Boat Builder Central

I must admit that I really don't have the heart to cut new stringers right now, even if I had the wood to hand. What I really want to do is rescue them somehow. I'm going to sleep on it. Tomorrow I will start working on the jig. If anyone else wants to chime in with advice I'm all ears. The stringer...

3. Just use screws. Get some drywall screws, drill a pilot every 18”. One row in middle. One row 2” in from each edge between the middle row. (You need more rows for transom). Slap a healthy layer of glue, assemble you’re pieces, then HAND SCREW the center row in until the screw head just snugs up ...

Looking at the picture of the transom lamination, and the amount of thickened epoxy looks a little skimpy. When spread with the notched trowel you should get approx 1/8" high raised lines of thickened epoxy over the whole area. When you apply the weight to hold it down, there should be a very ...

Actually I did that right after the second photo. I think it is the way I weighted the stringers. Rocks every half metre doesn't cut it. If I rebuild from scratch (I am still waiting for advice here) I will need to do something different there. Buy a 2 by 4 and screw the stringer to it? Seems a bit ...

What my stringers look like.

If I take the repair and install approach, how much glass do I use in case of unseen voids?

I just needed to get that out. This is fustrating. Boat is a C17 and I have a build thread C17 in New Zealand. Photos will follow when I edit this post on my iPhone. I spend 4 hours last night laminating two layers of my transom (12mm x2) and stringers. This is my second attempt at stringers. First ...

Good point. I'll have to do a sanding of the whole inside anyway before I glass; that will be part of that. I am building outside, and at this time of the year we get hot dry weather. 40C (104F) degrees is common in that little tunnel house I have set up. When winter hits we get a lot more rain and ...

Just a FYI. Those panel joints are going to be weak if you just butted them together. A bit of thickened epoxy should have been put between the panels, then pushed together and the excess wiped off, then the fiberglass over the top. I made the exact same mistake and will have to grind the inside sp...

Cheers Fuzz, I may try that or something similar when I splice the top side panel. I'm considering very small butt blocks on the inside only. Just enough to hold it in position. I have started preparing the transom. This is modified from the original design. A side benefit is that I needed fewer she...