Good stuff Tim. Aiming for an early September finish I hope
Good stuff Tim. Aiming for an early September finish I hope
Tim Tim what have you done. Your gonna be a busy boy for many of a weekend. I hope you have an understanding girlfriend, when shes helping fibre glassing and has resin in her hair.
Live the dream, I did and it was great. There will be many a frustrating hour, don't rush it and do it right the first time. looking forward to seeing lots of pictures.
Maturity is not when we start speaking BIG things,it is when we start understanding small things
Understanding girlfriend? Bruce When my gf moved in with me a few things where made clear. Fishing comes first If the weather comes good and we had plans id probably go fishing. The freezer in the house is firstly for fresh fish fillets tough if you don't eat fish. She was saying the other day she needed a new hobie I suggested boat restoration? Got one of those looks you know? Anyway Shes understanding she doesn't get a choice. One side of stringers has already been replaced
Tim, that's what you say now. lets wait a few months and see if anything has changed. Happy wife (girlfriend) happy life.....Originally Posted by burleygu
What are you replacing the stringers with timber or polypropylene honeycomb panels. Have you seen this thread "Rip it up's boat rebuild factory"
Maturity is not when we start speaking BIG things,it is when we start understanding small things
Have seen that thread bruce Im replacing all the old timber with marine ply however the 2 middle stringers are going to be 2 sheets of marine ply laminated together with fiberglass in the middle. Everything will be installed with one layer of glass then ill be taking the boat to my mates as he has a chopper gun and we will do all the wovens and other layers of chop strand with that nice and quick. all the valleys between the stringers will be getting flow coated as well to ensure that everything is sealed! Using other materials can save on a lot of weight however I wish to keep the weight in the boat.
Looks good mate! And make sure you post plenty of pictures! I rebuilt a 1950R which is of very similar design. Good fun to be had.
Check the stringers under the seats and at the rear towards the transom. Check whether the top transom cap has screws on top because if it does that generally means the transom may be rotted.
Not to fear though, its pretty simple really, so long as you can shut the horrid images of glass and ply shards flying everywhere, and picture the final outcome!!
Ive had 200hp hanging off the glass alone as the PLY was like Liquid inside the transom. Solid built boats once a bit of work has been done.
Attached a couple of pics for what to look for
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And if you were thinking of going to the limit in HP with a 4 stroke, glue in a couple of these.
Mine held a 225 yammy 4 stroke on the back which was the limit of its 270kg weight restriction.
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Looks like a good project tim, cant wait to see what the finished product looks like!
The boat was bought with a stuffed transom and soft floor the girl who was selling the boat was led to believe it had a new floor which it actually had plywood sikaflexed onto the old carpet where the soft spot was. I made an offer on the boat and she had a fiberglass repair guy come out and look at the boat. And I ended up getting the boat for a price I was happy with. So within saying that there was always going to be fiberglass work to be done there was a hope that the stringers would be intct which some where. However due to the workmanship on the boat the decision was made to replace everything! As the original fibreglassing from the factory was horrific. Even places where they had forgot to lay fiberglass leaving bare timber exposed and they where in the worst possible places. Upon Further inspection other reasons why the boat had rot in it was due to the fit out in the factory the fuel tank was screwed through the floor straight into the top of the stringers allowing water into the top of the stringers The boat originally had pedestool seats in it and when changed or replaced the holes where never sealed up The conclusion was this must of been a Friday built boat.
In the photos you can see the old holes from the pedestool seats and holes into the top of the stringers and drainage holes under the kill tank that where just drilled and never fibreglassed leaving exposed timber.
A motor stand was made out of some scrap steel with wheels on the bottom so I could move it around the shed keep it out of the weather and also replace the impeller on it when we get a spell of wet weather and its to wet to work on the boat.
It was decided to attack the internals of the boat first as this was the most time consuming part. And first on the list was to cut out the soft floor and have a proper inspection of the stringers. There was no shock as I had already decided that I was going to re do the whole boat Some stringers where soft some where not. I was going to attack the boat one side at a time so the boat did not distort or twist once some of the stringers where removed the boat was also made to sit on all the keel rollers before any work commenced.
Because I was replacing all of the stringers from front to back and I wasn't separating the hull (top and bottom) the decision was made to cut the cab wall just under the footrests So I could install a new bulkhead and continue the stringers right through to the bow. The decisions to do this was due the the whole cab wall being fibreglassed to the outside of the hull, The cab wall having no moisture in it And the ability of having the footrests hide the cut and join line when installed upon completion. Also the cabin floor is about 2 inchs higher then the outside floor.
I decided to do the 2 outside stringers first before I cut out the rh side center stringer This was done so I had the center stringer to work heights off and not have the hull twist etc
tim if you can install a self draining deck
Living the dream, Barry
And some attachments for the Davits on the back of Captain Seaweeds new boat ........
Good to see you finally got your Haines Tim! Good luck with the rebuild/reno's. I look forward to seeing the fully restored version out on the water at a future meet and greet.
Cheers,
Jim
Doesn't even compare to your old one Jim was quite disappointed when I couldn't purchase your old one. And as I mentioned previously I could of paid 15+ grand and gone fishing yesterday However by the time this is finished It will be completely solid.
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