Phishunt

I e-mailed him, he does not even see that it was ever there or was deleted, I am really gonna be heart broken if its gone, I've got friends that I gave the address out to so they could follow me and it was pretty neat having people view my progress, shoot, I even went back and looked at it from the beginning, kinda like a journal. Hope the IT guy can find it

my topic, phishunt ok20, is gone, any ideas?

sorry for the late response on my thread, been doing yard cleanup for the past couple weeks. looks really good, did you brush or roll on the epoxy? I guess what you have done is cover the boat with resin and let it set up, then you are going to tape and glass? I was just going to go straight to tape and glass, but should there be a layer of just cured resin first? Will you sand this prior to laying glass?

Looks really good from here! I haven't been posting much because sanding pics aren't too much fun, hopefully will be glassing in a couple weeks. I rounded with a plane and sander, been putting resin thickened with 407 as a fairing compound and long boarding. I filled my holes with thickened resin first, then sanded, then fairing compound. My goal is to get it as good as possible in wood, then use peel ply with the glass, hopefully then I can go to the Alexcoat system without too much major fairing. I was under the impression that only the transom angle at the bottom needed to be built back up to a sharp angle, do the chines need to be built back up as well?

Pretty Work, wish I was this far along.....Haven't posted anything in a while, no need to remind you guys how tedious and unrewarding sanding is.

my favorite is crawling under and getting the resin drippings that have hit the floor on the back of my shirt. Should have bought a creeper. I have plenty of dirty shop shirts, but always seem to wear a nice clean one when I need to crawl under the boat. Probably have a good half gallon of extra on the underside. The other half gallon is on assorted shirts. Those getting started heed our words, clean as you go! And wear dirty clothes in the shop. And put plastic down.......There is nothing clean about boat building.

Looking good fishman, I too tired the compass method for the outside layer and actually got under the boat and scribed for the inside layer. When it came down to it, I found using the hand plane and shaving a bit here and there while using the old "knee" clamp dry fit method worked the best. It appears you are doing a lot better job of cleaning as you go than I am. Tomorrow I have a lot of sanding in store for me.

By the way, fishman, you said you are a football fan, and I'm not too much of a trash talker, but your broncos look pathetic tonight! In the essence of full disclosure, I must admit I am a red skins fan, so I really can't talk too much.

I just meant access to the fittings, etc. in the event something has to be repaired, instead of a hatch in the floor where it can be seen or removable floor panels. I had the draw tube dry rot off inside my fuel tank in my skiff while I was running this past summer. Couldn't figure out why the boat just died and after drifting 2 miles, searching for anything that could be the problem and saying about every profane phrase in the book, I figured it out. I was able to rig it to get back to the dock, but had a rough time fixing it due to limited access. Definitely put the vent and fill on the gunnel. Miyot, Did you bevel your sheer clamp and add the gunnels prior to glassing the boat, or wait until after? It appears that the spray rail and tublehome bumper are added afterwards, but prior to finished painting. I assume that they get glassed and faired in as well before painting.

Don't worry fishman, you have been giving such good tips, I don't want to get ahead. I too have been thinking a lot about the interior and making sure to leave access for later repairs. I like the hatch idea, haven't really though logistics since I am still upside down, but could the fuel tank access be in the center console? I assume if everything is really coated well in resin then there would not be a need to get under the deck unless there is need of a major repair. Probably a good idea to take lots of photos with reference points that are visible and a tape measure. On another note, Does anyone know a good source for the sheet foam that has been mentioned in the plan? Is this just styrofoam?

looking good fishman! I slowed down around the holidays, then is was the end of our deer season, 1 more weekend of duck season and I will be back on.

Gotcha Miyot, I only steamed the 8 feet on the bow end of the chine, worked great, easy, and cheap since I borrowed the wall paper steamer. Tarbaby, I was in manteo today picking up a boat and spoke to a guy who has been in and out of the boat building business for his whole life and he agrees with you, forget the steam and laminate. Too late for me as I already did it, but food for thought on my side stringers. On a side note, He told me the new 90' that Bayliss is building has (10) 2"x10"'s laminated for the keel. Makes our little 20 an 24's look like a cake walk!

This is pretty much the same setup I am looking at, 8' 4" pvc pipe capped at one end, towel stuffed in the other due to the 18' piece of wood. Cut a 1/2' hole to accept the hose from a wallpaper steamer that I borrowed from a buddy. I plan to steam for 30-45 min. pull the wood out, dry fit and clamp for a few days until it dries and holds shape. I am not quite sure what the issue would be as long as the wood dries prior to gluing; however, the idea of laminating, much like I will do with the sheer clamp, sounds like a easier and quicker way to get the same result. This would work well with the chines being 1 x 1 1/2.

Fishman38, not trying to make you backtrack on your build, but I have a question about your cockpit framing and vertical stiffeners. Would you recommend doing the cockpit framing as you did prior to flipping the boat, even though I realize you haven't flipped it yet. And, I can't quite make out if the vertical stiffeners are 3/4 x 1 or have you rounded them down like a 1/2 round or 3/4 round? Thanks