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    Year long resoration

    After spending countless nights reading, learning, more reading, more learning, on this forum over the past year, I was able to build enough confidence to tackle a project I never thought I would attempt. I purchased a 21ft fishing boat a little over a year ago only to find out that it was in...
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    Floatation Foam

    I am in the process of attaching a new floor to the stringers of my 21ft cuddy fishing boat and was wondering about the best/preferred method of installing the floatation foam. I have heard that you can do it either before the floor is in or after by providing holes in the floor to allow the...
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    filleting

    I was in the process of filleting the stringers to hull and ran out of milled fibres & chopped strand. The supplier was closed on Monday so I thought I'd use anything that would thicken the resin. That anything was flour. Yes the type used for baking. I thoroughly mixed 1 litre of resin with...
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    Air pockets in fibreglass

    I recently replaced the transom on my 21' fishing boat with new 1/4" marine ply laminations for a 2" thickness. It was done from the outside by cutting off the outer transom skin while leaving approx. 6" around the cut line. I have since re-attached the skin and have started on the inside. I...
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    Rhino Liner - Stringers

    The other night I watched a show called Crash Labs. They were testing ways of preventing a cinderblock building from collapsing when an explosion was set off in front of the 2 storey building. After several explosions and collapses, they sprayed the interior of the cinderblock with rhinoliner...
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    3m 5200

    I recently dry fitted new stringers into my 21' FG fishing boat and am wondering what you guys think of using the 5200 as a bedding under the stringers? If the 5200 is only 8 bucks why not use it under the stringers? Would it still be too hard a surface on the hull. I have a 3/16"+ gap between...
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    Rollers or Bunks?

    I am looking for opinions on replacing rollers on a trailer or installing bunks. What are the favorables/drawbacks of each type? I am currently rebuilding a 21ft fishing boat/cuddy and since I need to replace a lot of the rollers before I set her back down I though I could replace them with...
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    Stringer/transom joining

    I am replacing the stringers in my 21' fg boat as well as the transom (outboard motor). Has anyone of you guys heard of burying the stringers into the transom. I plan to use seacast for the transom and though that I could have the stringers protruding into the transom cavity that will have...
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    shaping boat stringers

    I need someones expertise in stringer construction and I know this is the right place after reading some of your posts. You guys know your s**t. How are stringers shaped to match the contour of the hull. I am about to install new stringers on my 21' fg boat and have thought of several ways to do...
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    Stringer construction

    Has anyone heard of stringers made of outer layers of plywood, say 1/2" thk each side, with a layer of rigid foam board epoxied in between then capped on top and fibreglassed over to secure to hull? I'm looking for the best method for replacing my boat stringers without all the weight. I have...
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    Stringer fab and transom replacement

    I am working on a 21' Campion Discovery, 200hp Merc Offshore O/B. Floors are cut out, stringers are removed, stringer support fibreglass stripped from hull. (a cup type wire on a high speed angle grinder works great for this). My transom also needs replacing but does not have an inner fibreglass...
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