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Thanks for the response. I had a strong feeling I would need to sister some wood underneath to beef it up so your description is spot on with my original plan. Good call on jacking it up to close the seam, I’ll definitely take your advice on that. As far as the fenders, this privateer was in service...

The photos I have of the 24’ Privateer I posted before are pretty poor and I will work on getting some clearer shots to show what I’m trying to achieve. In the mean time, here are a couple of photos which show the overall rear roof “lip”crack before the area was prepped for prepare as well as the en...

I had the opportunity to buy a 24’ Privateer in the spring of ‘22 which needs some cosmetic work but for the most part is solid. I cruised it “as is” last summer but will be doing some work to it prior to this season to get it ready. One of the ares of concern is the roof. It has many old mounting h...

It’s been a while since I posted here last but I was able to finish the boat in the spring of 2021 and was happy with the results. Unfortunately plans have changed and the boat no longer fits the needs of my family of 4 so I will be actively looking to sell it this spring. Here’s a few shots of how ...

Slickcav How did you determine how much material to order? I was about to place the order but I decided to double check and figure the best way to measure the amount of epoxy/glass. With regards to the fiberglass, I can go by my measurements that I posted before to come up with a rough idea on how m...

Fallguy Yes, the stringers, transom and deck will all be 3/4 marine grade ply from our local supply yard. In my last build I used 12 oz mat to cover the deck with relatively good results. I didn’t find that it clumped or disfigured. Also, I put a neat coat on the underside like you mentioned on my l...

I made some more headway grinding and prepping. All the foam has been removed and the gel coat has been ground down on the gunwales to prep for the deck to be tabbed in when the time comes. I'll leave the stringers until the transom is finished. They're shot!!! I measured everything out to get an id...

Question about supporting the hull and taking out the stringers. Before I started cutting into the boat I took it off the trailer and placed it on leveled out 6x6's - two under the chines and one under the keel. Everything felt solid until I removed the deck, wet transom, tank and foam between the s...

It's been a while since I last posted but I finally got the chance to dig into the boat this past week. I'm going to take some measurements so I can hopefully get some insight on how much epoxy and 1708 I will need to complete everything. I'm doing the tansom first then moving onto the stringers. It...

Ok that makes sense. I originally thought the cut out was best to do first since I will be able to access the hard to reach areas on the inside once the console is cut open. Question on the epoxy. I used marinepoxy on my last build with good results, at least I think they were good. The price differ...