1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

Questions about boat repairs with our resins and fiberglass: hull patches, transoms and stringers, foam, rot etc.
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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Got my wood picked up (1/2” for sole/decks, 3/4” for decks/stringers). Been full grinding mode in the shop as of late. Plan to have wrapped up grinding on Saturday. If sure is a snowstorm in the shop
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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Lot of grinding done. Inside liner, old sole lip, and cap taken care of. Lot of grinding on the well. Looking forward to tracing the stringers and getting those knocked out next
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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Working on blocking the hull and removing the last bit of foam under the bow. Going to keep in tact the center small stringer as it is solid and doesnt show any sign of water intrusion/rot. Will also get blocks for the keel.

Thinking of bulkheads, i think i am going to go with one towards the bow (where the existing one is), one midship in front of fuel tank, and one spanning where the engine mounts on either side of the well. Does that seems reasonable?
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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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First 8’ of stringers removed and forward bulkhead. Worthy amount of moisture and delamination
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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Your plan for the bulkheads sounds fine to me. That is about what came from the factory so should be good.
The bond failure of the poly to the wood is about what I would expect. At least they used enough glass to still have some strength left. Lots of times the wood is just a mold for the glass. You have been busy with the grinder :help: But now the hull is starting to look good. :wink:

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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Fuzz wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:37 am Your plan for the bulkheads sounds fine to me. That is about what came from the factory so should be good.
The bond failure of the poly to the wood is about what I would expect. At least they used enough glass to still have some strength left. Lots of times the wood is just a mold for the glass. You have been busy with the grinder :help: But now the hull is starting to look good. :wink:
You probably like to work clean like me, but you could glass over the rot and forget about it woth epoxy..
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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Definitely been some good grinder sessions. Today was able to remove the remaining foam in the bow and the last sections of the stringers. Thankfully my keel stringer is in great shape, no signs of water intrusion, screws, rot, etc. so going to leave it be.
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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Got my stringers traced and cut today and 90 percent done with gridding out the bottom. I’m starting to ponder the best way to tie in the stringers to the well/motor mount transom. Although the transom isnt rotten, some moisture is present in the wood ply after removing the stringers adjacent. I think potentially the right way would involve removing the wood from the transom and bonding a fresh piece of 3/4” across that area. Any thoughts?
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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Yep, you need to replace the transom wood or it will continue to rot if you do not. Water in wood is bad. There is a good instruction on replacing the transom on here some where. It may even be at the top of this category.

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Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

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Second what tom said. You will never have a better time than now to take care of the problem. And it will not be in the back of your mind wishing you had taken care of it.

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