AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

I wanted to be sure the windshield I bought would work, so before putting the cap back on I set the windshield on the cap to see if it was close.



This Windshield is off a 88' Barretta Success and I think I can make it work!!
 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

Today I flipped the cap to do some repairs. There were a few cracks in the corners and some reinforcing was needed.



 
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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

I also finished up the mounting for the bilge pump.
 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

Windshield looks like it belongs...Nice!
 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

I agree with GT it really will change the appearance of the boat in a good way I think !
 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

The splash well drain fiberglass is deteriorated from the bottom. Some grinding down to fresh glass was necessary and three layers of csm was applied.



Years ago someone applied some jb weld or something to seal it up. I'll grind that out when I flip the cap back over.

 
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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

Nice patch now you can do the rest when the cap goes back on ..
Btw , you glassing in that ratchet strap to keep your beer cooler from sliding around ? :rolleyes::laugh:
 

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Nice patch now you can do the rest when the cap goes back on ..
Btw , you glassing in that ratchet strap to keep your beer cooler from sliding around ? :rolleyes::laugh:

absolutely!!!
 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

Nice cut...
It's good to see another wild:twitch:, crazy :crazy: and adventurous :loco:soul taking chances and cutting their cap to better suit their needs...
Join the club!:thumb:
:D
 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

Nice cut...
It's good to see another wild:twitch:, crazy :crazy: and adventurous :loco:soul taking chances and cutting their cap to better suit their needs...
Join the club!:thumb:
:D

I'm with ya GT "Custom"
 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

I flopped the boat off the trailer on to the ground to make it easier to get in and out of 5000 times. I then went to my brothers to measure up his open bow to get an idea of where I need to be.


He has a real nice open bow but not as nice as a fiberglass open bow!!


I then went to work on the structure for some front seats.



 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

Working on the bow structure and the dash-windshield framing. Went to Menard's to get a sheet of 3/4. They had 4 sheets of arauco ply at the bottom of about 30 or 35 sheeets of the acx 5 ply, that I bought last time. I pulled out all that stock and put 2 sheets of the 4 arauco on my cart, and put back all but about 6 or 8 sheets for the employee's that walked around me and never asked if I needed any help. Oh well the arauco is worth the extra work! The Acx they had is all warped.

Oh ya the check out Gal asked if i will be putting that on a Menard's card? I said no I will be putting that on my Home Depot card!!!! :laugh:

Happy Saturday!!!
SBB
 
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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

dood, they have a whole rack of Arauco, and uh, you can just pull right off the top eh???

Well, they did last time I was there anyway (seems like I'm there at least once a day:rolleyes:)
 

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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

today a good day! Some things where done and I feel good about it!!!:joyous:
 

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A little Captian for the Captian!!r OK a alot of Captian for the captian
 
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Re: AeroCraft York 1960ish Transom, Stringers, Deck

Great progress SBB!

Love the new Captains chair..lol

Easy on the rum...
 
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