Look s like you've made a ton of progress on the stringers overall. I wish I knew the answer to your air bubble question, but it sounds like you're probably right. Is there a way to inject resin into the voids, then sand it flush or something? This is why I stick to tinnies. You can smack 'em with a hammer to fix almost anything. Hang in there! She'll be one of a kind when she's done. Keep us posted.
I talked to a local boat builder and he is telling me to grind off the top , put resin on it and leave it. He is telling me the strength comes from the hull and sides and the top doesn't matter , but to get rid of the glass and bubbles on top.
Can anyone confirm this ? If so that will be nice lol .
I have 1 board for now to start the bulk heads. I will be needing a lot more down the road. I plan on flat decking the front and read with a lower deck in the middle. Maybe a center console .
3m aquired nide-core a few years ago, according to a member here that works in the industry, 3m will be closing it...whats on the shelves is whats available apparently.
As zool mentions, an industry insider said 3M pulled the plug on ALL their core products, effective immediately, production is to cease, may have already.
So yep, if it's on the shelf & you want/need it, ya better buy it while you can..
Probably easier in the end. I just read a thread on another site that was griping about how out of square Gheenoes tend to be. Their transom looked more like a parallelogram than a square. While they are neat little boats, they are mass produced with chopper guns so the fit and finish isn't always the greatest.
They are out of square big time. WHen I did the extension I made sure the floor was perfectly square front to back. Glassed in she still is square........ on the inside. Outside ended up being 1/4 '' out of square. I leveled the top and it was 1/2'' out of square. The hard part for me is I'm building it up and trying to square off an unsquare craft lol.
Well if it makes you feel any better, it's definitely the boat and not you. I must've been driving you crazy, but it also shows there's a lot of room for error in those hulls. Kinda like good ol' pick up. Not the best fit and finish, but they'll go any where, run forever and look pretty cool while doing so. Don't drive yourself crazy with the measurements. The Gheenoe police aren't going to come after you Heck, I bet Pugar would get a kick out of it if/when he sees it. His little boats have come along way from the hot rod canoes they started out as.
Pugar and family know and love it. I have met them in person and they now know me by face now because of this project lol . No one has ever done this to a gheenoe nor tried to a project like this the right way . Pugar has dropped some knowledge on me and has helped me with questions. I aim to make the baddest custom gheenoe ever made. It already will be the biggest lol .
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