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Originally posted by capehorn 16Would a building in Bowman with power be too far out of your way?
Let’s talk Monday when I hook you up with your rigs!
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Lemons March 30:
Took me a while, but thanks to some great friends I’ve got some lemonade going finally. I owe a lot of folks fishing trips in exchange for their help. My wife doesn’t think much of me owing her fishing trips for all her patience. Any ideas?
I appreciate everyone’s help, offers to help and most importantly, prayers. Even though there’s been a lot of stress over budget and timeframe, I believe the Man upstairs has put me in a better place now.
Lemonade April 14:
Almost done cleaning up Mojo’s new home.
Lots of space.
While I was sorting through the lemons I was able to regroup as well as organize.
Set up a table to lay out and stage cloth on, and I set up an area for materials to stay out of the dust until needed.
Started with something easy to get the mojo going again.
glad to see the work. I wish I could help.
Cliff
2006 pioneer 197 SF 150 4s
Glad you got her going again brother. Need any help, holla.
19’ Sea-Pro CC
“Swagger Wagon”
Yamaha 115 - 2 stroke
14’ CMF Skiff
25 Johnson - 2 stroke
14’ Heritage Redfish
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
Ernest Hemingway
Phin,
Bobby at G-Crafts has the mold for this bait well. It’s roughly 35 gals.
Good stuff, Wes. Glad to see you’re just about back on track. Keep us posted.
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Originally posted by ReelescapePhin,
Bobby at G-Crafts has the mold for this bait well. It’s roughly 35 gals.
I’ve got a couple different ideas floating around in my head. Found some molds and also some boats I can grab or copy things out of that I like.
I may end up doing a leaning post livewell after all. I just need to spend some time looking at measurements and space constraints.
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Sure enough. My plans have changed. This boat is going to have a place for everything. Will be packed for a 25 footer.
Lots of glass has to come out of the lids before recoring. Lot of air pockets.
I decided just to take out more of the floor to have easier access to work on the interiors of the new fish boxes and also where I want new bulkheads supporting the deck.
The new foam you see is spray foam out of the can that Im using just to fill up gaps and hold the new control/wire chase conduit and drain lines. I will trim the foam flush and lay new glass to line the fish box interiors. The sides will already have plenty insulation, and the top will be foam core for the deck. I think I will do 1 or 1.5 divinycell on the bottoms to insulate where the biggest heat exchange will want to be.
I actually could smell good wood smell when I cut these new areas. The original plywood seems to be fir. The rotten areas I had already removed were all due to people putting holes in the top and not sealing them up. Composite would have had some problems too, but maybe not as extensively as with wood. The coring I’m going back with obviously isn’t as strong as wood, but I plan to go heavy on the glass and end up with less weight still since the foam core is so light.
You can see how Im leaving a pocket all the way arou
Looking good. Amazing how much you have done in so little time.
Are you going to insulate your fish boxes…?? The ones on my Scout don’t keep ice worth a crap.
Nm…went back and re read… ha
Nm…went back and re read… ha
I’m doing some minor fiberglass work on a small boat, very minor compared to what your doing. What type of head are you using on that side grinder to grind away the inside of those doors?
Look in northern tool and equipment for a norton 20x flap disk wheel. It is a blue color with metal hub. I have been using a 36 grit… May be a 40 grit. They come in finer grits too. There is a 3 pack of cheapo ones in there for 8 bucks, but one of the norton’s will outlast all three of the cheapos. 5 bucks and some change I think for the norton 20x.
I like using this on the small grinder because it isn’t as tiring as a big grinder and you have a little better control although slower than a big grinder.
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Big thank you to Palmetto Trooper! He is going to build me some other parts as well, and he’ll powdercoat them to match this color. If you need any help with aluminum stuff on your boat, he is the man to go to especially if you’re in the middle part of the state.
Picked up the T top frame from him yesterday. The powdercoat color I asked for looks awesome! Got a low glare quality but has some bling mojo when you look close in person.
I have to modify this console anyway to make the front access since between my gunnels and this big console is narrow. Everything fits perfectly as planned.
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Looking good Wes.
19’ Sea-Pro CC
“Swagger Wagon”
Yamaha 115 - 2 stroke
14’ CMF Skiff
25 Johnson - 2 stroke
14’ Heritage Redfish
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
Ernest Hemingway
Be sure and leave enough room for dem crab pots.
So what Cape is talking about is how I was dumpster diving this weekend. The owners of a couple junk boats graciously let me salvage these parts out of the decks. Big time help to me to not have to make these from scratch! However, the resident wasps wanted to defend their home.
I first attempted a cut and run sort of technique, but when I got to the part where wasps were flying out of every cut, drain hole or access and stinging the saw and/or my gloves I decided to come up with another plan.
I went to the store, and then returned with some air freshener for them- Raid scented air freshener.
Then I was able to finish. Found a couple wasp nests inside/around each part I cut out.
So the plan as last drawn would be this.
Just too tight for the motor to tilt up though.
So I decided to go full height and be able to push the wells outboard.
Next, I trimmed up the tops of the wells and ground the gelcoat where I’ll need to glass.
My buddy Jason came during the grind, and he got on the sander. THANKS Jason!
Once I got done with the livewells, I figured why not finish grinding the forepeak lid since I was already covered in dust.
Project looks good. I am enjoying the thread and thank you for posting.
Food for thought:
With the livewells lower, it will have a lower center of gravity. Theoretically the boat will be more stable, but might not make enough of a difference to be noticeable. If it is mounted high, and the boat ends up rolling a bunch or needing constant adjustment of the tabs when on plane then you might regret doing it that way.
One sweet thread here Phin. Very impressive.
Just one question. Don’t you get concerned pushing out as far as you go without twins??
Thanks for posting this rebuild tho.
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