1968 Aquasport Flatback Diver - Shipoke Rebuild for Hefner

[CLM65]

Each time I see this thread I think Hugh!

x2!

[dirtwheelsfl]

Gotta love nidacore for bulkheads. Wish they made it with a lil more glass on the skins though! Whats your guys' method for filling the cells and bonding the sole? Arjay probably eh? Neverbeen a fan of the nidabond stuff. Fasteners?...

[ashley]

Gotta love nidacore for bulkheads. Wish they made it with a lil more glass on the skins though! Whats your guys' method for filling the cells and bonding the sole? Arjay probably eh? Neverbeen a fan of the nidabond stuff. Fasteners?...

Check out page 11 of shortpants' 222 redo. Its all a chemical bond, not sure what there using for bedding?

[ashley]

Deck is in. You can see the flush folding sea door recess as well as the rigging tub recesses. The half rounds in the transom corner are to be chases for trolling trim tabs.

[Aswaff400]

lookin good!!! whats she gettin for power? twins?

man i need to swing by eugene's shop, its been a little while.

[ashley]

lookin good!!! whats she gettin for power? twins?

man i need to swing by eugene's shop, its been a little while.

Thanks, not sure about power, but it will have single. I might wait for 2014 Yamaha 4 cylnder 200hp? Etec 200, Suzuki 175?

[gran398]

Sweet job on the high density inlay....the T Top will be mounted to some meat there.

What material is being used for the inlay, and what material is being used for the rest of the deck?  And are there any special interface requirements where the two meet, or are they just glassed on both the top and bottom?

Up here we call it "Duralloy". It is a heavy, high density synthetic that takes the place of plywood. It will hold screws.

Because of its weight it should be used only where needed for mechanical bonding applications. It is glassed in.

It is shown here installed on stringer tops:

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[ashley]

Sweet job on the high density inlay....the T Top will be mounted to some meat there.

What material is being used for the inlay, and what material is being used for the rest of the deck?  And are there any special interface requirements where the two meet, or are they just glassed on both the top and bottom?

Up here we call it "Duralloy". It is a heavy, high density synthetic that takes the place of plywood. It will hold screws.

Because of its weight it should be used only where needed for mechanical bonding applications. It is glassed in.

It is shown here installed on stringer tops:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6763&start=30

Thanks Gran398, as I understand it, he put a 3/4 sheet of Penske on top of the stringer and a 3/4 sheet Penske in the deck at the loctions above the stringers giving 1.5" of material to screw to. The rest of the deck is 3/4 Nida core. The deck is built in reverse, like from a mold, meaning 1st gel coat, glass, core, glass and flip over.

[CLM65]

Thanks for the info/details Ashley and Scott - good information there.

[ashley]

More progress, casting deck, rod tubes, fairing.

[gran398]

REALLY nice! Bet you're getting excited huh!!

Saw the Shipokes at the show last weekend. They make a top drawer product....and their rebuilds are equally impressive.

[seabob4]

Good old Dykem blue...we used to use it when scribing hole locations at Lockheed.  Spray a bit on, scribe your location, shows up like a spotlight on a dark night.  Equally great, as Eugene is using it, to find high and low spots...

[ashley]

REALLY nice! Bet you're getting excited huh!!

Saw the Shipokes at the show last weekend. They make a top drawer product....and their rebuilds are equally impressive.

Thanks, very excited and Eugene has been great to work with.

Anyone have an IN hull transducer? Never had one and thinking about getting garmins sub $400 model.

[gran398]

REALLY nice! Bet you're getting excited huh!!

Saw the Shipokes at the show last weekend. They make a top drawer product....and their rebuilds are equally impressive.

Thanks, very excited and Eugene has been great to work with.

Anyone have an IN hull transducer? Never had one and thinking about getting garmins sub $400 model.

They are the best in quality imaging from a purist standpoint.

Trust the pro's  thinking on this... here on CAS, we have professional builders, licensed captains, guides, riggers, expert fisherman, lobster hunters, sportsmen, scallopers, chit-talkers, horse thieves, and nar do wells.

Certainly someone above can expound on the differences between a thru-hull transducer (in the old days were contained within an oil bath) and a transom mounted transducer.

[seabob4]

Ashley,
In regards to a "shoot-thru-the-hull" ducer, walk the docks and find someone who uses one on a daily/weekly basis.  See what he thinks...

Eugene knows how to install them.  No coring, solid glass.  Mineral oil is the bath she needs to sit in.  The bigger 2KW in-hulls nest in anti-freeze (propyline Glycol)...

And I AM a subscribed neer-do-well...