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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore The back part of my cap The circled areas are holes that shouldn't broken glass and me burning through it with a sander.
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore This weekend was also the weekend I had to hire a teenager of a friend. Took everything but the boat out of the workshop and dusted everything down. He's still interested in helping with glassing and the fumes that go with it. This is going to cost me:eek: Another...
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore This weekend was very productive came across an article about cleaning the hull with hot soapy water so I went one better and added some simple green and used blowgun off an aircompressor worked great still have a lot more to do but got other work to do before I get into...
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore Hope someone can help me with this cap issue. Sanded down the rough spots until I burn through the glass and made some extra holes:facepalm:
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore Ok I now have my first order of supplies I thought I would practice on the rear part of the cap that I had cutoff to get to the transom. A close looked showed that the glass is crushed where the motor is bolted and along the edges the glass is separating from the...
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore Pics of the front passenger area of the boat which has turned into a pain for several reasons. 1st, I now have two more holes in the boat. 2nd, it appears to be straight fiberglass with no wood. 3rd, spent money on a small circular saw (Rockwell) to prevent going thru...
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore The transom area. Most if it is out and it came out to 37lbs and still wet the boat has been in the water since November and stored inside. My calculations from what littel I know it should have weighed twice as much.
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore Here are some more pics.
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore Ok, I'm back to working on the boat, spent the winter working on my truck. So far I have taken off 239lbs, metal plate, wet, rotted plywood, and fiberglass. I've learned a few things along the way. Biggest one, I don't think I will be fishing this year unless I'm...
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    Official Business of the 3V Club ( aka tri hull club )

    Re: Official Business of the 3V Club ( aka tri hull club ) Don't know how I missed this, but here is my tri-hull. 1970 Sportcraft, 70hp Johnson, gps 29.8mph, 15in prop I think. Hope my speed increases with all the work I'm about to do on it.
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    Sport-craft restore

    Re: Sport-craft restore 16ft. C-Gull, Sport-Craft '70. Only two bulkheads.
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    Sport-craft restore

    I have begun my restore thanks to getting my boat back (minus motor) from my boat man and a warm weekend. Now I have snow on the ground:( I have been planning on this since May so I have done some serious reading on iboats and other sources got all sorts of ideas. I thought I had lots of wet...
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    Boat weight

    I hope someone can help with this problem. I have a 1970 16ft Sportcraft C-Gull and I suspect I have wet foam. I have so far figured my weight on truck scales at 1098lbs. Their are two items that I don't have weights on is the metal plate on the rear to re-enforce my transom and two pieces of...
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    High Voltage

    I have a 1977, 70hp Johnson motor up until my last outing all my accessories and voltage meter indicated 14.7 max. My last outing I was getting close to 17 volts. I'm thinking its the rectifier but I can't find what the reading should be on a DVM. I'm only getting readings in one direction...
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    Lots of questions

    I have a 1970,16ft, c-gull; I think. I can not find anything on a 1970 model or decent pictures of one. I can find info on years 69 and 71. I did a boatfax but my hull id doesn't meet the number requirements since it is so old. The nearest I can figure out I may have up to 200lbs of...
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