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The sprinkled Rustoleum non-skid was so fine that it sunk in the gelcoat and wasn't even noticable. So I mixed the whole packet in with the gelcoat this time; hopefully it works better. I got most of the first coat on the deck done this morning, just ran short of painting the seat box...

My plans were pretty ambitious on Monday, but all I had time for was finishing all the CSM on the seat box and the area around the fore deck where the ski locker seam meets the deck seam. I've been busy hauling winter hay and setting some out this week. I had yesterday off and sanded the deck...

Yesterday, I glassed the CSM on the floor, tabbed in the seat box with 1708, and glassed the driver base in with CSM. This morning, I hopefully have time to glass CSM over the top and sides of the seat box, a little sanding to smooth out the floor good, and put down gelcoat on the floor.

Friday was pretty warm for this this time of year, and I got some more done. Some of my filets required me to stuff and hot glue some scrap cloth into up to 1/2" gaps. I then sanded the filets and deck seams. Next, I finished all the deck tabbing. I also started to glass the first layer of...

I got some sanding done on the seat base and passenger seat box. The inside the box is tabbed and mostly covered in CSM, just have to add a little more CSM where the opening is, sand, and it'll be ready to gelcoat. I'm only gonna gelcoat the inside for now, and will glass the outside of it once...

I made way too much PB and got some fileting done on the deck. The weather here has been cloudy and cool, so I have to wait for some sunshine to heat the barn up to do more glassing.

I put in a 12 hour day on the boat yesterday, but didn't get as far as I expected. I have about all the glass laid out for the deck and have all the plywood cut out for the seat base and box. I'm making the seat box 17" by 8", with 1" ply thickness on top. I used some quick set epoxy to hold...

It's been 48 hours since gluing the floor, so I removed the weights. The floor feels solid and I only need to fair the starboard seam a little, plus a couple of indented spots. I am planning on 8 inch 1708 tabbing, a layer of 1708 over the entire floor with 2 or 3 inches up the sides, and a...

I've been putting layers of Spar Urethane on the underside of the deck the past few days. The first coat was thinned 50% with mineral spirits, followed by a 25% thinned coat, then a couple of full strength coats. Extra emphasis was put on coating the end grain good. The bottom side shown in the...

Someone put these two little outboards up for free: https://lubbock.craigslist.org/bpo/d/boat-motors-free-to-good-home/6373023800.html Would these be worth anything to collectors if I took and restored them?

I'm trying my best to finish glassing before winter sets in! I got the biggest part of the deck fit today:

I'm no insulator, but my ski locker has pretty good R-value now. Time to fit the deck now.

I didn't get any objections, so I added my second layer of gelcoat and sprayed Rustoleum Crystal Clear Enamel after it gelled. It is going to freeze here tonight, so I had to stay up and finish it all tonight. I'll leave the heat lamp on it overnight to help with the cure.

I used PB filets to glue the ribs in and then added some 6 and 4 inch tabbing. The reason I wrapped them in CSM before installing is because part of the bottom nearly touches the hull and would be very hard to glass. The factory ribs were only held in by staples!

The stringers are just about done. I just have to add a couple of ribs at the end of the ski locker.

I ground/touched up filets this morning, followed by lots vaccuming. Got off early this evening, and was ready to do some real glassing, finally. Folks here aren't kidding when they say that 1708 is nice to work with! I just glassed one of the 18" bilge stringer sections and the 1708 went down...

No Title Also, got more filets done this morning.

No Title The first part of the stringers are bedded in. I have to measure and cut the remainder of the stringer and get that bedded tomorrow.

No Title Yesterday, I used some of the precipitated ceramic from the Nida bond to make PB; I used this to filet the edges of the hull's wood strips. The resin turned it a weird greenish-gray color, but hard as a rock! Today, I finished the filets, ground them smooth, and glassed them over...

Hello, I have a 1977 Merc 1500 with ignition issues. I replaced a bad trigger on it before winter with a used one from eBay and had the motor running perfect after also fixing some fuel issues. I took it out this weekend during spring break and for the first two days, the motor ran perfectly...