Haines Signature 1850L Rebuild and Refurbishment on going project.

[burleygu]

So after getting the trailer sorted today I took the boat for a drive. Why would you take a boat for a drive you say? Well I decided to leave the boat with a professional to get the rest of the work done. Not because I couldn't do it myself but time room space was becoming an issue at my place so this was the best solution. Plus it should be floating within 2 weeks!!!! Adam came highly recommended to me and his work certainly speaks for itself. Took a couple of photos out of his brochure. Has some very well made waterproof draws. Which Ill be getting 1 or 2 installed into the boat while he has it. I will still be updating the thread with photos most afternoons for those who are still interested. At least this way you will get some quick progress pictures!

[wags on the water]

Project looks good Tim.

[burleygu]

Looks even better now its not at my house! lol

[FisHard]

That's my style of DIY!!!

[burleygu]

So with some room finally gained back in my carport/shed, I could appreciate the work I originally put into the motor stand and removed the gearbox as I was told the motor needed a new impeller also the gear box had hardly any oil in it and what was in there was brown and horrid. Weather that's from sitting for 6+ years or a gear box seal may be faulty. but ill find out when I top it back up and flush the gear box oil a couple of times. The impeller was non existent with all fins broken off I removed all the pieces I could find However I did not find all of the impeller So I will have to make sure I've got everything.
I was Very impressed with how nice the inside of the leg was! I was amazed for a 20+ year old motor there is next to no corrosion inside the leg exhaust ports etc. The hour gauge shows 390 hours. So the motor was either flushed very well after each use or maybe used in freshwater? No seized bolts everything came undone very easily.

[burleygu]

stopped in today down at Fmi as the boys had started work on the boat. they got the transom cut out and all of the stringers I put in fully fibreglassed with chop strand wovens and 2 more layers of chop strand. The decision was also made to cut the 'wings' (transom corners) out of the transom as well. I don't think They have a huge roll in strength as the timber in the wings is only 15 mm thick. We also had a look at mustangs old thread from when he did his transom on is 1950r. But decided to do it so we could seal off the flotation tubes down the inside of the hull as originally they were only sealed by the old timber in the wings they are going to glass over the flotation tube holes before re adding the timber into the wings of the boat.

[burleygu]

Boat was on hold for a bit due to other commitments Adam had But things are well underway again. Both sides of stringers are in and are now fully glassed in full length wovens down each side of the stringer going to be 3x stronger then when it was new. Floor has also been cut out fibreglassed underneath before installing. Next step is to flow coat between all the stringers and up the sides to make under the hull completely waterproof. Once the floor is in the boys will be replacing the whole keel in the boat. Seems we may as well do it seeing as tho its this far apart. They are also going to be filling the old holes from the old toilet the exited through the front of the hull. Save me ever worrying about ball joint valve things ever leaking or corroding out. Motor has been fitted with new thermostats new water lines through the whole motor new impellar gaskets impeller base. heat wrap installed over electrical wires which I thought were to close or were touching the block.

[Chong]

Any updates Tim????
Cheers

[burleygu]

For you chongy!

Things have been slow for good reason.

Adam and his wife have just welcomed a new baby to there family so congratulations to them both!

For the last couple of days Ive been giving Adam a hand to get things back on track. We finished fitting all of the floors and making the floors for inside the cabin. Instead of having the small useless storage under the front floors I opted to just have inspection hatches installed to save the drama. We cut the inspection holes in the front and rear floors now so they can be properly sealed with fiberglass. We flow coated between all of the stringers making underneath very waterproof if any moisture is to get under the floor. Both sides of the floor has been fibreglassed prior to it being fibreglassed into the boat will be nice and solid! Once it was flow coated the floor was glued on top of the stringers on a bed of talc bog. This fills any little gaps between the floor and stringers and eliminates having to use screws which are the cause of many problems further on in its life. Once the floor was set and overspill of bog was used as a filler to fillt any gaps etc along the edge of the floor. New transom timber has been also glued in which consisted of woven glass 15mm ply 3 layers of glass then 15mm ply then another layer of glass then all glued in and clamped. Tommorow should see all of the keel being cut out ready for replacement and re design.

[Chong]

Thanks Tim,
looking great, will be good to see her on the water
You are a man of many skills.

By the way when you got a spare five minutes can you give us hand with this....

Cheers,
Chong

[burleygu]

New plywood installed as mentioned previously this was made up of glass 15mm ply 3 layers of glass 15mm ply another layer of glass then all bedded in a resin talc bog mix and clamped and left to set for a few days.

[burleygu]

So cut the keel out yesterday and polished up all of the center of the boat ready for the new keel to be cut and fitted. Cut out the flat part of the keel for which most of the early haines had. Then cut out the rear and forward bulkheads the rear bulk head had a big notched section out of it this is to allow the filler pipe for the tank etc to clear the bulkhead rather then running it through a hole. with the bulk heads cut the vertical parts of the keel could be cut to the correct lengths to fit between the bulkheads. Once everything was right it was all seated into a bed of resin/talc bog so no water can get in and around the keel. The old keel had 5-10mm gaps down along side it which would most deffinately have water sit in there. We don't want any of that this time round!

[burleygu]

After the keel was pressed into its bed of bog any other gaps were filled with bog also then the area was ready for fiber glassing the process for this was spray everything in resin, Then spray everything in chop then resin again then roller it out, Then spray in resin and apply woven cloth down and over all the critical points then spray in resin, Then spray in chop again then resin and roll out to finish removing all air bubbles. Should be nice and strong!
Im Loving the chopper gun so quick and easy!

[cobiaman]

Cant wait to see the end product tim, gonna be a great boat!

[burleygu]

cheers buddy I cant wait to see the end product aswell! shouldn't be to far off hopefully. have put some hours into it the last few days