Starting 87 SN Floor/Stinger Repair

You say $1000 like it is a big deal. The finish product is well worth the cost. Plus you practically have a brand new boat that you can sell for 10-13k

I ended up using 5 kits total(10 gallons before mixing) with a touch left in the last kit, I ended up using 8 gallons of resin and 1 roll of matte, I did have some waist but it was minimal
Skibum did you buy locally? Gangster you better do some price shopping on this stuff it does get pricey

SkiBum, how much foam did you use? I know you said you could have poured it more efficiently? Could you expand on that a bit?

in those days that would be considered a weapon of mass destruction, Where does your boy go to school?

the fruit dont fall far....

How about this pic. SkiBum Jr. says it is a Tribuchet. Some french artillary piece I guess. I had a whole day off but Jr. needed to get this project done for school monday. Can't ski behind it. Not sure what use it has. Jr. can fling a baseball about 150 feet across the yard with it though. Maybe tomorrow after chuch I can get some real work done.

Here are a few links on the subject from Wakeboarder.com. Take them for what they are worth, I can't validate the information but there maybe some good ideas present.

Link 1
Link 2

Wow! What an enjoyable read this evening. Awesome job - it's great to have access to the expertise here!

what do the neighbors think, mine complain when the dog barks for more then 10 seconds. Should have seen their faces when I brought my sled home and road it in my back yard at 1 am. I live in a sub by the way, yard not very big but sled is piped and very loud. They don't mind the dog anymore.

Don't get me wrong I like most of my neighbors just not the guy behind me. I said sorry to the others for the loud sled the one night.

David F wrote: ... I cannot image doing this work in the garage. How in the world are you going to clean that garage

Haha when we did our '78 we did it in the garage, to clean; put on a dust mask, grab the leaf blower, open the front door, & have at it. Probably not the most eco-friendly way to do it, but ehhh, the garage is clean, well... was clean, until i started sanding the epoxy/fibergla$$ off the bottom of my kayak i built last winter, after it started hazing.

Nate

I may just build some stands for the boat. That would help a lot. I guess I would just need to work around the stands. That boat looks awesome! I can only hope to get such great results. As for working in the garage...I really have no other option. The average temperature outside is consistently below 40f. At night it gets down to the single digits. I figure after doing all of this work, cleaning the garage will be a simple task.

Right, I forgot about that one. Thanks for posting.

Ski-bum If you keep spending so much time on that boat, Momma's gonna get a new hobby
lol Eric

I have pretty much given up on flipping the boat. Just using the lifting rings to lift one end at a time while I work. One side of the bottom of the boat is completely grinded and sanded. The other side is half done. Applying the gelcote will not be too tough. Sanding it will be the kicker.

Here is a better picture of the gelcote work inside the boat to date. I gave up on flipping the boat. Tonight I lifted the back and grinded away all of the gelcote on one side of the bottom of the boat from the stern to just short of the plug. Using an electric grinder with 36 grit fiber disk for grinding followed by an orbital sander with 50 grit to level everything. I gave up on my trusty DA because my air compressor cannot handle the workload. It is very messy, uncomfortable, and a bit dangerous working under the boat while it is lifted like that. But, I'll get it done.



This is the new front seat base. I filled and sanded it so I can apply gelcote. This will be gla$$ed onto the floor and hull. Then I'll fill and sand where I gla$$. And gelcote when it is ready.

If grinding, sanding, and applying gelcote under the boat does not work out, I may tow it to a local boat shop. There is a lift in the yard. I'll try it this way for a while.