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    2023 Splash of the Year Nominations!

    I nominate @huggyb1972 and his Bayliner Capri 2150 https://forums.iboats.com/threads/bayliner-capri-2150-resurrection.741603/
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    New project.

    Measure and sketch, then keep cutting and gutting.
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    New project.

    To reduce materials you have to buy, just make some peanut butter (poly resin mixed with cabosil to thicken it) to fill voids with. I also used it to glue the floor to the stringers. Go buy some icing bags from the baking section at Walmart. Mix up a batch of PB, dump into an icing bag, then...
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    Seeking advice on fiberglass repair

    If you're going to put a keel shield on there, I'd just grind out the bad, mix up some polyester resin with some cabosil to make it thick, then fill the gouge. Sand it to shape, tape off the area, then roll on 2 coats of white gelcoat. Then install your keel shield. Here is where I did mine.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Primed and painted.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Good info to have! I don't even have any 5356 filler, so it's safe to say I 100% rolled the dice! Hope it holds...if not, grind, rinse, and repeat.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    ER4043
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I winterized the boat last weekend. We wanted to do a fall leaf tour of the gorge, but my truck's transmission died 2 weeks ago, so no more boat hauling till that's fixed. Since the drive is off, I went ahead and started fixing the places where the whale tail broke off. This is what I started...
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    Hydra Sport 185 soft spot between captain seats.

    Yes, I replaced my mid floor....and the rest of my floor, and stringers and transom. LOTS of pics on the link in my signature. Just be prepared for a full gut & restore.
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    1990 Bayliner 2651 resto

    I just did 1 layer of csm and 2 coats of gelcoat on my steering relief cuts
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    2008 Rinker 296 Bowrider Vent Cover

    Post a pic. It may be something from Attwood or another company.
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    1990 Bayliner 2651 resto

    I used a drill press to drill a guide hole in a piece of 3/4" plywood, then clamped that to the transom and used that to help drill straight. It wasn't perfect, I still had to waller out a couple holes just a little. For the steering relief, I just used a 1" drum sander on a 90-degree angle...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    I'm not sure if mine was a bad install from the PO, if I hit something small with mine, or if it's just the risk you take running a whale tail, but one side of mine broke off this summer and took a chunk of the cavitation plate with it. I'm going to weld in new aluminum plate where it chunked out.
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    I can smell the Sapele through the screen. 😁
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    Alpha 1 Gen 2 Gimbal Ring

    JB weld will be a waste of time.
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    Water penetration in Alpha 1 sterndrive

    Correct. The transom seal keeps water from going between the sterndrive assembly and the transom - it's a foam rubber seal. The bellows is what keeps water from getting through the bell housing. There are two bellows - a small one for the shift cable and a large one for the driveshaft. Make...
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    Alpha 1 Gen 2 Gimbal Ring

    I agree - if no play, I'd run it. I mean, no harm if you do replace it...other than to your wallet.
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    New Splashes

    Get some friends, some canoe paddles, and a case of beer and splash it, Buck! Just kidding....hope your engine comes together soon. Sometimes I'm jealous of you Floridians. Sometimes....
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    A resaw bandsaw is the way. I've got a 14" resaw I'd let you use if you were in my neck of the woods!
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    New Splashes

    Yeah @buxmj ....hup two hup two!
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