Reply With QuoteGlad it worked out for ya.
I've taken mine off the trailer by myself.
Flipping it over pretty much takes two people.
Todays update .
The razor scraping is taking too long. I will have to grind the rest of the gel off with a power tool,But first being that I guess I will go ahead and re paint,I need to get the boat off the trailer and onto a dolly that I built.
I went ahead and removed the rub rail from around the boat. When I got it removed I was surprised that there was no hull deck seam It apears that the huhh is some what capped,but is cracked in spots.I don't know if this is a factory deal or an after thought?
To get the boat off the trailer I decided to try Squircha's method ,with the two engine hoists.I have allready removed the pump ,so I will have to use the transom eyes to lift,hope it holds.The hull does'nt seem to be all that heavy,so I dont see a problem.
Got her all hooked up and started to lift
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/..._trailer11.jpg
Off the trailer we go!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/..._trailer21.jpg
Free hanging,Hoe nothing goes wrong now!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/..._trailer31.jpg
Bottom shot.Got some work to do here.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...ttom_shot1.jpg
ready to go on dolly.You can see the dolly in the background.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/..._trailer31.jpg
Well the two engine hoist method worked like a charm. Very cool idea Squircha! It was easy as pie!
Glad it worked out for ya.
I've taken mine off the trailer by myself.
Flipping it over pretty much takes two people.
Yea I took this one off by Myself also.It was very easy....Hal
Ok! Well let's see if we can catch this thread up some.
I got the boat off the trailer and onto the dolly for better working access.
I needed to grind all the gell coat off the deck,down to the bare glass to make sure that all the cracks go away .When I got down to bare glass I found that there was a ton of tiny cracks in the glass itsself.The cracks were very tiny and bunched together all over th deck,almost like at some point there was a bunch of weight placed on the deck. Maybe someone too heavy walked on the deck? Any way there were too many and they were too small to V-grind and fill back with glass.
I called Todd(Toddnjuzz) at TRG fiberglass,to see what route He thought I should take. He gave Me a couple options,one of which was to lay up a layer of mat followed by a layer of cloth,over th entire deck then blocksand it down. Todd said that is what they did to Cyclones deck on his Rogers and it worked great,So that is what I did. Deck grindinghttp://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/36.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/..._the_deck1.jpg
Here You can see the original gell coat ,which was silver flake with blue flake graphics.
Down to the glass
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/..._the_deck2.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...the_deck_3.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...the_deck_4.jpg
Before I glass the deck I need to Fix a spot on the nose.
If You look at the nose in this pic You can see the bad spot.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...the_deck_4.jpg
I filled in the bad spot with glass,then laid up layers of glass over it.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/421.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/431.jpg
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dam, even looking at it on the internet makes me itchlookin good !!!, keep it up we will have a kona bash when you are done
Ok ,I got the deck laid up with a layer of mat and a layer of cloth.
First I laid out the mat and cut it to fit the deck,then cut the cloth to fit ,so every thing would be ready to go.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/47.jpg
I used vinylester laninating resin for the layup,and added some sufacing agent to the final coat to harden non tacky.I had to work at night and under catylize the resin,due to the heat here in Vegas.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/48.jpg
Here is the deck cured and ready for block sanding.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/49.jpg
I got one ripple in the final layer,that I had to grind a little before blocking.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/50.jpg
After sanding down the glass layup,I skimmed the whole deck with a mixture of finnishing resin and microballons to fill in the low spots(not shown),then blocked that down.Then as a final fairing I used a pollyester putty to finnish fairing,then primed.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/511.jpg
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dam, your workin that focker, great job man...:jawdrop:
Great Write UP! Keep up the good work, we are watching your progress !
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