Slow go replacing rot around the rear area of the deck. This is going to take several applications of glass and resin. I’m going to spend some time getting all this straightened out. There’s some cracks in the gel coat around the engine hatch area as well as a few busted places, and some old screw holes for boat cover buttons from long ago.

I’m going to have my hatches open together with the hinges at the rear. With this in mind I decided to go ahead and remove the two notches at the front and rear of the opening that must have been for a center bar. I will be filling these notches with fiberglass. Also I had to used many clamps and an aluminum bar to clamp the area behind the rear seat back in place as it had gotten out of shape since I had the deck pretty much resting on it the last year and a half.

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Little more...

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I wish i had the time like you do to work on my project cat! I can t keep up with your pace!!!

nice work again! Keep pictures coming!

Thanks Jeff, we usually work on the boat for 3 hours after I’m done with shop stuff, then most saturdays I’m on it too for a while.
we got the gunnels pretty much cleaned out. Plan to finish up everything behind the cockpit bulkhead then repair the fairing area...

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Been on vacation all week. Got some more done today. Replaced the left outer stringer in the rear part of the cabin and then replaced both pieces of floor. Then I put a layer of 1708 on the left setee in the forward part of the cabin...

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good!

Heath do me a favor bond the hull deck joint with an 8 inch wide 1708 tab you will be repairing the joint all the time if not we tab all of our hull and deck joints. Regards Dan keep up the nice work.

Thanks for the input Dan. I’ll do that. If you see anything else you think I need to address let me know.

edit: we ARE talking about on the inside correct?

Didn’t have much time to work tonight, I covered the left entryway with 1708, was able to glass the joints undrneath. Should be much stronger than factory. I was shocked this piece wasn’t even rotten originally...

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the original step iece was just tabbed in, and not glassed underneath. Surprisingly not rotten...

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What a project! Sub'd to see the end result!