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Old 05-01-2023 | 04:52 PM
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Just keep posting pics of that transom. Drool worthy.
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Old 05-03-2023 | 08:06 PM
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Looks Great Love the name
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Old 05-05-2023 | 12:00 PM
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Thanks guys,
Just got the cockpit floor glassed, hoping to get it ready for gel tomorrow. Vinylester really clogs up the 3M discs. Also transmissions are being shipped to me now from BAM..





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Old 05-05-2023 | 03:42 PM
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so you are simply gonna tap some new tread in the plate thru the fiberglass to bolt in the seat bases?? or screw with self tapping screws?
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Old 05-05-2023 | 03:51 PM
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so you are simply gonna tap some new tread in the plate thru the fiberglass to bolt in the seat bases?? or screw with self tapping screws?
They will be drilled and tapped to accept stainless machine bolts.
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Old 05-08-2023 | 10:30 AM
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I feel like a concrete finisher, if there was such a thing as $300 a gallon concrete. 😆🤮
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Old 05-08-2023 | 10:30 AM
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Old 05-08-2023 | 10:40 AM
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how are you going to finish it?
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Old 05-11-2023 | 06:57 AM
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Couple of ol friends showed back up yesterday…







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Old 05-12-2023 | 09:50 AM
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Finally done sanding the cockpit floor. Gel coat going down in the cockpit now...




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