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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    That looks like the route I think I'll go then. I also see you pre drilled your foam holes (my plan as well). Seems to have worked well that way you'd say? I have an Irrational fear of drilling through the hull even though I know that is basically impossible almost everywhere....
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    Help Getting Boat on EZLoader Trailer

    One was a 40 something foot Pace. I wouldn't necessarily say it was self bailing. I don't remember the other one as that one was from before I was born but I heard the stories of discovering that there wasn't a plug when it was wintered and defrosting about a foot of ice in the bilge with a...
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    Help Getting Boat on EZLoader Trailer

    For me it is the fender ~2-3 inches from being submerged. Idle up to the trailer it goes on ~3/4 of the way, climb up to the bow, hitch the strap and winch the last 3 feet. Drive is typically most of the way up. I used to walk it on at the old ramp but that is closed now. This one is all dirt...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    They work great until you start smelling them through the cartridge lol. I went a step too far last night but like... you know how it can be once you get "in the zone" and you don't want to stop.
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Luckily putting gas in the tank is the last (and at the rate it's going around here, one of the more expensive) steps in the process. :ROFLMAO: All joking aside, it's much easier to modify it now before any fuel is in it than it would be later on. The measurements from the original gas tank...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    I ended up not cutting the stringers to height for now. I did mark them. I went with 2 layups of 1708 at 12 inches and 16 inches which is way more than what was there. I think I overcooked myself last night... I left light headed and nauseous just not feeling good. I'll probably take it easy...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    So here's a question for later. I'm trying to decide how to cleat the deck supports... I'm thinking 2x2 or 2x4 ripped in half up top. My thought is to avoid any direct penetration into the stringer from the deck. So my thought is this: Cap the stringers. Rip cleats/supports. Screw and glue with...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    It's on the list. I won't be doing that until I drill the transom bolt holes. Good eye and thank you!
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    A prop question (enertia or other versus older props)

    Sorry. Didn't mean to offend if you took it that way by the way. People just tend to believe without verifying what they see. You've already taken a major step in the right direction and sounds like you are going about it properly. I'd want to be on the higher end of those RPMs that way if you...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    I'll break out the router and round the top. The 1708 does conform nice so I think I can get it with that but I have a ton of CSM and feel that would work fine for getting them capped too. Doesn't seem to be structural so much as it is water proofing. Most of the old stringers weren't capped...
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    A prop question (enertia or other versus older props)

    If you're going to start playing around with testing props... I'd confirm the tachometer is accurate. You'd be amazed how off and inconsistent they can be. Once you know what you've got, get some GPS speeds of the vessel at various RPM then compare props. I try to test on the same day or at...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    If I ever have to do this again I may do that. That's a nice trick
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Guess I'll cut them down before I tab them. They are already bedded. :( I'm thinking 2 layers of 1708 for tabbing is adequate but I have enough material to do 3 layers. I was thinking a 5 inch (10 total, 5 on the stringer, 5 on the hull surface), 7 inch and 9 inch overlay from the centerline of...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    So I have a question... should I cut the stringers to height before I tab them or tab them then cut to height? I worry about minor delamination if I were to cut the glass to height buy think I am over thinking it as they would still get capped....
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Today is a rather small yet big update. Stringers are bedded on peanut butter. Let me tell you it's no small task to bed them on your own. And, I used a damn level too! Building them into the sled you see was a good idea as it keeps them parallel all the way up. They are vertical and the...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Thank you. I appreciate it. It's for my own sanity as well that I document everything lol. Did I do that? I'm paranoid about forgetting or doing something wrong.
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    This is what I mean between the two discs. The picture is labeled. I feel the metal disc is the better surface for bonding...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    10-4 on the transom. Worst case, I could fab up a 1/8 inch spacer if I have to from aluminum if the threads bottom out. Yes. The metal disc visually and physically leaves a rougher finish. It seems the 36 leaves more resin providing the dull look towards the bottom right of the last photo. The...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Today I finally made the leap of faith... no more messing around, just rip it all out. I finally can say, I think I have crested the hump. Some shots of my glassing of the outer stringers. These are rock solid. And a couple shots of everything removed. There was actually standing water...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Good to know. If I were to drop a level on my tank under most conditions the bubble would be in the center lol. So I shouldn't worry about it. On the trailer the rear is the highest point.
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