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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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    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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