Mike's 77 22-2 Rebuild

[Marcel4t]

You are putting some serious labor into that, making great progress!  Thanks for inspiration!! 

[mshugg]

Those cleats look good, and it looks like your cap will have nice lines.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Thanks, guys! I got the transom cabinet piece and about half of the gunnels glassed and cut out over the weekend before I ran out of glass and resin. Supply run on tap for today.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Supply run, check. I've been busy and have a nice dent put in the cap. Lots of pics coming up!



Front and back pieces getting laid up.



I added an extra support to the back deck. It's very solid.



First dry fit.









Starting to get the coaming strips measured up and cut.



Cleaning up the edges to get ready for glass. I wish I had done this a month ago. It's getting hot already!



Glassing up the strips.



Starting to look like a boat!



I cut a bunch of 3/8" deep slits in one piece to help it make the curve around the front.



Ran a 1/2" roundover bit around the sides and put the first piece of tape down on the bow. I made the mistake of laying it up on a flat surface so now I have to persuade it to bend around the crown in the bow. Nothing a few bricks can't fix.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Next up is to get the coaming strips trimmed to shaped and glassed on and then I can get the whole thing glassed to the hull.

[RickK]

Great progress Mike - nice craftsmanship too.

[mshugg]

Looks like a clean easy to fish layout.  Gonna put a tower on her?

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Thanks guys. No tower plans as of now, I would like one but I would rather put the extra funds into a new motor instead.  I have it all mapped out though in case it happens down the road.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Another milestone reached! 

The cap has been glassed down. Short of a little trimming along the bottom of the coaming strip it is done. I walked around on it today and it is pretty darn solid. Now I guess I get to start thinking about all the fairing that will be in my future..

[RickK]

Congrats Mike - looks GREAT!!
I forget what I read earlier, you're using a poly based resin (something compatible with gelcoat)?

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Congrats Mike - looks GREAT!!
I forget what I read earlier, you're using a poly based resin (something compatible with gelcoat)?

Yeah, poly up top and on all the new lams. Epoxy on the transom, inside hull bottom and stringers. I will need to figure out the gelcoat on the outside of the transom but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

[RickK]

Check out my non-skid application for your sole -very easy and durable.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Got a little work done in the past few days. Nothing really exciting but I wanted to post an update. I added a core to the hatch covers using some leftover foam from the cap. It already had a layer of 1708 on each side and I glued and glassed it down with another layer of 1700. The small ones were fine but the big one up front had a little flex in it when you stood in the center. They are all really solid now.



I trimmed the cap with the cutoff wheel on the grinder the other day which left something to be desired so I went back over it with the straightedge and will clean it up with the sander soon.



While I was down there I noticed that I completely overlooked the bottom seams on the cap. Maybe they would have been okay with some thickened resin only but I didn't want to leave it to chance so upside down I went. If you've ever glassed the bottom of something then you know how much it sucks. If you haven't, well I would advise against it ...because it sucks. Oh well, lesson learned and it is done now plus it was a good excuse to not start fairing!

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Fairing has begun! I'm learning as I go like pretty much everything else on this build so excuse the streaks across the back. This stuff kicks a lot faster than normal resin does because of all the fillers. I think about half of the first quart I mixed up ended up in the trash. Started to get the hang of it pretty quickly though.

[mshugg]

Your boat is looking great, and you seem to be flying the rebuild.  Well done!