1988 Shoalwater 176 Rebuild

[redfishjim]

Spent the last couple weekends doing other things but I've managed to get the boat deck fiberglassed and ready for fairing. Should be able to make good progress this weekend.

[Jeff]

Nice!! Jeff

[redfishjim]

Thanks, Jeff. One year into this, I've about had my fill of arts and crafts in the garage.

Happy Father's Day, to all the dads here. Hope you had a great Sunday!

Boat's all smooth, let's get some primer on her and see what we got.

[redfishjim]

The boat has a ton of pin holes and other minor blemishes to fix, but we're getting close to final paint!

[pee wee]

Looks like you're ready to move on, it looks good in the photos!

If you are a glutton for finish work, a product that has been highly recommended to deal with pin holes is Kombi Putty: https://www.myrefinishportal.com/us/en/ ... -200g.html

[Dougster]

I've had very good luck with Kombi putty. Put a dab on with your finger, smooth it with putty knife, and sand it 10 minutes later. Sands very easily. It's reddish colored so I always put a bit of primer over treated areas.

Dougster

[redfishjim]

I'll give the putty a shot! Ordering now. Thanks for the recommendation.

[redfishjim]

Lol, Houston, we got a problem. Doing some fitting this afternoon and had a DOUGHHHH!!! moment. The damn resevoir/pump to my bob's jackplate is an inch too tall. Only thing I know to do, and all along kinda wanted to do, is sell this one, and buy an action series jackplate. No nonskid on the deck because im doing seadek everywhere. Girls loved the snow camo sample, so that's what we're doing.
Embossed texture. My 6 sheets are coming in next week, need to get rolling!

[cape man]

Richard ran into the same issue with his Bare Bones FS18
He fixed it by installing a round deck cap raised just enough to clear the top of the pump motor. His wasn't under a hatch, but it should work if you don't want to change the Jack Plate. Looks like you only need 1/2 an inch?

[https://community.boatbuildercentral.co ... &mode=view]

[fallguy1000]

Looks like the well nearby would work; just make a tray?