Yup. dont really understand it..

Use to be industry standard substrate ! It's yesteryears equivalent to scored Divincell board . It allows saturation of resin throughout the surface and you could use it on rounded surfaces . Not scraps !

+1

Well, moved the boat into our Fiberglass shop. got the hull sides sanded and filled a bunch of gel coat cracks.
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Had a few on the sides aswell. Wasnt to happy but got em filled. I hope to have it in primer this week. I cant wait! I've had the paint sitting on my bench for a few weeks now.
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Looking Good - Keep sending pics...

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Verry happy! Got it the final sanding and taped up.

Last one of the night, phone died.
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Gotta love the blender and crock pot on the top deck

making progress looking great!

Great Looking Project. That's going to make a Great Classic

I got two coats of Awl grip epoxy primer on the sides and three on the bottom. The person who bottom painted it, went too heavy on the grit before painting. I sanded and sanded trying to get all the marks out of the bottom. Didnt cover as well as i would like. But im sure i can hide them with a few coats of paint. I mean, it is only the bottom. If you guys see me doing anything wrong just tell me. Im 24 and havent done this much prep work and painting before haha. Thanks for all the nice comments! More sanding tomorrow. Pics will follow!

was wondering if u guys reinforce the older boats where the top deck and hull bond together when doing these full restorations. Everything has a life span and the material breaks down, what do you guys think? sorry for going a little off topic

by the way nice to see u making progress. thanks for the pics

This boat appears to be very solid in that area. Plus its screwed all the way around.

Always inspiring to see anyone doing this much work on a restoration. Keep on posting. :drink:

looks good. are you painting it all white?

I was going to do it all white. But got talked out of it. Decided to do Snow white top deck, Navy hull sides, And snow white bottom. Except the "Navy" is a shade lighter than what i wanted. Oh well.

Started sanding the primer today...with 320, i have a longgg road ahead!

Nice meeting you today and seeing the boat in person. The project is coming along nicely.

Thanks man, it was nice meeting you as well. Still pretty cool knowing I have two pantera's on my property haha. Can't wait to see our finished projects!

Got the bottom painted.
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Are you going to use one of those Kaama drives on this after all? I'll be interested to see how it handles if so.

i have them both..but im going to run a bravo for now. See how and if i like the boat. Then rebuild the kaama and do a transom and run it.

Well, if ever you change your mind give me a shout. I wouldn't mind putting a set of Kaamas on our 30' Sutphen. Good luck with the re-build! We're in about the same place with our 24' Superboat.

Kris,I just bought a 24' skater,I can play with too.probably be running the backside if the island with this one.http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8...15ac2a69_z.jpg

That the one that was on & off NH CRAIGS? ^

that was a good deal. Nice boat!

Yes,and thanks,the owner was great,made it real easy.

Nice boat B-man, I'll buy the beers for a ride on that thing!

Beer ok,as long as it's not those drinks from Sylvan St. :lolhit: I've been trying to over to the shop,are You there on weekdays?

Im there mostly after 4 weekdays, and all day saturday and sometimes sundays as well. Its nice and quiet on sundays haha. Im dying to get this stupid boat done!!

Shes painted! Minus the top deck. What do you guys think??
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doing a great job keep up the good work!!!

Looks good! I can't wait to see the whole thing!

Looks great, I love the blue.....

So, where the helll are you mounting the crockpot and blender that have been sitting on the deck through this project??
I guess the crockpot could serve as cooking facility for ins. purposes/2nd home;)

The boat is looking good! keep it up.

Looks great I like the blue also, will the deck be blue to?

haha, thanks for the compliments guys! The top deck is going white, and im debating doing a blue stripe down the center. And as for the blender and crock pot. Im still trying to decide where to mount them lol.

Ive got these tips what do you all think? They too much? I know im gettin way inhead of myself, but i want to mount the transom assy and exhaust tips and trim tabs now. They are slanted but you cant really notice in this pic.
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Im getting laid off for a few months comming up. But my goal is to have this in the water in the beginning of may. But we'll see. Im thinking about using the rubber flooring thats coin shaped. I think its called like lonaseal or something like that. Anyone use it before?

Kris, looks great. I need to catch up with you guys and see how mine is coming. I was out of town for a week.

I like the blue a lot.