1971 Flatback

[LilRichard]

So the floor is now complete... finally.  It looks like less work than it was, but building the hatch receiver (second set I used gelcoat on) and glassing it into the floor was a PITA.  Plus I added 3 layers of 1808 to the hull in the back- the last sections were just as thin as the other glass I have encountered during the project.

Here's some shots of me setting the hatch receiver into the floor:

 



The white stuff is polyester putty I used to bed it in and smooth out the transitions.

Here is is in the boat:





The actual hatch door I will be using is gelcoated - the one in the pictures is just a placeholder that was taped down to keep the resin out of my beautiful receiver.

Next up: glassing the cap in and building those hatches.

[Asport-Rog]

Looking good!

[LilRichard]

Thanks Rog.

Here we go again... I glassed the rear cap in this weekend... trying to keep my momentum here.  Please excuse my overspill of the gelcoat.  It all has to be ground and faired anyway, so no big deal right?



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This week I need to build a few more hatch molds in oder to finish up the front casting deck.  I can't wait to eat some turkey and grind some fiberglass...

May have a new tower next week... think I found a killer deal.. Will post up more after I secure it tomorrow.

[Undertow2]

You go girl!! :smurfin:

Thanks again dude and keep up the momentum.  Can't wait to see what you found for a tower.

[blindmullet]

I know you want to sell me that mold :)

[LilRichard]

It'll be kept in the "AS Family"... let's see who needs it... but my goal is to keep it in the area.

[wiler55]

i talked to you a few times and the floor is going in soon i was wandering since we live 15 min away from each other if i could buy or rent that mold from you? it would stay in the AS family on my 71-222. i hope that this works out since i have been following alot of what you have done to your boat and i love the way that your hatch turned out. PM me and we can talk or ill send you my number cause i would love to see your work of art in person!

[LilRichard]

Sure Wiler, shoot me a PM and we'll chat.  Thanks.

[fishon]

I started reading about your project and it seemed like old news but very interesting.  I just got a '72 170 with a crack at the top of the transom but with a solid core.  It wasn't until I got to your coment about "eating some turkey and grinding some glass"   that I realized I had read all the way to real time.  Great project thanks for all the posts.

[LilRichard]

Thanks Fishon.

I kinda wish it was not real time... ground some more today.  Nothing terribly exciting... I just added my cap supports... and started fabbing the casting deck.  Hope to pick up my tower this week and then I will divulge details.

 :afro:

[LilRichard]

So I think I can safely let the cat out of the bag... I found a tower!  I was speaking to Travis at Quality last week and he mentioned they had a 3/4 tower they built for someone and they backed out... and it just so happened to fit.  Travis was/is really cool to deal with - great guy.  Very impressed with his operation... can't say enough honestly.

Anyway, we're finalizing details, but I will post up some pics here soon.

[blindmullet]

Hey Rich, I'll be moving on to the outer wings in the grid system.  Did you just carry out the bulkheads by adding 'wings' and then put one in the middle of each bulkhead.  

Looks good!

[LilRichard]

Sorry, can you clarify the question?  

My stringers are continuous, so yes, I did just add the "wings" onto the bulkheads - and glassed it all together.  Don't know if that answers the question.

[LilRichard]

Last weekend I added some supports for the cap - two foam supports toward the aft and a wood support that I ran my fuel lines through on the starboard.  The port side is a false.







The supports are all straight - although the picture does not look like it.

Today I worked on glassing the hatches into the casting platform and then glassed the platform together (it was two pieces of ply).  

[wiler55]

rich pm me your phone number so that we can get together for those hatches!