new 222 rebuild

[JimCt]

Lookin' good!

[RickK]

Progress is a good thing.

[captdave]

Shine.... what are the deminsions of your fuel tank and where did you get it?

Dave

[Shine]

66 gallons.  I have lost my scratch pad with the dimensions.  I was lucky to find one surplus that fit really well without sacrificing capacity.

I dont think my dimentions would help much though, my sole height and sole thickness are not original.  I bought it down the road in Ft. Pierce from Marine Liquidators

[LilRichard]

Shine-

I know you added material to your stringers and bulkheads (yellowish white) to increase sole to stringer bonds... what material did you use?  I was thinking I might follow suit.

Gracias.

[Shine]

rich,

Those are called "cleats" and they can be made of anything that is stif and will bond will with epoxy, in this case i used what was left from the 2" thick transom foam.  BTW 2" is overkill, a 1" cleat is plenty.  We specify 3/4" wood stock for cleats on most of our wood/epoxy/glass boat designs

If at that time I had these nice composite brackets (used for the underside of the hull/deck joint) , I would have used long lengths of them for cleats....

[LilRichard]

That's a very good idea also.  I'll look back at your post and I may fabricate some of those for myself... I would definitely like to increase the bonding surface of my stringers / sole.

Thanks.

[LilRichard]

Shine... check your PM.

 8)

[captdave]

Shine... I checked out marine liqiudators they are good peeps. Called them on thurs with size needed they went and check their inventory called me back in hour and what do you know tank here next day. Plus it saved me couple hundred bucks rather than having one made mine is 56 gallons and I went with a poly tank.

[Shine]

Dave, glad it worked out.  

Richard, I do not see a PM ?

[LilRichard]

I sent you one... don't understand.  I just want to get some of that hatch channel from you.

[RickK]

Rich, check your PM "Sent" and "Outbox" to see what is there.

[Shine]

Hey remember me  

Gluing up the the hatch lips, which have a drain built into them.  The pieces are made on a mold, they we will fit together with a 45 degree miter cut (which is filled with epoxy glue).  

Here is the profile.....



Here is the first piece being glued up...

[LilRichard]

Nice!  I will need to figure that out for my boat soon.

[Shine]

Making scupper drain tubes from fiberglass sock.  They end up looking like this...



They will run from the recesses in the sole (see below) to the transom.



We made them by waxing (and mold release) a 1" diameter (outside diameter) plastic rod,  then laminated biax sock over it to make the tube.  Ant more than 18" would be very difficult to get off :!:













for this tube we used three layers of the sock.

We are getting the leaning post/live well ready.  We epoxy in 90 degree brackets (same as what we made earlier) to the sole.  The leaning well will  mount to the brackets, and we will glass a little from the inside.  On the outside, it will be a smooth fillet transition.



also, the hatches are basically finished, and the bottom of the hull has been sanded down to original gelcoat.  We will roll the entire bottom with epoxy to waterproof it forever (no blisters)