Boat Builder Central

bump out of the archives, will update soon. Lots of work has been done since the last post

the love bugs have finally died off here (northern FL), but they have an extremely strong attraction to quick fair. I had a few hundred additions to my floor, but they sand out just fine

that is going to be one slick boat! I'm quite jealous

I found the melamine and a couple coats of wax released quite easy. You may be over-thinking it! But I'm far from an expert

Got the panels picked up, they are very easy to work with. Got them cut to fit, here's a quick pic of the fit up: http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q43/rumrunner358/photo_zps2fcb3569.jpg Question on these, I'm thinking I'll just put the floor in as one piece, are the panels prepped by just scuffing...

shine wrote:Hi Mike

We do! Just let me know when you plan to stop by

Joel

Just ordered panels with a few other items, will be by Monday before lunch sometime

Shine, do you still have the prefinished panels in stock? I need to order 3, as well as some other goodies. I'd like to come pick them up.

it looks like you left the liner in and also left a lip of the old sole/deck. How to put the new sole down depend on the the level of the lip and the thickness of the new core material. The easiest thing to do is to run the new sole over top the lip, epoxy glue it down, then tab the core to the sid...

About time for an update. Had some time off work so got some stuff done to the boat. Finished putting fresh core in the front deck and reglassed the upped and lower halfs together. Had some issues with the top glass being delaminated, but it was ground out and reglassed. Will do the finish work on t...

Nice tank :!: 8) Such a good feeling having a new tanks and lines :) Next question, I was thinking of using the scored divinycell to try and keep the bow that goes across the top of the deck. Sound like a good plan? Or just use ply? Or another suggerstion? For the cleats and all, I will be putting ...

about time to update this thread. Since my last post, I ordered a custom tank and installed it. Here it is nice and clean http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q43/rumrunner358/DSC00655_zps0a5853b2.jpg and some acid etching and light alodine http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q43/rumrunner358/DSC00656_...