The first one I did the transom corners sitting on 55 gallon drums and hanging on a A frame on the bow. Boat fully rigged. This one went from 67 to 71 mph. Second; Carrera was poorly rigged and ran 53 mph and would want to turn into a submarine and bow steer. Dismantled it, rebuilt and rigged. Ran the boat up too 67 mph. Then derigged it, flipped it on trailer and worked the bottom and regel. Then flip and rerig the boat again. Oh and trailered it upside down on the trailer. Let me see if I find the pics. Then ran 73 mph Its a lot easier to work when its upside down. But I do recommend to run the boat first and see its behavior and then work the bottom. A lot feel by the seat of your pants science

I did it. on my 38 footer. Laid on my back with a fan blowing the glass away from me. I wetsanded with shiot running down my arms... Bondoed , Glassed ground and sanded every weekend for a winter. ( on the friggin trailer). I removed parts of the trailer and lifted it off the trailer for the spots in the back. I got 4 mph too. But i will never divulge my secrets on the internet. ha ha ha ha I will tell you this. It's real nice and worth it

[QUOTE=ICDEDPPL;4501706]Working on your back sanding and the dust falling everywhere.. omg I`d rather poke myself in the eye repeatedly.

I had the strakes cut back and had the entire bottom redone eliminating a hook in the process.


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I'm always checking your post to see what you doing. Nice work and clean. Also like the work on the trailer you did. Oh and your constant remodel of your avatar pic. WOW what a view. Love your boat.

I did this one too and picked up no mph. I put my hand held gps under the deck

[QUOTE=vintage chromoly;4501699]I did the best I could on my pantera. I built a rotisserie and filled all the gouges, blocked out the flat areas and sharpened up the strakes some.

After I was satisfied, I gelcoated the bottom.

Time will tell if the boat rides crispy and straight. I sure hope so.

Some pics:
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Vintage Chromoly I have followed your thread since its commencement. The work you have done is superb. I think you are putting this in the Smithsonian not the water. That's a major compliment. I do have concerns of doing the bottom without running it first. But that's just me. Pantera's run very good and consistent and always built a great running hull. Take your time and enjoy the ride.

Which one of the three did you do the bottom. Never mind I just saw you have a boat in there also. Nice

Here again I can't divulge . lol the one in the middle had the bottom , the one on the right had the top and the one on the left had all the rest

I have. Being an ex Customs boat with bottom paint at one time the bottom was very rough. Made necessary repairs, airfiled every inch of the bottom and made it true.

Next sprayed black gel to rid of scum lines and is currently waiting to be sanded and buffed. Going to gel up to the rubrail with white for durability and 'car paint' probably with imron rubrail up and on top

pokher, have you run it since you did the stringers and bulkheads ?
i lost track of that thread, and don't remember how long ago it was