Project - Aquasport 246CCP, 1979, Captain Koz II

[kaptainkoz]

Getting closer
I spent Friday night fairing out the floor with gelcoat and cabosil. It doesn’t photo well but basically I am smoothing out the floor to my liking before I start the final buildup of gelcoat.





Getting closer to closing off the transom. Figured now would be a good time to fixed the smashed port-gunnel corner. I am not sure what caused the damage as I got it this way.









I realized I should have done it before I tied the floor into the cap but I used a floor jack and bought myself the clearance I needed to slip a sandwich of 1.5 oz chopped and 1708. 






I taped everything off, wet some glass, set it up then released the jack which lowered the cap back down squeezing the glass in place. I then added the screws back to squeeze it all in place then used a chip brush to make sure everything is where I wanted it..





I drowned the broken fibers in 404 peanut butter for added strength.




I then continued to install the original pieces of the transom cap that I prepped a few months ago. I tacked them in place with screws and started to glass the pieces in with a strip of 1708.







I beveled the edges with a grinder and laid a narrow strip into the bevel. It’s hard to see in the photo but that’s why it’s a thin strip of glass

[Duffy1470]

Very cool

[kaptainkoz]

Thank you Duffy I appreciate it!

Powerhead is ready
Powerhead is complete and ready to mount. Good riddance. I’ve done a few of these in my day but I forgot how tedious a ring job with a proper cleaning, inspection and reassembly is. Should be a really solid motor. I’m pleased with what I had to work with and the outcome. Time to drop this one on a dolly, clean up the tools and tables and shift gears to fiberglass and gelcoat.