V17 Haines rebuild - about to start

[Blane11]

Hi Matt,

Keep up the good work, its all coming together nicely.

I was wondering how much extra work the foam would be.

Its interesting for me to see the methods you have used. Like you, I spent a LOT of time researching before actually doing anything, and can see how you've taken bits from various rebuilds on the net, and applied them to your requirements rather then find one and assume that everything in that one is 100% correct.

Cheers Brett

[matt fraser]

Thanks Brett,

Compared to doing stringers and transom, foam filling is a quick and painless job. Stir it, mix it, pour it, wait for it to expand (30 seconds), wait for it to cure (10-15 minutes) cut off excess with handsaw. Pour again if you need. If you are going to put a floor over, you just have to glass over with two layers to seal it. Then bog your floor on and glass over.

The research is an ongoing excercise, as you know. You need to study or re-confirm things as you reach each step of the process. Still so much to learn....hopefully not the hard way.

Ausfish has been great, either direct info, or members have pointed my in the right direction to find it.

Cheers,

Matt

[Si]

matt, you have done a really good job here mate. very impressed. transom looks very neat!

excuse my ignorance but out of interest and basically trying to get my head around a job like this why doesnt the transom extend all the way to the 'top' inline with the top of the gunwale. i note there of those black extenders, not too sure they were originally part of the transom or not. I guess it doesnt need to....

I'm assumming those holes you drilled through the middle transom were to help with clamping it in place.

Are you making any provisions for a kill tank or live well?

anyway, cant wait to see the finished product. i bet you cant either.

[matt fraser]

matt, you have done a really good job here mate. very impressed. transom looks very neat!

excuse my ignorance but out of interest and basically trying to get my head around a job like this why doesnt the transom extend all the way to the 'top' inline with the top of the gunwale. i note there of those black extenders, not too sure they were originally part of the transom or not. I guess it doesnt need to....

I'm assumming those holes you drilled through the middle transom were to help with clamping it in place.

Are you making any provisions for a kill tank or live well?

anyway, cant wait to see the finished product. i bet you cant either.

The Multipanel sheets (32 and 25mm) laminated don't go all the way to the top corners of the transom, basically due to sheet size. I built them to reach the height of the motor well - which I have extended from the original 20inch to the XL shaft 25inch height. The top corners don't need a lot of strength, so I made them from the black 50mm, non-structural foam I have.

You can see in the third photo in post 81, the area I have applied bog ready to clamp in the transom. You can see the old transom height and where the bog is applied to accept the new higher transom.

The holes are the motor bolt holes and down the bottom where bungs will be put - both used as bolt holes to clamp transom in firmly.

Definitely having a livewell, which will also be insulated enough to use as an icebox, when required. Not sure on the kill tank.......

Still working things out as I go,

Cheers,

Matt

[OPTI]

geez matt i some how missed this thread ,good job ,this is as big as a project can really get .looks like your nearly on the home straight now .its amazing how time can get away ,will be worth it in the end,carnt wait to see her on the water.cheers dave

[matt fraser]

Thanks Dave, your project has been inspirational and educational!

[Si]

The Multipanel sheets (32 and 25mm) laminated don't go all the way to the top corners of the transom, basically due to sheet size. I built them to reach the height of the motor well - which I have extended from the original 20inch to the XL shaft 25inch height. The top corners don't need a lot of strength, so I made them from the black 50mm, non-structural foam I have.

You can see in the third photo in post 81, the area I have applied bog ready to clamp in the transom. You can see the old transom height and where the bog is applied to accept the new higher transom.

The holes are the motor bolt holes and down the bottom where bungs will be put - both used as bolt holes to clamp transom in firmly.

Definitely having a livewell, which will also be insulated enough to use as an icebox, when required. Not sure on the kill tank.......

Still working things out as I go,

Cheers,

Matt

cheers mate. its looking good.

[matt fraser]

Its been a busy couple of months, not much done on the boat, but I'm trying to get another run at it.

I've done a bit of work on the front deck, I decided to use 12mm corefill that Jeff from Volksgas put me onto. I cut the pieces to size, then cut out layers of 450 chopped strand, and laid them up on formply. Using three layers on each size it ended up rock solid, yet pretty light.

Lots of stuffing around measuring, cutting, laying up, grinding, bogging in, glassing in. But here is what I've done so far.

[matt fraser]

Before I get too much done internally, and add too much weight, I had to make the hull mods I wanted, and that means flipping it over.

So I put it back on the trailer. Its been on the shed floor for around 12 months, and I did the transom rebuild internally. So now I could access the transom from the rear,

As I had raised the transom to 25", I had a fair bit of tidying up to do. I bogged with microballon resin bog, sanded, bogged, sanded, bogged, sanded. Finally I added three layers of 450mat over the top, its relatively flat and neat, but going to take a lot more work before its ready to paint.

I also started on my boarding steps, as you can see in the last pic.

Great to be back into again and on a roll.

Cheers,

Matt

[matt fraser]

Time to start Cutting! Warning to the Haines Hunter purists - Do not look at the pictures below.

As I detailed earlier in the thread, I laid up a plank and glassed it in internally. Now it was time to flip it and cut of the Keel.

So I headed down to John Brider's (Tenesse Boats), and we dropped her on the grass. With the help of John's hoist and fellow Haines rebuilder, Nathan. We managed to get it over safely and onto tyres.

Then John took to it with the cutting disc!.......... He was pretty worried about the plank positioning, and not wanting to cut it. It was certainly nerve racking, but as it came off, it was looking good.

The glass in the hull was about 12 to 15 mm thick, so there was a lot of cutting and grinding done, and lots more grinding to do. But I am pretty happy with the plank positioning its working out as planned.

Over the next week or two, John and I are going to tidy up the plank and add some layers of glass, add reverse chines, sand back the gelcoat and paint it. I'm happy to be working with a professional for this stage.

Cheers,

Matt

[pilchardjones]

looking really good matt - i'm impressed
steve

[Jarrah Jack]

You and Firecat would make a great team. Can't wait to see the reverse chines.

[matt fraser]

Who's Firecat?

Plank now ground down, sanded, bogged, sanded, bogged and sanded, now ready for glassing.

Chines prepared and Multipanel chines bogged on, ready to be backfilled with Qcell/Resin bog.

On a roll.....

[Blane11]

Looking good Matt. Such a major change with the planing strake, I'm keen to hear how it performs when you get it on the water. Sorry if you've already said, but did you end up getting a motor?

Cheers
Brett

[matt fraser]

G'day Brett,

No motor yet, still looking for a good second hand Suzuki DF140 or Yammy F115 - 25" shaft. May get a new one yet. Either way it will be January before I have the $ to buy.

I see you got a DF140, any tips on where to look?

The Plank will make a big difference, a fair slab of flatness there, I won't know if I've done the right thing, or stuffed it up until she hits the water.

Cheers,

Matt