Getting closer
I spent Friday night fairing out the floor with gelcoat and cabosil. It doesn’t photo well but basically I am smoothing out the floor to my liking before I start the final buildup of gelcoat.





Getting closer to closing off the transom. Figured now would be a good time to fixed the smashed port-gunnel corner. I am not sure what caused the damage as I got it this way.









I realized I should have done it before I tied the floor into the cap but I used a floor jack and bought myself the clearance I needed to slip a sandwich of 1.5 oz chopped and 1708. 






I taped everything off, wet some glass, set it up then released the jack which lowered the cap back down squeezing the glass in place. I then added the screws back to squeeze it all in place then used a chip brush to make sure everything is where I wanted it..





I drowned the broken fibers in 404 peanut butter for added strength.




I then continued to install the original pieces of the transom cap that I prepped a few months ago. I tacked them in place with screws and started to glass the pieces in with a strip of 1708.







I beveled the edges with a grinder and laid a narrow strip into the bevel. It’s hard to see in the photo but that’s why it’s a thin strip of glass

Casting deck time

Form made of 1/2 x 1 inch pieces of wood. They were 8 ft long and less than $2 a piece. They worked great for this because the boat is curved and so are these pieces of wood like all the wood from home depot and lowes.



Going to tape the 3/4 x 3/4 pieces of pvc board down on melemine where I want the gutters. do they need to bigger than 3/4 like maybe 1 inch. Actually hurting my brain thinking about this as it is upside down .

Frp is 1/8 inch ish thick. I was going to lay it all on the concrete floor which appears flat. I suspect I am going to go with the melamine unless you(U) or Rick or dbiscayne had personal experience with one of these other mold materials.

You can make the molds out of wood with split wooden dowels (like closet rod) for the gutter?

@rhtrades Somewhere in between. I had to sand off all the nonskid, so it was sanded down quite a bit, but not all the way to the fiberglass. Didn't even think of that to be honest. Maybe would have been a good idea