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180 Hours - Fabuglas Bahama Restoration |
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YIPPEE!!! The fiberglass supplies arrived on my doorstep during the past 15 working hours. I have laid out and cut to size some of the woven roving and glass fabric, including a patch for a hole in the transom, as seen in one of the pics below. |
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Here are several more pieces of the glass fabric and woven roving cut to size. The two to the longer rolls are for the transom, and the six smaller rolls will cover the stringers. |
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The top gutters are cut on an angle to provide maximum support for the decking. If the cuts look a bit wavy, it's probably because they are. The fiberglass on the inside of the hull is not exactly smooth, and so it made it very difficult to cut them flush to the hull where the decking will rest. I just did the best I could and will fill any small voids with a bit of thickened epoxy. |
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The gutters have been epoxied to the hull. Actually, I don't know what the actual name of these parts are, but I am calling them gutters because they seem to be arranged to guide water back to the bilge pump. I see very little structural purpose for these pieces. I am only placing them where the original gutters were removed. |
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Here is the hull in the transom as mentioned above. The area on the left is not much of a concern, as it is just chipped off gelcoat. The area on the right is a bit more of a concern, as this boat was never intended to have onboard plumbing. This will be covered from the inside of the hull with two patches, a layer of cloth, and the transom. That'll keep the water out (I hope!!!). |
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Hey - check it out...the vinyl trim is completed. Well, not exactly; the seat on top (upside down) is not quite done because I ran out of staples, and not quite all of the edge trim has been installed. It'll just have to wait until I get more staples. By the way, those little buggers are expensive...they go for about 50 cents for each staple!!! Yes, each one!!! Well, not exactly, but that's sure what it feels like to me when I'm paying for them...LOL!!! |
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Continue to 195 Hours - Fabuglas Bahama Restoration |
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