1991 Thompson Cutlass 195 with 5.7l Alpa 1. Well got sucked into a boat project. Thought my neighbor was giving me one heck of a deal. We both live on the lake and he bought the boat brand new. Kept it on enclosed dry lift and took really good care of the boat. He has not used the boat the last couple years. Decided to sell for $1000 with roll off trailer. Started the boat on muffs in driveway ran fine, checked dipstick, etc. Even had an certified mechanic (friend) there it checking out. There was a small soft spot in the floor just in front of the motor. Well took it to the lake last Sunday for the first time. Well after the warme engined was introduced to the cold water there was instant brownish foam all over the intake. Yep. Incorrect winterization that did not show while on the muffs. Should have done a lake test. So pulled motor on Monday and it is currently at the machine shop getting fixed. It was an as is sale and boat is definitly worth fixing. Pulled carpet back and removed the deck from just infront of the gas tank to the back of the boat. The stringers are in fairly good shape considering the lower 7/8 of the stringers were already fiberglassed on the majority of the boat. Since Monday, I have been reading endlessly on the forum in the shadows. I have a couple questions:
1. The peanut butter, is that ment to be used to hold the stringers in place and then tab after that? I also read somewhere that they used PL or liquid nail first then peanut buttered the 90 degree (boat to stringer) seam, and finally tabbed with fiberglass.
2. I just left a place talking about fiberglass. They even gave me enough to do some of the tabbing for free. Now this is the question as it conflicts with some of what I read. They told me after I installed the new Marine 3/4 plywood that I need to lay the resin/hardner mix on the entire bare wood, lay cloth only on the seams (for 2-3 layers on seams only) and only resin/hardner on the unseamed wood for all layers. They told me that the fiberglass adds strength which is not needed because of the wood and the stringers. Can someone please shed some light.
1. The peanut butter, is that ment to be used to hold the stringers in place and then tab after that? I also read somewhere that they used PL or liquid nail first then peanut buttered the 90 degree (boat to stringer) seam, and finally tabbed with fiberglass.
2. I just left a place talking about fiberglass. They even gave me enough to do some of the tabbing for free. Now this is the question as it conflicts with some of what I read. They told me after I installed the new Marine 3/4 plywood that I need to lay the resin/hardner mix on the entire bare wood, lay cloth only on the seams (for 2-3 layers on seams only) and only resin/hardner on the unseamed wood for all layers. They told me that the fiberglass adds strength which is not needed because of the wood and the stringers. Can someone please shed some light.
