So it begins...A rebuild thread
02-03-2009, 06:56 PM
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I have to go at least to the forward bulkhead in front of the gas tank, its dry-rotted too. I haven't pulled the cabin apart yet to see if the stringers that run along the tank run all the way up or stop at the bulkhead. Where did you get your plywood from? There is a place in Toledo I used to get marine grade from but it was $80 a sheet.
I actually gave it some serious thought in using the MICRO lam beams instead of the plywood.. I know that they are strong as **** and full of glue so I doubt that rot wood be a issue..
Also notice in the last picture of the finished transom at the keel how I cut the plywood and packed that area with resin and AEROCEL and chopped mat, did it that way with the bulkheads too.. Reason for it was so when I drilled through for the drainage holes it was solid glass no wood that way no water would be able to penetrate the wood in the transom and bulkheads!!!
02-03-2009, 08:08 PM
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Once I settle with my insurance company, one of you guys may want to pickup my boat and re-do it...
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02-03-2009, 08:21 PM
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Oh I tagged a log in the hudson river. Insurance company won't pay, claims "Prior Damage or Manufacturing Defect". We hit right on the stringer and so it wicked up the water while we tried to make it back to the dock with the boat. We are taking the insurance company to arbitration to hopefully be made whole on what they owe me. I'll be selling the whole she-bang once it's settled.
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02-04-2009, 11:37 AM
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Also notice in the last picture of the finished transom at the keel how I cut the plywood and packed that area with resin and AEROCEL and chopped mat, did it that way with the bulkheads too.. Reason for it was so when I drilled through for the drainage holes it was solid glass no wood that way no water would be able to penetrate the wood in the transom and bulkheads!!!
Yeah I noticed you did that. I was planning on doing the same thing, or at the very least seperating that part from the rest of the transom/bulkheads. What did you use for resin? Originally I was going to go with vinylester, but now I am thinking of doing all epoxy since it really isn't that much more than vinylester and the working time is a little better. Still not entirely decided...
02-04-2009, 12:04 PM
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Yeah I noticed you did that. I was planning on doing the same thing, or at the very least seperating that part from the rest of the transom/bulkheads. What did you use for resin? Originally I was going to go with vinylester, but now I am thinking of doing all epoxy since it really isn't that much more than vinylester and the working time is a little better. Still not entirely decided...
02-08-2009, 10:25 PM
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Made a little more progress this weekend. Spent all day Saturday chipping away at the transome. Got the first layer off and working on the second layer. Only the starboard side was bad, area around the gimble and port side were still rock solid and thus making removal difficult. I can't tell quite how many layers of ply are on there, looks like two layers 3/8 and two layers of 1/2 ply, overall it was 2 3/8" thick. And the staples keep mucking up my chisels!!! 
