White Ants in the Play-Pen

[2iar]

You're referring to the meat of course?

kev

All that's missing is the Bisto, eh Kev? :-)

Good luck,
Mike

[bidkev]

[quote author=kingtin link=1137501549/150#157 date=1139205205]

You're referring to the meat of course?

kev

All that's missing is the Bisto, eh Kev? :-)

Good luck,
Mike[/quote]

Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

kev

When you live in the past, it costs you the present.

[insideout]

what a great story! tho i found it a little late to tell you that if you put baby powder on( lots of it ) before you suit up to fibreglass , do not re apply through the day and when you shower at night have a very hot one for a while before cooling it down = nealy no itch. worked for me for years.

[Figjamm]

Report #21

Mon - Day 22

We cut out the 4th stringer, then gave them all a shave here and there to achieve a better fit.

Put bung holes in two inner stringers,



and cut heels out of two outer stringers.



Ross gave the hull a light sanding and I got to clean up after him again!

Tues - Day 23

Went shopping, bought inspection hatches, staple gun and stainless staples.... that's tool #4 if you're keeping count Kev ;-)

Bogged up old bung holes and base of transom. Glassed a patch of one layer woven roven and one layer of mat into keel and up base of transom.



Coated bases of stringers with the resin mix.

[Figjamm]

If I had to join ply to get total lenth, I would use a overlap joint of at least 300mm and cut at 45 degrees. Does that make sense(some times I know what I mean and no one else does).

Makes perfect sense to me.... and that is how we were going to do ours, but then decided to do them with straight cuts and 300mm long keyways.

[Figjamm]

heres the pics of my rebuild.

Well done

[sf17fisherman]

have youz thought about putting foam under the floor when finished to give some positive bouyancy???

[Figjamm]

have youz thought about putting foam under the floor when finished to give some positive bouyancy???

There will be no foam under the floor. After what we found under our floor we want good air circulation during storage.

[Fishin_Dan]

Bev - Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday... I'll give you a yell later on today.

[Figjamm]

Report #22

Wednesday - Day 24

Bogged in the stringers







Cut up some fibreglass mat, ready for a weekend of glassing.... then in moved the cat! He prowls through the shed each night checking out our progress

[Fishin_Dan]

Good to see you keep your shed rego'd!!!

It's looking good Bev! Sorry I couldn't get down there... Been mayhem up here!


You've given me incentive to get my boat going again, so thanks so much! I've got a lot of work to do, and I have an idea of where to go after seeing some of your pictures. (Post as many as you like/can!)

We're all watching Bev!

[Figjamm]

Good to see you keep your shed rego'd!!!

It's looking good Bev! Sorry I couldn't get down there... Been mayhem up here!

You've given me incentive to get my boat going again, so thanks so much! I've got a lot of work to do, and I have an idea of where to go after seeing some of your pictures. (Post as many as you like/can!)

Had to put that rego sticker somewhere safe Dan We figured you must have got busy when we didn't hear from you. Glad we've motivated you into getting your boat going again #

We're all watching Bev!

Eek, I might have to hid! [smiley=curtain.gif] #

[Oldyella]

Just spent 10 hours reading the thread
You guys have a great "Never say die" attitude... That Suzi looks like a 1986 model and very rare indeed esp a 115.

[Figjamm]

You guys have a great "Never say die" attitude...

[smiley=dankk2.gif]

That Suzi looks like a 1986 model and very rare indeed esp a 115.

Suzi isn't ours, so don't know what model, etc. She's here until her owner comes up with a better storage solution

[Figjamm]

Report #23

Thur - Day 25

Began making bulkheads, cutting out the cockpit floor,



and the step downs for the floor under the well.



It was at this point we realised we'd made a mistake! Stepping down the floor to maximise space under the well has exposed the heels in the outer stringers... so they will need to be filled in and bung holes added so we maintain bouyancy between the outer stringers and the chine.