Project Seacraft - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Krispy · 08-20-2006, 08:50 PM

Well, Friday night I cut the rest of the motorwell out. I may re-use the engine box as a splashwell if I decide to go the notched transom route.
Then, this afternoon I pulled out the steering cables, cut all the dash wires and sawzalled the bulkheads that create the cabin. Sawzalls are fun.. So I says, Krispy, go for it

And by 7pm the the top was chopped!
My neighbores stopped to talk as they walked down to their dock and when they came back the boat went from cuddy to CC

Heres the album, I updated w/ a few pics from tonight:
http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Seafari20/

NIB · 08-20-2006, 08:59 PM

Nice, this old boat.
There goes he spare cash.

fishaholic18 · 08-20-2006, 10:30 PM

Nice post. Good job. Love that stuff.

Goose · 08-21-2006, 05:46 PM

Don't use drywall srcews. Nice work keep it up.

Roger · 08-21-2006, 06:06 PM

Are you making a CC out of it?

zacs · 08-21-2006, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Opened up as in Wide Open Throttle?

Or Opened up as in you can visually inspect the stringers from Google Earth?

John, this is what i meant by opened up. LOOKS AWESOME KRISPY, KEEP THE PICTURES FLOWING!!!!!! YOU ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS>>>@!!!!!

FANTASTIC!

Vectorfisher · 08-21-2006, 07:41 PM

Looks like mine

JohnR · 08-21-2006, 08:43 PM

Nice Work Krispy

- The Fun Part (almost), the destruction....

VF - Are you going to glass in some extra knees?

Here is some of this weekend work

JohnR · 08-21-2006, 08:43 PM

Couple more

Vectorfisher · 08-21-2006, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Nice Work Krispy

- The Fun Part (almost), the destruction....

VF - Are you going to glass in some extra knees?

Here is some of this weekend work

No I am going back to a fresh water cooled I/O, I can't justify cutting that transom up for an outboard, IMO the lines are much better and it is a safer boat as an I/O it will be trailered so no worries

MrHunters · 08-22-2006, 09:57 AM

that looks like an overwhelming amount of work...good luck.

Vectorfisher · 08-22-2006, 07:30 PM

Aint she PURTY

Another leg up on the mountain

MH you can't think of the work or you would never get motivated, I tend to think of it as my blank canvas I can alter,modify the boat the way I want, not a cookie cutter factory boat, I will know how every part of this boat will be put together and too me when I am 15 miles offshore in this little bugger I will have no worries as to what is under my feet

Vectorfisher · 08-22-2006, 07:36 PM

Regarding the scupper issue, I left 3 1/2" from the sidewall of the boat to the edge of the existing floor I am going to pad my stringers 3/4" and lay my new floor to the edge of the existing channel this will give me a 3/4" channel around the perimeter of the floor. Also on my last boat Hydra Sports Vector my floor drains had ping pong balls which would allow water out and not in, although they were set in the floor (vertical) and the Sea Craft will be horizontal I don't see why they wouldnt work. Also my floor has tubes that drain into the bilge I am thinking of doing away with these ????? I will trailer so I don't forsee a problem but will try and adress the issue a bit

TheSpecialist · 08-22-2006, 07:52 PM

I stuck it, so I would'nt have to search for it. Besides I knew everyone would appreciate the work you are doing..

MrHunters · 08-22-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Vectorfisher

Aint she PURTY

Another leg up on the mountain

MH you can't think of the work or you would never get motivated, I tend to think of it as my blank canvas I can alter,modify the boat the way I want, not a cookie cutter factory boat, I will know how every part of this boat will be put together and too me when I am 15 miles offshore in this little bugger I will have no worries as to what is under my feet

fair enough... and if i had the skill i might say the same

but until that happens

i can't wait to see your finished product

thefishingfreak · 08-22-2006, 08:38 PM

nice

sportsman · 08-22-2006, 10:02 PM

Freak this is what you need...A nice project boat!!

Vectorfisher · 08-29-2006, 05:52 AM

A couple things done, made up my stringer ends and been grinding cracks and what not, nothing too exciting

zacs · 08-29-2006, 08:44 AM

how did the wood in the transom look?

Nebe · 08-29-2006, 09:03 AM

wow- thats allotta work

Krispy · 08-30-2006, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Nebe

wow- thats allotta work

Yeah, everyone says that about these types of projects.
Its fun if you WANNA do it, sucks if you HAFTA do it.
Pulled all the floor off, removed the foam and some more general cutting and chopping. Found one of the stringers is weak and cracked at the top. I think the P.O. drilled some lug screws for the seats straight into the top of the stringer and it broke over time. No big deal, an easy fix
This week I'll finish removing where the liner was epoxied onto the hull sides. It needs to be chipped where the joint meets and is coming off fairly clean. Also cleaning up the stringers where the bedding compound attached the stringers and floor. Finish cutting and removing the front "casting deck" area. I will be leaving the very forward section for now.
Of course when I decided I was gonna remove the cap, I checked underneath it, and its glassed to the hull sides

One more piece to cut for removal. Then the boat will get a thorough sanding inside.
I got some tips for pulling the outdrive, maybe I can get it all out over the next week.
Hurt my back, so things are going a little slow

Vectorfisher · 09-04-2006, 05:03 PM

Made a little progress yesterday, got the pieces for the floor shaped and got 90% of my cracks ground out even filled a few with some mat and resin. What do you think of the water channel around the I/O housing?? Keep it or lose it?

thefishingfreak · 09-05-2006, 06:45 PM

lose the water/fish guts/blood chanell.
looking good so far...

Grapenuts · 09-05-2006, 07:47 PM

R you going to seal the underside of the ply?

the only thing I could suggest is to replace those small scupper's and bump them up to 11/2 or 2"...pvc pipe...nothing like having a wave dump 6" of water inside and waiting for it to drain.

your looking good on the work you've done todate.

Vectorfisher · 09-05-2006, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Grapenuts

R you going to seal the underside of the ply?

the only thing I could suggest is to replace those small scupper's and bump them up to 11/2 or 2"...pvc pipe...nothing like having a wave dump 6" of water inside and waiting for it to drain.

your looking good on the work you've done todate.

Yes the underside of ply will get some cloth, I will also lose the fish blood channel, the more I think of it it needs to go will only give me something else to fair and sand and fair and sand. The scuppers I will have to look into but I can picture 1 1/2 scuppers on it

thefishingfreak · 09-05-2006, 08:41 PM

the underside of the plywood doesn't need cloth.

roll some deck enamel on the underside before you screw it down.
glue and paint,, all in one can

Grapenuts · 09-05-2006, 09:45 PM

cuprinol :number 10..it'll out last us all- under a deck on plywood....lumberyard or hardware store.........it's made for wood thats under water..or wet area's....

Vectorfisher · 09-06-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

the underside of the plywood doesn't need cloth.

roll some deck enamel on the underside before you screw it down.
glue and paint,, all in one can

I was thinking 6oz cloth nothing heavy I am afraid of checking if I don't I do have some 2 part epoxy paint laying around I could use. Also not ready to glass the floor down I need to get a tank for under there and make a box for that, am getting things all lined up for some serious glass work before we get real cold weather

Swimmer · 05-11-2007, 11:04 AM

Thanks for posting the pics. Nice job your doing.

Raven · 05-11-2007, 11:09 AM

must love the smell of fiberglass resin in the morning....

_Raven aka Craig

ps nice work.... rehabbin her...

i liked the comment on drillin big holes later...