kind of wood did you use for the cleats?
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