Originally Posted by stainless

Nice work! I used to race this boat back in 2000 and 2001 with the owner at the time John Robinson. The boat used to be Sonic Hedgehog and before that Ocean Outboard. This was one of the first 36 skaters correct?

Originally Posted by stainless

Nice work! I used to race this boat back in 2000 and 2001 with the owner at the time John Robinson. The boat used to be Sonic Hedgehog and before that Ocean Outboard. This was one of the first 36 skaters correct?

Originally Posted by glassdave

Decided to fill in the naca ducts on the deck. These weren't to bad, had to work upside down. On the port side i made a nice tight core piece that snapped in pretty much holding everything in place, was able to do everything wet on wet (which is best for epoxy).

Originally Posted by glassdave

Starboard side needed a complete new core piece so that took care of that side. A trick i learned from this crazy old dude (just kidding AK ) i know that use to work at Skater is to mix a bit of Cabosil in the epoxy, this allows it to kind of freeze in place while your working the area. Another trick is to break it down into smaller sections. With this i cut the core into strips three block or so wide and then i staggered wide tabbing tape over the top that. Worked great and is pretty bomber. Its also easier to pre wet everything out side the boat then cart everything in and roll it out.

Originally Posted by Don't Bite Me!

Flashback....................... I hate stinky, mushy core!!!!!!! I feel the $$$$ looking at the piles of core material. I guess it can almost always be worse......................
Very cool thread!

Originally Posted by glassdave

way cool, well she is getting a new lease on life. Yes i believe it is one of the first few built. What fantastic hulls these 36's are, haveing spent a lot of time with this thing its easy to see why they are so popular.

Originally Posted by glassdave

New floor sections were epoxy laminated on all sides, fit and glassed in. Easier to get around the cockpit now without the Bermese tiger trap to fall into.

Originally Posted by glassdave

In with the good . . . .


I stuck to a laminate schedule pretty close to what Pete put in there. Several layers of 18 and Kevlar tabbed over an inch of Baltek. I was not able to get any shots of the materials going in as my hands were kinda full (and covered in epoxy). Kinda dusty and the white cloudy stuff is a filler used to fill gaps and level the core at the steps.