We worked on it some more tonight. We're getting the deck ready to bond the rear section back in place...



Before putting the rear section of the deck back in place we're having to repair the rot around the rear cleats. This rot traveled pretty far forward, especially on the left side...



I like the way the s-type windshield looks on the boat. I don't know if I've seen a raised deck 30 foot scarab with this windshield on it. I still haven't decided on colors. I'm thinking white copper and gold now. I'm open to suggestions though..

coming along fast!

great tread to follow!

Got the back of the deck set in place and the joints glassed in with a few layers. I'm going to go back tomorrow and glass the inside of the joints and glass in some wood on the backside to strengthen the joints. Also glassed in the old thru hull exhaust holes. We're going to have to move them up to clear the power steering.

Nice re-install of the rear deck section...........where you able to glass in portions of the rest of the deck to the hull?........that would make the whole boat bullet proof!

Wow! Looking great!!

looks awesome im definitely ready to see the end result

Thanks guys, no Scippy I haven't bonded any of the deck to the hull. I thought about doing it then decided not to. If I or anyone else had to pull the deck back off it'd take an act of congress.
I hope to get some primer on all this stuff this coming week.

Got some more done, not far from priming...













Trying to figure out what I want to do with the swim deck and the thru hull exhaust. I was thinking about ditching the swim deck then remembered my wife and daughter will need the swim deck. I think I'm keeping the teak swim deck. It'll all be cleaned up and I'm thinking of painting the braces and kinda updating it a little. The problem comesin with the thru hull exhaust. The guy who installed them put them in with inner starboard exhaust about 1.5 inches too low, the power steering ram strikes it. The swim deck is now in the way for the exhaust to be moved up. Looks like we're gonna have to move it down below the power steering, this will put it just a few inches above the water line. The last boat I had had the tips submerged and it did ok. This boat has flaps inside the tips and flaps on the outside of the tips. I think I'll be ok. What do you guys think?
The tape line represents the water line...

Here's the water line, with nobody in the boat..

Very nice re-do. Have you thought about Side Hull exhaust and keep the swim platform? My son just picked up a '88 Excell