RickK's 170 rebuild

[RickK]

Dry fitting the cabinets - Starboard side:


I'll trim off the excess liner in the back when I take the liner out soon but you get the idea of the form and function.


Port side:


I then glued the "liner" I made for the front of the transom to the transom capping I made a few weeks ago.
Then it was time to glass it all together




I think I've found a new avatar  


I let everything harden and then took it out of the boat






I put it back into the boat and called it a day - another step forward.

[wingtime]

Hey I like that. Good form and function! The ransom liner threw me off when you took it out. Cool idea.

[CLM65]

Looking great, Rick.  I gotta admit I wasn't sure where they were going to go when I saw your previous pics, but it is coming together nicely

[RickK]

Thanks guys, I need to remember to pre-drill the hinge holes for the doors before I glue this big piece to the liner and sole otherwise it will be a little challenging to do so.
I need to lam some 24oz woven to the front of the transom liner to beef it up and then I'll lam some 6oz veil cloth over that to smooth it out.  I'll get that tomorrow and lam it on Tuesday.

[kaptainkoz]

Looks awesome. Great Ingenuity

[Capt. Bob]

Are you going to trim the existing cap liner to match the new side panel opening?

[RickK]

Are you going to trim the existing cap liner to match the new side panel opening?

Kinda, I'm going to trim them a little longer than the front edge of the cabinets.

[larsli68]

Great design and craftsman ship Rick. Hopefully I'm driving to the cost here in NC on Wednesday. I hope to see some Aquasport boats.
Lars

[chris m]

Yikes! Great job. I have some of the same photos, but I'm not this far down the path. I salute you.

chris m

[RickK]

Thanks Chris - start your rebuild thread and show us what you've done so far.

[dburr]

Rick have you used that cool vacuum pump yet on the project?

[Capt. Bob]

Rick have you used that cool vacuum pump yet on the project?

http://classicaquasport.com/smf/index.php?topic=10101.550

[dburr]

So I gather Schwartzbier is not good for reading comprehension..... Maybe the Doc said riddeli, I don't remember....  

[Capt. Bob]

I don't remember....

Hell, that was almost a year ago. I doubt most readers even remember he bought a pump, much less he used it.  

And who said booze was bad for the brain?  

[RickK]

What pump     Did I buy a pump