I must like punishing myself

[strick]

Bullet proof.

strick

[parrott]

Bout like this 67'. No foam tho at all inside the stringer grid. Crazy thing tho is there is a 1x4 on its edge on the inner side of the two inner stringers. Inside the stringer. Runs from the stern almost to the front of the stringers. Not real sure why the wood is in there. No glass or anything on it. Looks like it was put in there after the stringer grid was popped out of the mold.
I kinda like these stringers better than the box style. Easier to modify.

[billythekid]

I finished building the stringers and had to push the boat to the side as we had an incoming snow storm and had to get a bunch of the trucks ready Alright it is almost liked a planned this. I have enough 2" foam leftover to build my bilge bulkheads out of. I want to say I have 18"x 8ft left so I ripped 12 strips at 2.5" off the panel. It took exactly 12 strips to lift the stringers from front to back and a little extra by the transom to build the stringers to the transom.

I am going to use 1" foam around the outside for the deck to sit on. I am hoping to get the stringers glassed in this weekend.

[minnowsnmonsters]

Excellent thread and quality work, thanks for taking the time to add the details of each step.
I am looking at rebuilding a 23' SC this year so these threads are like gold when it comes to approaching each step (challenge)!
I look forward to seeing updates as your restore gets further along.

[billythekid]

well its been a long winter with a lot of snow plowing, the boat got pushed to the side for plow trucks, tractors, loaders, snow blowers, salt spreaders... ahh you get the point. I got the itch a week ago to start work again and made some progress in the past couple days.


alright got the stringers bedded in place with the devilette putty and went to work on the outer support





I used 1" devinycell for the outer band




here it is cut and shaped into place. I also bedded it with the devilette putty. I held it in place with the shims.

[billythekid]

I started working on the bulkheads in the center

I cut the foam 17"x 25" the stringer are lumpy and bumpy so I cut them big and shaped them back.

I had 3" hangin above the stringers so I took an extra piece of foam that was 3inches wide and used it as tracer. once it was fit into place I used the laminate trimmer to put a bull nose on the bulkhead upper corners to make it easier to wrap the glass around it.

[billythekid]

I rolled the boat outside and cleaned the floor to cut the roving up. I rolled it out o the floor and used a sheet rock square to make everything straight and true.

[billythekid]

I also bought a new pair of scissors from lowes, to cut the glass and boy what an awesome pair to cut glass. I cut roving like it was matt!!!!

http://www.claussco.com/product/5956..._Ti_Bent_Shear

[billythekid]

well I dug in this afternoon and set a goal of glassing all the stringers in and I got it done. a lot of work for one person. I put the roll of roving in the boat and did the standard trimming and some marks with the marker. Then I layed out cardboard on the ground and wet out the roving on the ground. Went into the boat and wet down the stringers. I let the roving wet out for about 5-7 minutes enough time to soften it up.

[billythekid]

I got the roving cut for the bulkheads and got one side laminated