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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    And then cancelled the order when they wanted crazy money for shipping. Will think again, may make some oval draintubes up
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Bought them from these guys https://carbonfibreprofiles.com/products/1m-grp-tubes
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    To clarify, I'll bond in a fibreglass tube to seal the wood. Fibreglass tube as the poly resin doesn't bond well to plastic plumbing pipe. Sectional drawing:
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    See post 54 & 55
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Exactly this. The 1708 has advantages and disadvantages over separate csm and cloth You can wet it out easily and quickly with a squeedgy/spreader without tearing the csm, but it needs to be wetted out before applying otherwise it’ll be dry as you’ll struggle to get the resin through from the...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    A few thoughts on a question asked that might be useful to someone else: Hi Jeff, Thanks for the compliments. Did another Searay about 10 years ago so knew what i was getting in to. This one was a lot better and probably could have been patch repaired but i wanted to do it properly once. To...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Happy with the results of this weekend - stringers are glassed in. Had to change plans a bit as I was planning to do the second layer as a single piece over the top and down both sides but trying handle 14 1/2’ long by 3 1/2’ wide of wet out 1708 on my own would have been too difficult...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Long evening, started at 6.30 and finished at 10.15. Managed to do the whole transom in one hit. I used the gravicol for the filleting with csm to shape it followed by 2 layers of 1708 and a few patches of csm to help hold the 1708 down where i’d made relief cuts. Used about 3 litres of resin...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    And some did. I was lucky enough to come back in one piece, mentally and physically
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    British Army, 1997-2005, Balkans and Iraq. God save the Queen!
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    I’d like to see that. I also like the idea of a complete cradle under the engine with the cradle sitting on top of the stringers/floor but not really necessary as it isn a race boat. i‘ll either drill oversize holes and fill with PB or glass in fibreglass tube for the transom and engine mounts...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    What make/age is yours. Original ones were 1/2” crap quality ply with a 1 1/2” x 3/4” cleat stapled on before the chopper gun, pretty standard for Sea Rays of that era. these are 3/4” marine ply enclosed in 1708 and will have the cleat added after glassing th stringers in
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Ha. Train hard, fight easy!
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Bit more done - stringers are in place. I started by getting them in the right position and height and added temporary cross members to hold them the right distance apart and square. Main reason for this approach is to tie the transom and stringers together as a single structure and to use the...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Cheers for the compliment. I considered epoxy but on the advice of a naval architect went for poly as more than good enough. I could afford it (epoxy’s nearly 4 times more expensive here) but think if the lamination is done properly plus gel coat to seal the surfaces it’ll be okay. Plus, I...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Just found this: ‘forms a water and airtight seal’ on the maker’s website. Result!
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Good point. The seller’s website say this but the data sheet shows different products for boats but they may all have the same base product. Lots of sellers to the marine sector are selling it so probably okay but II’ll check with the manufacturer tomorrow as I prefer fact rather than...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Just experimenting with this: Sold as a high strength adhesive so will use it to save me making PB. Also lays down a nice fillet so could work well for gap filling and inside corner radiuses when laminating. It nice and thick so I’m hoping that I’ll be able to make a slow mix, spread it in...
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Ocean Systems Epoxy from my local supplier, thickened with cabosil to make an adhesive
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    Gipsy - 1996 Sea Ray 210 Bowrider restomod

    Got the transom in tonight. Well prepared with all tools ready to go. Mixed a batch of resin and let that soak into the wood. Then mixed 1.5kg (just over 1 quart) of resin, added chopped fibres and then thickened with cabosil. That was trowled straight onto the hull, spread out to get it even...
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