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    Is E-10 Fuel Acceptable Early in the Season?

    What's the preferred stabilizer you use?
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    1966 Dorsett San Juan 19' Full Restoration

    My original center stringers was mahogany, but I went back with ACX plywood for all my stringers, bulkhead, and transom, and fully encapsulated it all with 1708 and poly resin. I would recommend you use ACX for everything. And if you need a piece longer than a standard sheet of plywood (96")...
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    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    Looking good Jim! Warm weather's gotta be right around the corner where you're at, so get it done!
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    1966 Dorsett San Juan 19' Full Restoration

    Find a local hardwood center and buy some Sapele Mahogany. Strong and rot resistant.
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    Alpha one lower shift cable

    I agree with Rick. The new cable appears to have a larger thread diameter than the original cable.
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    Stringer encapsulation.( Air pockets.)

    On my stringers, the tightest radius i could do on an outside corner with 1708 was 1/4". 3/8" worked better / was easier. 1/8" gave me voids. The length of the cloth going down the side of the stringers beyond the radius plays a role too. Too short and the part bending around the edges will peel...
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    Stringer encapsulation.( Air pockets.)

    I'm not a fan of those large bubbles on the edge of the board. I'd probably sand/grind those off and re-do those small areas, personally. Or, Froggy's suggestion may work too. Pre-wet your glass before laying it on the stringer, and pre-wet the stringer surface. When you are laying strips of...
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    1969 Mako cut and gut project by Lectro88

    Yeah, neat perspective - not something you see everyday, haha.
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    bellows house leaking

    If you don't have it, buy an alignment tool - you can get these with the driver attachment to drive in the new gimbal bearing. I also bought a gimbal bearing puller tool - mine was so tight it would have been miserable to pull with a slide hammer. You may want a flexible shaft screwdriver to...
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    Shift interrupter operation and adjustment after restoration

    The boat and interior look great. Nice job!
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    Shift interrupter operation and adjustment after restoration

    There is no magic in the TBIV. I'm assuming you're trying to see it work while on the muffs? The shift interrupt switch won't do it's thing unless the prop is under load (aka, in the water) and you are coming out of gear and into neutral.
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    How would you do this transom?

    I'd separate the halves (pull the cap) and replace the transom from the inside. Aluminum plate is a band-aid. Take whatever number you've figured for cost (you've thrown out a number of $2K) and multiply it somewhere between 2x and 4x and that's probably realistically what it will take. My...
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    Bayliner Capri 2150 resurrection.

    Nice progress - ambitious timeline! Next time (if there is a next time), lay glass on the faces of stringers & bulkheads on the workbench (aka, on the flat) - it's much easier than trying to glass vertical surfaces. If you do that, then all you've got to do is bed & tab once they are in the boat.
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    Help with materials (recommendations needed)

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    Gloves for Acetone Washing?

    THESE are hands down the best disposable gloves I have used. The are about 2x the cost of nitrile gloves but they last 5x longer. I was able to do several hours of laying glass and handling acetone in one single pair of these gloves. This makes them cost effective in the long-run when you...
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    New member - deck install panga

    I would do 2 layers minimum. The gelcoat really starts to fill in the CSM pattern and leave a decent surface. I just used 4" mohair rollers for everything (resin and gelcoat)
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Haha, I asked her repeatedly if she was fine and she kept saying yes and refused to switch seats with my wife. Glad to know I'm not the only one to drag the skeg!
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    Soft spot on boat floor that I may buy?

    Nope. That would just be a band-aid of the worst kind. It will require replacement, and if the floor is rotten, you've got a high chance of finding rotten structure under the floor and a rotten transom.
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    New member - deck install panga

    Are you trying to fair it all in to where you can't see it? Tear (don't cut) some CSM so that you have a "hairy" edge, then while your tabbing is still wet, lay the CSM over the edges of the tabbing by about 2-3 inches (hairy edge of CSM up/on the hull) and wet it out. This will give you a...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Today we had our first day on the water this year. We took the boat up-river 25 miles and then back (50 mile round trip). It did great. Wife did good backing the trailer up, and I didn't forget to put the plug in! Full disclosure...I did forget to trim up as she pulled the boat up the ramp...
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