Transom Project 2
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Finally, I make some progress. Not much, but progress none the least. The summer rains have kept me from getting anything done on the project for over a month now. I would manage to do an hour worth of grinding every now and then between rain storms, but nothing significant.
Saturday I finished removing all of the inner liner and foam that I had planned to remove. Working in the summer sun in South Louisiana is not fun at all, but I have to press on with this thing. Here's a nice self photo of Darth Vator.
Then I finished the grinding & prep work and then vacuumed and scrubbed everything clean.
Sunday I was lucky to have help for the first time in the entire project. Milton Donnell (The Fishin' Fanatic) came over and was a tremendous help in glassing the starboard stringers. We began by placing fillets in the corners to make the corners easier to fiberglass without voids. We than placed 3 layers of 1808 DB on the stringers and tabbed them to the transom and hull bottom.
We extended 2 layers of 1808 DB fiberglass about 20" forward over the existing stringer section. Overkill, yes, but the new sections should be solidly held in place.
Well, two down and two to go! I had to shave the hair off of my arms because it was all glued together with resin, but I'll live. I think Milton learned alot today. Mostly not to buy an old boat! We only got a few sprinkles all weekend, so someone was on my side this weekend. I would rather win the Powerball, but you can't have everything. Thanks again Milton!
Another weekend and a little more accomplished. I managed to get the inboard port stringer glassed today before the rain and wife made me quit. The stringer is covered with 4 layers of 1808DB at the transom and 3 layers over the length of the span moving forward. There is a 4" lap onto the floor and transom just like the others done last weekend.
And finally, I can put this stringer saga to rest. All 4 are fiberglassed now. The same lay up schedule that was mentioned above was used for the outboard port stringer. I'm beat, the stringers were definitely the toughest part of the project thus far.
