Forward bulkhead

[77SceptreOB]

I love the "circle of death". Great idea!!

[hermco]

Awesome idea. Necessity is the mother of invention.

[flyingfrizzle]

Very innovative.... Like the boat rotisserie!

[afishin82]

Redneck ingenuity at its finest! Amazing what you can get done in the back yard

[chriselk]

Anybody know how to change the title of this thread?

I started it out as a question and it became a build thread.

[chriselk]

Does anyone know of a hard top build for a 23 seacraft? I did not like the one I had and want to make one out of divinycell.

What dimensions, build schedule etc.

Thanks

[flyingfrizzle]

Originally Posted by chriselk

Anybody know how to change the title of this thread?

I started it out as a question and it became a build thread.

I think only moderators can change titles of threads, as them to do it for you

[chriselk]

Originally Posted by chriselk

Does anyone know of a hard top build for a 23 seacraft? I did not like the one I had and want to make one out of divinycell.

What dimensions, build schedule etc.

Thanks

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None of you 23 center console boys have a hardtop that you could measure for me?
I found some help on the layup.

Chris

[chriselk]

Well, I guess I get no respect here. No reply, so we went to some other boats and measured.

[chriselk]

If anyone is out there, here is progress.

After getting it flipped and back in we did the following.

Ground out any bubbles, irrregularities, etc. and filled with cabo/epoxy. ground and then filled with fairing compound (epoxy based, a couple of kinds). We decided that we wanted a single substrate to go forward with and put a layer of 8 oz glass and epoxy on. We figured it would stabilize and minimize difference ezpansion coefficients of the underlying materials.

We puttied, faired, sprayed, superbuild, faired, superbuild and faired. We also did the hull sides with some putty and two superbulld. At the end we used a new tool, a Hutchins air to finish sanding at 80 grit.

The green is some food coloring in alcohol sprayed on as a guide coat to see low spots.

This was done with the boat on four dollys. We could wheel it in and out of the boathouse as needed to spray, wash etc. Used the golf cart for that and a block and tackle.