69 flatback rebuild

[LilRichard]

If you go with 1" wide stringers you will not have much surface area to bond the sole to the stingers, you might follow Shine's project and add "cleats" to the tops of your stringers to add to bonding area.  Simply stated, he basically glued some parts to the sides of the stringers at the top to give extra bonding area.

[Capt Matt]

Here are some pictures
Have not got much done as I have been too busy fishing.
Did get the cap back on and starting to glass it to the hull.
Also picked up this tower as trade out for charters, lucked out as it has hyd helm, mercury controls, lights, gauges, wiring, 13 rod holders etc. Will probably have it powder coated white

Capt Matt

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[dirtwheelsfl]

youre glassing the cap to the hull inside and out? i might save yourself all the fairing on the outside and double up the inside. i think i ran one layer of 4" 1708 on the inside and its pretty solid, especially when i tied it in with the cap on the top of the transom. what are you planning for back there?

[Capt Matt]

Yup, I'm going to glass the cap both inside and outside.
I ground the inside edge of the cap along with the outer edge of the boat then cabosiled the cap down. After taping a line I ground 3 inches down in the gel coat from the top of the hull. I'm going to use just enough strand on the outside so I have a smooth transition from the cap into the hull and then fare it in. On the inside I will cabosil  to fill any voids between cap and hull and then one  6 inch 1708 tab.  I,m going to make a 18 inch wide cap at the back along with a cabinet to hide all my pumps, fuel filter, oil tank etc.
I found one last piece of wood in her last night, a rotten chunk holding the lifting eye in the bow.
I'm thinking a pop up cleat with a 2ft piece of allthread connected to the lifting eye to replace the one I took out.
Matt

[Capt Matt]

Here are some  pic's of the work finished in the last few weeks.
Stringers are 2 sheets of 3/4 inch coosa laminated together 8 inch tab and 16 inch tab of 1708
bulk heads are 3/4 inch coosa
Still fitting them, have to cut drains in bulk heads and holes for rigging tubes etc then laminate and install them.

Matt

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[slvrlng]

WOW!   That is looking great!

How is the coosa to work with? Is it as solid as it looks?

[Capt Matt]

The coosa is so strong and yet very easy to work with. . I built the stringers out of 15# density. It was much more affordable than the Bluewater 26 which I used in the transom. Originally I was going to do a nidacore deck but after working with the coosa the deck will be coosa too.
Matt

[dirtwheelsfl]

is all that fairing compound in the first pic? or just reddish poly resin? looks like youre fairing for some under deck compartments or something. comin together!

[Capt Matt]

Just building everything with red laminating resin

[Capt Matt]

[Capt Matt]

finally got the hang of posting a picture
Amazing what I can do when I follow directions
Matt

[RickK]

[Capt Matt]

Been busy the last few weeks
Things are going slow but I can see it coming together now
Deck is all cut and ready to be fitted, fuel tank ordered and will be here next week
Matt

[Capt Matt]

Oh yeah, got the short stringers in too to support the tank (52 gal) they still need to be tabbed in and finally got the bulkheads laminated and all double tabbed in with 1708.
Made drains for my custom hatch channels, the two back hatches will drain out the transom,The deck hatches are all 15X18 openings,  Spent two days making the hatch channels from a mold I made then sticking them under the decks plus 3 hatches in the cabinet door , rigging tubes still need to be stuck with 5200 into bulk heads
Should really see her coming together by the end of next week
Matt

[dirtwheelsfl]

looks like youre givin her hell! motivating me to get goin haha...