74arrowglass
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2009
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- 11
Hello, this is my first post, but I have been reading the forums for quite sometime. Thanks for all the priceless information!!! My grandparents bought a 1974 15' arrowglass cougar new. I have now acquired it and an restoring it. I have already replaced the transom (with much help from previous posts) and "installed" the new stringers and bulkheads. This is where my first question comes. When I was grinding out the old supports for the stringers, I left a small lip to screw the new stringers to to hold them in place. So I set the stringers and bulkheads in a thick bed of PL polyurethane adhesive and have put a coat of resin on all wood. My question is if I "have" to put some kind of fiberglass support for the stringers? It seems rock solid as is. I can stand on the stringers and bulkheads with almost no movement. The boat originally had only 3 bulkheads that were not fiberglassed in and the stringers were only glassed in at intervals with glass only going half way up the stringers. I now have a total of 7 bulkheads every 18 inches. Also does the transom need to be tabbed in to the hull? I glassed 2 layers of 3/4" thick ACX ply together and then glassed to hull. I then put PL in between the small gaps around the edges of the transom. This seems very solid. The boat has a 1975 Johnson 70HP. It will be stored indoors on a trailer and very rarely, if at all, left in the water overnight. Basically I just want to be sure the boat is solid. I don't want to spend the extra money if it is not necessary because I know the boat will be EXTREMELY well cared for. Sorry for the long post..