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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    Joe, Thanks for your input. I use MDO for concrete forms at work, but we order truck loads of lumber from another area, I’ve never found a local source for it. I wouldn’t hesitate to use it if it were readily available. I have taken all the port side foam out from the cuddy cabin bull head...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    Wake, like chop sized. This boat usually skips over stuff like that at the angle I took these. What course did you take to learn to handle your boat, or what course do you recommend?
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    82 Starcraft MR 180 floor, slight refit and leaks

    I’ve read all of both of your threads I think. I have just torn my boat down for more repair than I want to take on but here I am. Your thread has given me a ton of information and encouragement to just press on and get this done, and to just lean into it and do it as well as I can. I’m very...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    The pitting on the outside for sure was caused by the bunks. There is some on the transom too that is sort of radially proximal to the bunks that was probably affected by them. I don’t think those bunks had been on there long before I got the boat. I imagine that the paint under the boat helps...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    The trailer is a galvanized trailer as well, it was reacting pretty serious to the PT bunks. I suspect the galv trailer actually limited the damage to hull. I wire wheeled and cold galvanized the deteriorated areas when I had the boat off the trailer, and replaced all the hardware on the bunks...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    The trailer bunks had been replaced with PT, one of the first projects I did when I got the boat was to switch them to redwood. Sure enough on the outside of the hull there was some minor pitting in the foot print of the bunk, I acid washed it, scrubbed with fresh stainless wire brushes, and...
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    replacing transom, has anyone used AL square tube instead of wood?

    I did it, 2x3" Al tubing rig welded into a frame that was then welded into the transom of my 14' Klamath dlx. It was over kill, but when I sold it the buyer was awestruck with it and didn't negotiate the sale price from what I had advertised. I wouldn't do it again, it was more work than it was...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    I'm also on the fence about how to finish this project out. I can afford to make it nice, I am an experienced finish carpenter and have made all sorts of things, I know I can do a good job. But I just want to fish. I got two part foam to replace what I cut out, and gluvit for all the rivets...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    I got some Seymore zinc phosphate primer to spray on the inside. I liked Alodine, but didn't want to deal with the toxicity. For price and availability this won, but I'm only half convinced it's what I want, I'm also on the fence if I should prime surfaces where I will apply 5200 or Marinetex...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    This is the panel before I drilled it. I had my BIL hold it still so I could get a couple holes drilled, then pop riveted it in place while I finished drilling. I have 2117 t4 rivets for reassembly. I ordered 3/8 long rivets, but I realized I am sandwiching a lot of material in a few spots so...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    I have done some welding, I did a bunch of repairs to a Klamath dlx I had. I don't think I can weld this though. I made some scab panels that will over lay the compromised areas from .080" 5052 sheet. The plan is to drill out rivets (I've drilled out a lot of rivets, maybe 20 on the seam and...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    This is not the port side, the side that gets heavy. There was water in the lower half inch of foam, but it wasn't as water logged as I expected to find. The floors are damp but not soft or rotten. There was a lot of rotted garbage in the chine or strake along that seem. It really looked like...
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    I didn't want to restore this 1997 Islander this summer

    I just wanted to go fishing. I've had it about 6 times and always notice that after a couple hours on the water it feels heavy on the port side. Moving passengers around helps but it doesn't feel like I can really balance it. I've worried that it took on more water than I was aware and the...
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