Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

[andreawilliam]

Replacing the deck, stringers and keel on a halfcab!

Part 1: Here is when I purchased the boat, it sat for a year and then my Dad and I pulled the floor up.

Here are some photo's:
http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm85/andreawilliam_au/Boat Project 15ft Half Cab Yalta Craft/

More comming soon - New 90hp Etec, Removed all components, Keel and stringers removed, new one's cut and lots of grinding and sanding!

 

[Azonic]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

that is alot of boat for 15 ft...

I like it!

Good luck!

 

[flyer4ever]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

I hope your going to continue with updates ot this rebuild. Very cool little boat. Never seen one quite like it. What year?

 

[andreawilliam]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

I'll try and get the year details tommoro. The boats at my parents farm, I have no space to work on it at my place.

Here's my old boat - http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...oject 15ft Half Cab Yalta Craft/my1stboat.jpg


Went shopping today got 20 litres or poly resin, 500mls hardener, 1kg of q-cell filler, 2 ltrs of wood preserver, acetone to clean up, a metal roller. Will need to find some containers and good latex gloves. Apparently you need latex gloves.

2moro I'm hoping to repair 2 holes in the hull were we grinded a little to far, should be a quick repair. Next we'll have to get the stringers and keel into shape so we can epoxy wood preserve them. Try and get 2 coats on them.

The products -

The reciept -

I'll get some more pics 2moro of the clean hull. Lots and Lots of grinding!

 

[Azonic]

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wow...

10% taxes... I forgot how good I had it here in rural MO!

 

[andreawilliam]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

Any advice or input would be really welcome as were novices to this type of work.

Here's the hull ground out -

Shaped the stringers and keel a little more precise. Found that they had bent from storing them on some roof rafters for a week.

Used the original keel as a template, relised it was abit short, added an extention to the tip to save having to add lots of filler like we previously found and ground out.

Attached it using long countered screws. Will need to use filler and glass after we epoxy preserve it.

Here's the windsceen, got a quote for around $50 to get new perspex cut to fit. Will clean the alloy while I wait for the new peices.

Got the Bimini (canvas roof) restiched ($35) and cleaned it. pretty cheap as they restiched all the old stich. Cleaned it with a heavy duty cleaning detergent (must have a small persentage of bleach in it) It came up pretty good.

Had a spectator come visit while working on the wood this morning

Couldn't offer much usfull advice though!

Next post I'll hopefully have the keel and stringers glued in!

 

[Paul Ryan]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

wow...

10% taxes... I forgot how good I had it here in rural MO!

I was in AU for a year n half a little while back...O my, our taxes are nothing to what the have. Loved the boats over there. Yalta and a couple other mfg's (I can't think right this minute) have some great quailties about them. Another thing was all the tinnies. They are everywhere!!! The steps you are talking seem to be right on track andrea. When you start lying glass having two people is almost a must. One person mixing, one person works the glass/resin. Your works look great. I was looking at the pictures really close and it looks alot like QLD area maybe??? Keep us update.

 

[andreawilliam]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

Yeah Northern NSW near byron bay

 

[andreawilliam]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

Some more progress...

A few repairs -

Q-celled in keel-

Some thick q-cell -

Adjusted height -

More pics here - http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm85/andreawilliam_au/

 

[ajarvis]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

Thanks for the pictures. For me, this is a big help understanding this stuff. Keep the updates coming.

 

[ondarvr]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

How are you going to use the epoxy? Polyester won't bond well to it, so you don't really want to mix the two in the same job.

 

[toocanshan]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

what would you charge me to send that little guy over my way???lol...

 

[andreawilliam]

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FYI, for anyone interested finally got the boat registered, more pics to come on interior.

 

[andreawilliam]

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Pulled the trailer apart and rust treatd + hammer coat rust protection finish

 

[andreawilliam]

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[andreawilliam]

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I'll get the current pics up soon as well. Got the boat registered today.

 

[andreawilliam]

Re: Half Cab 15ft Yalta Craft - Stringers, Keel and Deck replacment

FYI more pics at Boat Project 15ft Half Cab Yalta Craft Photos by andreawilliam_au | Photobucket

 

[old islander]

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That is one cool boat.

 

[andreawilliam]

Here is the boat

 

[andreawilliam]

made a esky, just need a pillow and Ive got a bed