Ply or Coosa?

[scippy]

Scippy seeing that you are using Vinyl / Poly i would stick with the 1708 which is more of a user friendly fabric and Scippy, after looking at your pics your motor stringers look like 5/8 Ply ?

Artie,

1708 does feel easier to work with (user friendly) ............I tried my hand at 18 oz. WR and it was a complete disaster........The core is actually 1/2" plywood

[scippy]

Looking good Skippy. I never thought about glassing the deck joint, sounds interesting. I had to put bigger screws (and more of them in a couple spots) in many of the ones I replaced.

- Marshall

Marshall,

I decided to do this after seeing abit of flexure in the original screwed down hull /deck bond. Would not want to lose the deck if I ever stuffed the nose, plus it's totally accessible to do right now.

[scippy]

Must he post every picture?.............yea, why not?.... it's been a slow work day, but a good day. it's the first day my glasses didn't fog up and the soles of my shoes didn't stick to the hull..........I'm finding if you just relax there could be a certain Art to this glass work thing.

[Fast Shafts 1]

Pete-keep the pictures coming!! Your restoration is coming along great.

[OFFSHORE GINGER]

Scippy , its all good and a stupid trick that has been used over the years at many boat Co's is ...................masking off , the bottom, and around your shoes ............

[OFFSHORE GINGER]

Must he post every picture?.............yea, why not?.... it's been a slow work day, but a good day. it's the first day my glasses didn't fog up and the soles of my shoes didn't stick to the hull..........I'm finding if you just relax there could be a certain Art to this glass work thing.

Pete , the bottom line is ..............take your time and do a nice job ...........without , going into panic mode !

[Pismo]

Cool thread...

[scippy]

Finally all the fiberglass work is done in the bilge. (finished with 12 oz. cloth to smooth over all the 1708 used on the new transon and stringers) I also drilled out the 3" access holes in the stringers as well as the drain plug hole. Also, glassed deck/hull together for solid bond. Just need to paint, but that can wait til later.

[gcarter]

Nice detail work Pete.

[dammmagnum]

Finally all the fiberglass work is done in the bilge. (finished with 12 oz. cloth to smooth over all the 1708 used on the new transon and stringers) I also drilled out the 3" access holes in the stringers as well as the drain plug hole. Also, glassed deck/hull together for solid bond. Just need to paint, but that can wait til later.

Pete,

Looking really good, very nice.

Thank you
Jim

[bertsboat]

All that work to replace wood with wood? Did I see wood in those 3" holes? Thats why mine was rotten in the first place. I DID NOT USE WOOD ANYWHERE. When I am dead and gone and twenty or thirty years from now, someone will thank me.

[bertsboat]

Nice job by the way !!

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Scippy,
Very nice work there. Much nicer finish work than I used to do when I did it professionally years ago - Bill

[scippy]

Scippy,
Very nice work there. Much nicer finish work than I used to do when I did it professionally years ago - Bill

Bill,

I've seen your work ( Mag 27' resto in progress) top notch!......would still love to see your many idea's play out, particularly the hatch design. I think we all would've enjoyed that very much and what you had instore for us...........Thanks for the compliment.

[scippy]

All that work to replace wood with wood? Did I see wood in those 3" holes? Thats why mine was rotten in the first place. I DID NOT USE WOOD ANYWHERE. When I am dead and gone and twenty or thirty years from now, someone will thank me.

It's a fair question and when I undertook this resto I inquired solely whether the core materials (transom, stringers, bulkheads etc) should be "Ply or Coosa" I decided on using ply (wood) for 2 reasons - cost and oversight...........a properly encapsulated wood core done right will also be here 20, 30 yrs from now, but you must be conscienous to do the job right..........cost was a no brainer.