newbie with a 22.2 FB w/pics.. update 2/16/09

[love2fish]

What was wrong with the exterior skin on the transom?

[David B.]

Well, whoever had this boat before me tried to rebuild the transom. In between the outershell and the wooden transom was a mix of epoxy, glass and ceramic compound of some type. I tried chiseling, cutting, hammered for 2 days tryin to remove it before i decided to just cut it all out. Im not sure which way to go with the new transom. Either a plywood (marine grade) or a ceramic compund type or seacast?! Has anybody ever used a ARJAY (pourable ceramic compound) for a rebuild?

[LilRichard]

Have not used it, but here Arjay is the stuff.  I personally used Marine plywood, only because the pourable was not as popular when I was rebuilding.  Either will work though.

BTW, I am in N Tampa, let me know if you would like to see a finished product.

[David B.]

LilRichard, Absolutely! Email me your number and we'll chat..: xxdbesse@yahoo.com

Now, as for the ARJAY stuff I just now got the pricing on that!    I DEF might go with the Marine plywood!

[LilRichard]

You have email!

[David B.]

Not a whole lot, but its moving along.


scrub, wash and degreasing the hull.

A few days later, here I'm adding 2 layers of 1808 to help reinforce it some.
First one was about 7" wide (3.5" up the wall & 3.5" along the bottom) and the second layer was about 14".

Playing with the soon-to-be new strings.

Haha.. my gf wanted to help out. She had no idea what she was getting herself into!

[LilRichard]

One thing I would have done differently:  if your keel seems weak, or has ANY indication of water intrusion, do a little grinding from inside the hull and see what you have.  If necessary, repair from the inside.  Mine had some slight signs (that I did not address) and I ended up having to repair from the outside - requiring MUCH more fairing work.

[David B.]

LilRichard, your right absoluteky right about that. It felt a lil weak towads the bow so I layed down a few layer of 1808 ( 4 layers total) and one layer down the center of the keel. But I think Im gonna lay down one more over laping the other just as in case!

[LilRichard]

Yup. I did the same thing: here's the problem though... the core could be toast.  You may be ok, you'll know when you start working on the underside - see how it looks.  If it has a lot of stress cracks, you should probably do what I did - reinforce from the outside of the hull too.

Also, don't forget to extend the keel 4 ft toward the aft... it will make the hull handle MUCH better in turns!

Good luck, keep chugging along!

[Marcq]

Yup. I did the same thing: here's the problem though... the core could be toast.  

That's a cored hull ?
Marc..

[LilRichard]

No sir - I should have been more clear: the keel has a core.  Mine was actually some sort of composite (I think it was more or less solid resin/fibers) but I do believe some keels may have been wood.  Make sense?

[David B.]

Yeah, I figured the inside was gonna be a cake and the underside was gonna be a different story!

Hey LilRichard, what are your plans this weekend? I would like to stop by and take a look at your FB.

[LilRichard]

Out of town actually - but I am around this week.  If you want to stop by, shoot me an email / PM.