1972' Aquasport Seahunter 240 Rebuild

[RickK]

I had the same dilemma - I had laminated the transom inside with epoxy and I attached my new sole to the hullsides with epoxy from the top of the sole, which was poly.
The transom was quite a task, so I designed and built a "liner" from poly that I glued to the transom with epoxy. I built a reverse mold of the inside of the transom


I also wanted to add cabinets in the corners to allow bringing up the wires, hoses, etc to the rear from the console.




Here is a pic of the product before it was glued to the transom and glassed to the cap liner.


Here it is laminated into the inside of the boat.


I created doors for the cabinets






As for the sole connection to the hullsides, here is a pic of mine - notice there is no cap or liner on the hullsides


I then flipped the cap/liner back into the boat, traced the shape of  floor onto the bottom of the liner and after many cuts and small trimming, I had the liner cut to fit. You can't see where I had tied into the hullsides with the epoxy now.


Ready to be laminated to sole.

[Ulysses485]

Rickk this is great information and insight! Great work on that build. I’ll check out your build.

Thank You

Ulysses

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Hey Ulysses, any progress lately?

[Ulysses485]

Hey Ulysses, any progress lately?

Unfortunately not. However, an addition to the family and some house projects are going to allow me to find a “resting spot” for her out back to lay her down on stands and blocks. I also needed to “get my feet wet” or hands dirty rather with glasswork. I made some progress on the 222 Osprey (fuel tank recore and working on the console rebuild) so I can hopefully get it on the water while I am building this 240.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

I'm sure I can make room if you need a "resting spot" for her, you just might not get her back! And congrats on the new addition to the family!

[Ulysses485]

I'm sure I can make room if you need a "resting spot" for her, you just might not get her back! And congrats on the new addition to the family!

Thank you.  Haha,  She is my dream. Unless something out of my control happens, I’ll eventually finish her. Too many opportunities came at me at once and now I’m stuck waiting but I’m not complaining....Kids are fun and underrated. It’s all perspective....eventually they will be able to appreciate the wait and the lesson of being rewarded with hard work.

[Ulysses485]

Not much progress over the summer on the 240 but planning on procuring some materials for something to happen over the fall/winter/spring seasons. The demo is basically complete with the remaining inner liner removed.



A little grinding and i will be on my way to building the exterior transom skin to full height...regarding transom skin, I am planning on building it out with melamine MDF board mold to help reduce fairing. The exterior skin is flimsy so it will help keep is square when i am building the skin. I would build the mold to the form of the transom angles (rounding and waxing the corners, fill the transom triangular pockets at the sides with added glass for strength and Coosa pieces. Once flush across from port to starboard I would bed in 1.5 inch 26lb Coosa to the new/old full height transom skin.  After that i will  I plan to do this once i get the hull level and blocked so i can work right into gutting the stringers and tying them into the transom.


Thoughts?

[Tampa Bay Mike]

I like your plan for the transom. I think the bump outs give the 24s some character so I like that you're leaving them.

[Ulysses485]

I like your plan for the transom. I think the bump outs give the 24s some character so I like that you're leaving them.

Thanks for the input Mike. The only sticking point that i have about it is that I want a continuous rub rail on the back and not sure how i could accomplish that without a "shelf" on the outside of the transom with a curved transom top. 

[Ulysses485]

With the colder weather not allowing me to Gelcoat the rest of the 81’ - 222 Osprey, I picked up a sheet of 3/4” melamine and started further planning mold for transom and glass layup schedules for procurement of materials. Hoping to get the transom built, stringers gutted/reinforced/refoamed, and tied back into transom by the end of spring. However, that’s all while trying to get the 222v Osprey on the water this summer. We shall see…

Finally found a spot i the yard she can get chime blocked and leveled.

[RickK]

Looks ready 

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Sittin pretty. Layup for the hull and deck looks solid. What's the plan for the transom?

[Ulysses485]

Looks ready 

Yes sir. I have a car port that i can slide right over her shortly after i finish the gelcoat on the 222 and its go time. 

[Ulysses485]

Sittin pretty. Layup for the hull and deck looks solid. What's the plan for the transom?

I'm going to build a female mold (outboard)to layup the contour of the side corners. There is a flat section in the middle of the transom where the core sat flush and left those corners to be filled with something. I going to lay a few layers of glass within the corners, fill with Coosa and two part foam against an inboard form (flush with that flat part in the middle) and build out what is a flush consistent skin just inside the corners. Then i can bed a 1.5'' Coosa core and tab it all in. Posts 12-26 have some photos that show these corners and how the existing 25'' transom was setup. I'm raising the transom to full height but its going to be a similar concept to the Original.

The closest resemblance that I have seen is this...


Another...

[Ulysses485]

Spent a few solid hours behind a 4” grinder and dewalt rotary sander Saturday (my body is still recovering) removing old gelcoat and old glass. Got the edges of the existing glass tapered outward so I can tie in new glass skin to full height. My 240lb, 60'' roll of 1708 finally came in and I picked up a 25'' roll of 3610 0/90 Biaxial cheap that I am going to lay in the hull bottom so its go time! :) It’s impressive how good the Dewalt 7” rotary is. I am just about there to start building a mold and laying up the transom to full height. Although, I am not looking forward to having to step my way over the side of the hull to get in and out.