I am curious to see if the structural damages are financially fixable, since it does look like all the interior wood reinforcement are more or less gone. Keep posting.
@GhettoGlasserFL
7 ай бұрын
That is the question. Everything is repairable, the question is how much money and time will it take!
@brianferguson6278
7 ай бұрын
First cut old transom off back saving fiberglass layer, Then add two layers of 3/4" plywood to the existing final two/three feet inside base of the rear hull. screws to existing runner's (if solid???). then add 2"x2" hardwood along base of transom to attach two layers of new 3/4"plywood transom. Glass old transom to the new wood structure. glass over all inside wood to seal from rot. Fabricate new steel brackets to support base wood to transom and attach new motor mounts to these brackets. (maybe four brackets?) When attaching old fiberglass panels to old fiberglass hull use a 1 in 12 slope angle with layers of cloth to spread the loads. This would make a great Lopper boat to do the lop from Great Lakes down the Mississippi to Gulf then around Florida up the intercoastal waterway, New York to Montreal, Up the Saint Lawrence, Trent waterway and back to starting point. All with a 6 horse sipping gas at a quart an hour.
@GhettoGlasserFL
7 ай бұрын
Thanks, I already have a plan I'm working on. I'm actually going to extend the hull a few feet to make it more like the later models. They abandoned the motor bracket idea after the first year of production. There's some confusion about the runners and general construction. These boats did not have stringers, There's literally nothing there, and whatever coring it did have is shot. Stay tuned, lots of work coming ahead!.
@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259
7 ай бұрын
Correct, the transom must be supported else a hook will form. Fortunately this boat was never intended to plane, thus the hook isn't going to prevent this. It has an interesting curved transom, thus I assume it's not a plywood layup. Oh, and the trailer bunks should be directly under the stringers, for support.
@GhettoGlasserFL
7 ай бұрын
Well that's the thing. The transom isn't supposted to have a curve, it was plywood cored from what I can tell so far, and these boats didn't have stringers. Later versions had floor supports that ran across the mid section of the hull between the runners, but no stringers. I have a plan to help remedy that. Thanks for watching!
@mostlyguesses8385
5 ай бұрын
Why not just slap on inside gallons of sawdust resin mix, skip straightening the hull.... I want a hobo 18 for my Wisconsin place..
@GhettoGlasserFL
5 ай бұрын
I plan on improving everything as I go. It needs more structure than thickened epoxy alone can give.
@mostlyguesses8385
5 ай бұрын
@@GhettoGlasserFL ... I'm a total amateur. But I've had a few old old boats, including thru hurricanes, and wow resin is tough. I did patch a ripped off cleat by layers of pure resin that ended up inch thick and it's held up thru year of use, I could see an inch down till it clouded up after months.. I have never heard resin Needs fiberglass, at most fiberglass lets the resin layer be thinner. I sorta think resin alone is super tough, our brains just cant easily adjust to how strong. Our brains think in terms of wood and screws, but resin is closer to steel than that. Would one doubt the strength of a quarter inch of steel?. PLUS I ADMIT RESIN HI COST may be a hurdle, what good is agreeing a half inch of resin laid down in 10 tenthinch layers is strong enough if it costs $5k+? Is cost why they use chopped up fiberglass, not cuz resin alone wouldnt be enough.. Soooooooo, it's wild but wouldnt pressure washing inside and gutting it then laying on resin layers till halfinch thick on inside be fast option? Brute force use of lots of good materials can work.
@GhettoGlasserFL
5 ай бұрын
Resin alone is extremely brittle. I've done many sample tests. Laying thick unsupported resin is a bad idea as it has little flexural strength and prone to cracking. A composite made of fiberglass and resin is many times stronger then the resin alone. No offense but there's a reason no one builds that way. It would be much more expensive, very heavy, and unable to take and dynamic flex.
@robertthompson9455
7 ай бұрын
Poor design. Any boat must be designed so that all the weight of the boat can rest completely on the keel or keels. All the motor yachts and sailboats you see in the marina yard are not supported by those props along their sides, that's just proping the boat upright. The keel is carrying all the weight.
@GhettoGlasserFL
7 ай бұрын
Not sure I understand the criticism. The boat is designed to rest on the keel runners. The way it's designed it is supposed to sit somewhat level if the tide goes out. The problem is the boat is old and in bad shape. In 1967 I'm sure it was rock solid. Hopefully I'll be able to not only restore it, but improve on the original design.
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