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

    Boat and shop cleaned. Now back onto building more stringers...
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    Need a floor fastener for fiberglass, screws all stripped

    Good to know. I was thinking riv-nuts may be a good solution, but it sounds like that's not the case.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    No update for almost a week - sheesh. I got so much done over Christmas break, I feel like a slacker now. Anyhow, I spent the evenings this past week getting the tent set up like I wanted. I built it so that a box fan (on low) blows air in through the keyhole and the tent is attached to a...
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    Definitely not here in TN, lol.
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    Transom Glassing Opinions??

    It already has the wax additive in it.
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    Is there a good gelcoat compatible with Epoxy filler?

    I'm a newbie, but I think you'll need a polyester based fairing compound if you want to use Gelcoat over the top of it, and won't be able to use the epoxy-based fairing compound. I think you could use the epoxy-based fairing compound if you were going to use paint over it instead of gelcoat.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I finished getting the last of the remaining stringers out today. The center stringer fought me hard. It had 1/2" thick glass in some places, so it took a while to cut out. It was also solid mahogany while the others were just pine plywood. I started building what I hope is my last dust...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Really? I can't ask where to source something on this forum? My other thread was deleted looking for a drop / small piece of Coosa. What's the harm?
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Question for the learned folks: My 3/8" rubber fuel line originally was run under the deck, through a bulkhead and stringer, and was foamed in place. To me this is not conducive to future maintenance, and I'm not wanting to drill holes through my stringers and bulkheads if I can help it. See...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Yes, I have been laying the 1708 mat-side-up on plastic sheeting, wetting it out, then transferring to the area on the boat where it will go. For CSM I just wet it out in place.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks, and no problem. I finished tabbing in the two large stringers today. Now both have two layers of 1708 tabbing. All that tabbing and PB took a toll on my resin supply, haha. I'll be ordering another 10-15 gallons next week. Tabbing over the "step" in the bottom of the stringer...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    More tabbing the two stringers today. Was hoping to finish, but I underestimated the work required. First I pulled the final brace. Looks cool with nothing holding the stringers up but the glass. Next I made a jig to mark the height to cut the stringers to. It's just a 2x4 with some...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    More tabbing on the stringers today. I was able to pull the spreader jigs out of the bilge after the rear section of tabbing cured. I'll pull the jig out of the front tomorrow.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks! Yes, your thread was inspiration and the jig worked great. Good idea on the strip length. Probably not a big deal for the stringers since they won't be seen, but I'll definitely make a mental note for when it is time to do the floors. No, my measurements were at the top where the cap...
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