1985 renken bowrider project

[Trooper82]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

Hi Drex, I've been out of town on business...so missed your questions..JBCurt will steer you right...

Just saw your video on your grinding..I would say the deck is slanted lower at the rear to aid in water reaching the bilge area...mine was the same way..

I noticed you are using the actual grinding wheel, and not a sanding disk with a soft backup pad....You will have much better control using those...here is what I used...PAD and the DISKS...the object is to just skim the surface to get to fresh glass....deeper if you are getting rid of cracks or delamination..but you have to put back what ever you take out..

for PPE...you really should use at a minimum one of these it creates a seal to keep the small glass particles out of your lungs...

OUCH! that hurt my knee just seeing what you did...have done that myself a time or two, just not across the knee....careful!


Looking good though on the grinding...of the hull that is!

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

thanks trooper82

i hope that your trip was a great success ........yes jbcurt was on my case and helping to steer me straight he is very knowledgable. he helped me good so far

i was using the flapper wheel with my other grinder but it went bad and also the one that i had in the pic . now i am trying to get a reliable one those were very old ones i had

i will also try to get the other ones the store didnt have them and were out of the suits so i resorted to using a cloth suit ..........should have just used nothing because all that fiberglass came right in

thanks again looking forward to additional guidence as time progress

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

some pics update on the work to date

just completed grinding the inner hull

had to grind into the gel coat the remove the bad fiberglass

close up of the bow area

close up og where the hull got grind into

damage to the gel coat under the hull

damage to the gel coat under the hull

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

more pics

hole in bow

trailer repair needed

trailer repair needed

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

good day i was going through my old pics of this boat i saw this .....do i need to put it baka in the boat and can someone tell me what it is thanks ..................im trying to put some drawings together for the stringers transom and deck replacement

wider shot of them ....these are located at both side of the hull

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

anyone out there

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

Probably structural boxes that were filled w/ flotation foam. And the box & foam should probably be put back

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

Probably structural boxes that were filled w/ flotation foam. And the box & foam should probably be put back

thanks jbcurt00

for a moment there i felt alone lol lol i am in the process of looking around to see what supplier that i would be going with so far us composite appears to be the best option

 

[mrdjflores]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

looking good so far...don't sweat about the holes you put in while grinding, they can be repaired easily enough....i've seen people do alot worse :facepalm:

 

[Georgesalmon]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

Just read through this. Interesting. Couple of comments. Those two boards port and STBD? If nothing was attached to them I suspect they were "pulling blocks" that were used to get the hull out of the mold when first built. The two foam filled boxes? Would help stiffen the chines, but I suspect they were there more as part of the level flotation requirements just like all the other foam sprayed into your hull.

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

looking good so far...don't sweat about the holes you put in while grinding, they can be repaired easily enough....i've seen people do alot worse :facepalm:

thank you : i will be starting further with the project , im just looking around now for the best supplier .Here in the Bahamas the suppliers are very expensive

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

Just read through this. Interesting. Couple of comments. Those two boards port and STBD? If nothing was attached to them I suspect they were "pulling blocks" that were used to get the hull out of the mold when first built. The two foam filled boxes? Would help stiffen the chines, but I suspect they were there more as part of the level flotation requirements just like all the other foam sprayed into your hull.

thanks the two box had nothing atached to them they were attached to the sides and were foam filled. With regards to the two at the rear seeing that they would have added in stiffing of the chimes would it be a good idea to turn them into either storage cabinets or live wells that have extra glass to protect the transom once completed

 

[mrdjflores]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

the structure of your boat is everything....if they were there as stiffening elements or even just as flotation....you really should put them back in that way.

 

[drexterm]

Re: 1985 renken bowrider project

the structure of your boat is everything....if they were there as stiffening elements or even just as flotation....you really should put them back in that way.

ok they would have made a good storage or live well area on the boat , nevertheless i appreate your observation i will do that thanks