Capt-Seasick 270 xf rebuild

[captseasick]

I am hoping that the cieling will not be too bady with multiple coat of 8oz mat... gonna try and apply resin to mat and then stick up... seen it on a video one time and he made it look easy lol!

[captseasick]

omg I just read my last post.... I swear I am educated!!! Been a long day of saving lives in the ICU......

[RickK]

If you click on your post, in the bottom right you'll see an "edit" button - that's how you take care of those typos.  You also see a red "x" - that's how you delete a post - you can delete the 2nd one after you edit the first.

[captseasick]

OK,next update... heres the pics of the backer board I made for the bow eye, again made from a 4x4 post, its 26 inches long and 2.5 inches thick and 4 inches wide and I conformed it to the entire front of the boat so stress is pulled from almost the entire front of boat, my dad is getting me a 2 foot 1/4 inch piece of steel, its at his shop just getting one of his guys to cut it.  Plan is to glass one piece of thick mat between it and the boat and then cover it with 3 pieces of 10oz cloth going 8 to 12 inches out on each side and of course use epoxy.  Still grinding on the bottom pain.... must be 10 coats on the bottom of this boat! using 36 grit on a 7inch grinder to get it off! once off will coat bottom with 4 coats of petite epoxy high build primer, $500 well worth of protection.  The other pics are of the cancer wood all off and the bathroom walls down.  Tested the potty today as well... works, I like how the waste comes out the bottom of the boat... not sure how legal that is now.. but I am putting a 10 gallon waste tank up front on the starboard side and a 29 gallon water tank on the port side in the front. I don't like using sea water so removing the seawater uptake valve and gonna glass that in and use only fresh water for flushing.  BTW if an administrator would like to change the topic of this thread to 270xf rebuild they can pls... not sure if I can.... I am redoing this boat from front to rear and hope it helps others out.

[captseasick]

cancer gone!




Bathroom walls down

[seabob4]

My kind of wiring right there...  

[captseasick]

That's why I got 250 ft of 12/2 wire... gotta get ride of all that mess and old wires!!  When I took the ceiling down I thought I was being attacked ! :geek:

[RickK]

BTW if an administrator would like to change the topic of this thread to 270xf rebuild they can pls... not sure if I can.... I am redoing this boat from front to rear and hope it helps others out.

Go to your first post and in the bottom right of that post there should be an "Edit" button. From there you can edit the Subject.  If you can't see it let me know and I'll change it to whatever you want.

[captseasick]

OK guys I know it has been a while since I have posted anything new.... had to go back to school for another degree..... told wife 3 is enough!  Also had a beautiful baby girl ..... so getting started back on the project now after so long so I can take her out fishing when shes old enough.  Engine plans changed as Vortec supercharges are now cheap... gonna buiild 2 supercharged 350's and mate them to 2 72c v-drives.... Ill post pics as things get underway.   Again will look forward to advise as I work through this.

[RickK]

Welcome back - good to see you back at