Brad's '84 175 redeck

[BradC]

Now the magical question....did you take measurements of where everything was originally 

I distinctly remembered your advice to take lots of accurate measurements at the beginning of this journey at the same time as mshugg's input registered ... and will admit to having a Oh Pooh moment ... but .... procrastination has once again saved the day, still have all the cut out pieces of deck so can quite easily reconfigure and measure 

[RickK]

There ya go.

[BradC]

Next question.  .... there is a concave indent every 2’ or so on alternate sides of each stringer, with a piece of plywood in the indent ... I assume the plywood is there to make the final structural glass piece lie flat (hopefully pic makes more sense). These pieces are now pretty much mulch. Next steps ... cut away and fill in with a layer or 2 of 1708 to eliminate the gap? Any ideas as to why they are there? Thanks chaps

[RickK]

Nope, sometimes we find weird stuff in our boats, wood in weird places is more common then others. I could guess that those might have been used to grab and set the premade stringers into the hull during manufacture - I know we have a couple pics in the gallery of this, maybe Capt. Bob can locate them, he's good at sniffing this stuff out.

[BradC]

Getting the foam out of the stringers is not for the faint hearted ... sometimes I think it being so saturated has actually made it easier to get out ... sometimes ... far from the 1-day job I’d “budgeted” on.

[Crives92]

Good work. I cussed that foam like a sailor. But dont worry, some other pain in the a$$ part of the rebuild will take its place soon and it will be a distant memory. Lol

[BradC]

First reaction to noticing that my stringer's access holes for foam weren't subsequently sealed, was intense irritation ... after a few more discoveries of shortcuts and wtfwtt during the original build ... it's now like water off a duck's back, I am permanently in my happy (albeit) itchy place.




 .... may the fleas of a thousand camels infest their balls and their fingers turn to fish hooks

[RickK]

Brad, if you want the lower part of your post (above) to always be a part of your postings, go to "Profile" at the top and the on the left "Forum Profile" and then "Signature".

[BradC]

Long time gents ... and have progressed not an inch since March! You’d have thought that working from home would give lots of opportunities to make significant progress ... not so unfortunately.

Anyhoo ... next piece of advice please ... looking at options to flip the hull and do the bottom before adding weight with new deck et al. Current thought process is to buy a HF engine stand (which rotates through 360*) and bolt to the transom (will need to raise the stand somewhat to clear half the beam) for $100 and use an engine hoist with a looped strap through the bow eyelet with the hoist backed a few feet away from the bow to get an angle on the strap. Flip and lower her onto a frame.

First prize would be if the bow eyelet is on the same horizontal plane as the center of the engine stand bracket so that she’d swivel on that axis  ... but I’m assuming not, so the looped strap would then come into play (in more ways than one ;) ) ... thoughts and suggestions gratefully accepted.

[RickK]

Welcome back Brad - yup, life gets in the way a lot.  Are you rebuilding your transom during this rework project?
As for flipping the boat I built 2 gantries and 3 chain fall hoists (harbor freight). I built the gantries early in the process (hoisted the engine off the boat with one) and during the rebuild I would drape a huge 19x15 or wider tarp across the gantries and had instant shade.
Anyway, when ready to flip, figure out what you're going flip it onto.  I used my trailer and built some frames for it to land on.
Then get a crazy buddy to help and start the flip.














Easy Peazy

[BradC]

Welcome back Brad - yup, life gets in the way a lot.  Are you rebuilding your transom during this rework project?
As for flipping the boat I built 2 gantries and 3 chain fall hoists (harbor freight). I built the gantries early in the process (hoisted the engine off the boat with one) and during the rebuild I would drape a huge 19x15 or wider tarp across the gantries and had instant shade.
Anyway, when ready to flip, figure out what you're going flip it onto.  I used my trailer and built some frames for it to land on.
Then get a crazy buddy to help and start the flip.














Easy Peazy

Actually that’s a good shout ... I’d considered and rejected building gantries as overkill ... but on reflection, I need to build a shelter for her anyway, might as well do it now and make it multi-functional ... thx Rick

PS - nope on the transom, it seems solid at this point.

[mshugg]

Not sure where you’re located, but I have two gantries that I built to flip my 200 CCP.  They’re free to anyone who wants to haul them away.  They break down into 12’ sections, so they’d require a flatbed.  Also have 3 harbor freight chain hoists that I’d sell for half the cost of new.  I’m in east Orlando.

[BradC]

Not sure where you’re located, but I have two gantries that I built to flip my 200 CCP.  They’re free to anyone who wants to haul them away.  They break down into 12’ sections, so they’d require a flatbed.  Also have 3 harbor freight chain hoists that I’d sell for half the cost of new.  I’m in east Orlando.

That’s incredibly generous of you, thanks, but I’m up in Joisey so not practical ... thanks again though 

[mshugg]

Yeah, see the problem.  Even so, I think gantries are the way to go, unless there’s an offensive line you could recruit.

[BradC]

Seems like the strategy of doing nothing has paid off this time ... winter teased out a rather alarming crack in the top portion of the transom ... could have been worse, could have at the end of the deck rebuild  ... time to find a Coosa supplier in NJ