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    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    I got 4+ wears out of my tyvek suits. I bought 3 and only used 2. I have been able to wash my clothes I wore during demo and grinding [under the tyvek], but they are dedicated fiberglassing clothes now. I only wear them when doing glass work.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Got the two rear side panels tabbed in today, and tabbed the back edge of the bench seat to the deck as well. This closes off the bilge other than the pass-thru's under the gunwales for the wires/cables. I'm going to glass some mahogany pads to the deck in a few spots for attaching the...
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    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Thanks man! I'm a newbie to this, but this board and a few YouTube channels have really helped me do good work and make progress. You'll get there. Just be careful with the flap discs. I took a chunk out of one of my fingers with the grinder 8 months ago and at this point I'm gonna say I'll...
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    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    This is when you use the 40 grit flap disc on an angle grinder. I bought my flap discs on Amazon for $16 for a 10-pack. Ended up using three 10-packs on my boat restoration. This is what my transom looked like after removing the wood and hitting the surface with a belt sander (36 grit) to get...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Ah, it does look like a bilge hose fitting - I think that's what you're talking about? It's actually a floor drain. I'm going to mount it in front of the bench seat so the passenger area will drain into the ski locker, which will drain into the bilge. The boat originally had no provision to...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Got the ground wires run from fuel fill neck to tank, and tank to the rear. Also got the nav light on the bow wired up. Hope I don't have to crawl up in the bow much more...it's pretty tight in there. No pics of all that. Finished glassing the two rear side panels and got them set in place...
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    1981 Sportcraft 270 repair underway - transom, stringers, & repower

    Just wait till you actually start grinding the old tabbing down. Now THAT is pure agony.
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    Gas tank access panel

    Mine isn't removable, but I've still got access ports so I can get to the sender and all hose connections.
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    1992 Rinker Captiva 186

    Gotcha - agree, it will need to be supported back at the original height. Mine was not like that - it was sitting all the way down before I pulled the screws out.
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    1992 Rinker Captiva 186

    I'm not sure what you're asking. To separate the halves, I removed the rub rail, pulled the screws holding the cap onto the hull, then I used a paint scraper to break the silicone bond between the cap and hull. After that I wedged the cap up high enough to get a 2x4 between the cap and hull...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Got the side supports cut out of 1/2" plywood and got 1 coat of resin down on one side.
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    1992 Rinker Captiva 186

    I didn't build a cradle, and I did my restoration on the trailer (bunks...similar to yours). Right after pulling the cap I measured the hull's width every foot and wrote those dimensions down. Throughout the hull restoration, I would check against those dimensions before glassing in the...
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    1989 wellcraft fiberglassing transom

    I like laying the thinner piece of tabbing first. I have seen people argue it the other way, though. I have seen someone use a jig for setting the engine height relative to the keyhole, but it looked custom.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Boat is back in the garage. I got the silicone and screws all the way around the cap except for the transom - I'll get them later this week. I also installed the bow cleat and the fuel fill fitting. I used 3M 4200 to seal around these, as well as the four other cleats on the cap. I...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Today I had some family and friends come help set the cap back on the boat - huge milestone. It dropped right down into place - no fighting with it due to hull splay. The guys that helped are all boat owners, so after capping the boat, I showed them how to lay fiberglass and gelcoat. Hull...
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    1987 Starcraft Islander Restoration

    In my opinion, if this is a first time restoration, having it done in less than 1 year is pretty ambitious, especially if it's a full gut and restore (stringers/transom/deck). Get the drive/transom assembly/and engine out of the boat then get the deck fully pulled up. Drill some core samples...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I got the carpet glued down in the bow storage area today. This is the last task needed before reinstalling the cap. I've got a crew of family and friends coming over to help with that next weekend. Regarding the carpet, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, considering this is the first...
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    Floor Joint Design?

    I just butted my two pieces of plywood together. Pre-covered bottom surface with 1 layer of CSM. Resin soaked edges. After installation, top surface got 1 layer of 1708 and 1 layer of CSM. I did locate the joint between the plywood over a bulkhead.
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    '96 lund tyee 1850 floor rebuild and foam replacement.

    Looking good!
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Finished buffing the cap yesterday. It's not perfect, but good enough for a first season. No pictures, as I was racing the thunderstorms. Hoping to get the carpet laid in the bow storage area this by this weekend the move the cap back onto the hull.
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