'74 22-2

[gran398]

No problems, only solutions. Ask the neighbors over for burgers tomorrow afternoon.

You're down to gel...perfect. No need for sealers, special attention, etc. Throw that girl in the water in the morning, and let her hunt

If you want to address anything later on...gel over gel.

[love2fish]

among other projects- I popped the fuel tank lid off yesterday- its soaked. Barely needed a prybar to pull the bottom off of it. Here's some pictures:

before pulling out the wood (or whats left of it).


got all the wet plywood out of it and sanded off any of the wood that actually stuck to it and roughed up the resin in preparation for re-coring it.  
(Going to lay a layer of matt onto the bottom of the existing skin and then lay some 1/2" marine plywood into it (as its still wet/tacky) and then add a few layers of 1708 to the bottom to encapsolate it. And then a layer or 2 of paint. Sound like a plan?

(just a temp fix to get me through the summer till I can work on redoing the whole floor this winter)

[love2fish]

when you lay the new core into the "lid"- what do you do about the edge where the original sides join the new core?
Do you sand the outside lip of the lid and wrap the glass around to that or do you just but maybe fill it with resin?
Thanks

[gran398]

Love2, Lewis got a nice job recently:

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[love2fish]

sweet, thanks for the update! I remembered reading that post somewhere and couldnt find it.

[fitz73222]

Whats the condition of your front hatches? There is something in the works to have the molds to be able to replace them with new originals if your so inclined.

[love2fish]

Fritz:my front hatches are good,no cracks, breaks, all edges are good. The front "ice box" hatch might eventually need a recore, but for now its good.
Has anyone changed out the latch ( I have the original "washer on a bolt" set up).. the aft 2 hatches (the double hatched compartment on the casting deck) doesnt have any pull tabs or way to secure them, I was thinking of putting lockable latches on them eventually.

What kind of hatches are you thinking of making? your more than welcome to use mine as a mold if you need to.

I was looking around under the casting platform yesterday and noticed there is a ton of room forward of the coffin box/ between the console and casting deck: could be a great place to put a hatch and fit some kind of storage for a cast net or extra gear maybe. I'd want something flush mounted there though, similar to how Rich did the aft bilge access hatch on his 22-2.


bad picture, but lots of room down there...

[fitz73222]

Thanks for the offer on the hatches. Mine are also in nice shape except for the fishbox hatch that needs to be replaced; the coring was perfect but the glass was breaking around the perimeter of the hatch so we are popping some molds off of them and building new replacement hatches that are identical to the originals for Scott's rebuild in North Carolina. I shipped mine up there to his boat builder. They've already managed to find the original supplier in Texas of the diamond non skid pattern to be used in the mold insert for the exact match. So these will be exact replicas with foam coring. So if anyone needs them they should be available on a special order basis with as close a match to the original "lima bean green" gelcoat if desired sometime later this year.

[love2fish]

Speaking of that color- is anyone else's extremely hot? I like the original color and everything but think when i eventually redo the floor, I'm going to go with the khaki or white Kiwi Grip...

[fitz73222]

Oh yea it gets hot in the summer. All you have to do is go back to the water cooled aft deck were the water comes in through the scuppers and cool your feet off and your good for a couple more laps around boat in bare feet. Maybe we have unlocked the mystery of the low scuppers. "The new 73' models offer the Florida edition aft deck to keep you and yours feet cool during those hot summer day's" the add could have read...

[love2fish]

Could be onto something there!

My boat actually stays pretty dry (scuppers are about 1/2" out of water when I'm standing in the back of the boat (I'm about 210lbs). Its a different story when theres a few people in the boat. but it seems like there would be no problem at all if the scuppers were actually "Floor level" and not at the bottom of the trough.

Non of which will really matter when the new raised floor goes in and the transom gets inclosed (new scupper height or scuppers out the sides).

[gran398]

Thanks for the offer on the hatches. Mine are also in nice shape except for the fishbox hatch that needs to be replaced; the coring was perfect but the glass was breaking around the perimeter of the hatch so we are popping some molds off of them and building new replacement hatches that are identical to the originals for Scott's rebuild in North Carolina. I shipped mine up there to his boat builder. They've already managed to find the original supplier in Texas of the diamond non skid pattern to be used in the mold insert for the exact match. So these will be exact replicas with foam coring. So if anyone needs them they should be available on a special order basis with as close a match to the original "lima bean green" gelcoat if desired sometime later this year.

Fitz has graciously shipped his original  '73 22-2 hatches to a Carolina builder, Seamark Boats http://www.seamarkboats.com/Models_2200___2000.html

They have been asked to reproduce our hatches, in the correct 1970's lima bean green color if desired. Once the mold of the 70's 22-2 hatches is duplicated....quality reproductions should be available.

[love2fish]

Removed the bow rail this AM also. I think it looks much better. I have a bunch of holes to fill and eventually plan to Kiwi-grip the cap.

[Blue Agave]

Looks much better with out the bow rail in my opinion.

[Aswaff400]

Looks much better with out the bow rail in my opinion.

i agree!