Update, the needed funds are on the way but I was able to set the cabin on the deck cap for now mainly for space out back. It will fit as I...
Yea stuee keeps promising pics but none yet, I've been under the dash of my Mercedes and belly crawling around it lately fixing most of a list of...
Hiya tunnels, stuee, frosty, and all the rest, just checking in to see if stuee has posted any pics yet, sounds like he's coming along, mine is...
I'm gonna have to get me a metric conversion chart LOL
Interesting timber joint, I see how you mean that it locks together :cool: Stuee, busted knuckles ? :eek: you supposed to hit the chisel not...
Yea, I tend to measure everything twice then again just before cutting ;) what kind of foam are you talking about vs 2X8 or laminated ply ? The...
True but it gives me another avenue to check into as far as the power plant, Back to the hull, putting 4 stringers as in your drawing might work...
Yea, a total rebuild is what it will end up as and I've seen the full width bracket/platforms on other boats just not up close, with it's...
Tunnels, an outboard is a possibility and would allow more walking room, only reason I haven't given it much thought is already having the Volvo,...
It's a 19 ft SeaBird open runabout, a step down walkway between the seats in the cockpit helm, Volvo 270 drive with a Chrysler Slant 6, I was...
That is what was there from the factory, 2X8's I think, and I AM open to suggestion, another (larger but basically scrap) boat I had was 3/4 ply...
Tunnels, the bog recipe makes perfect sense now, I knew about the adding a little talc and aerosil at a time and yes absolutely a plastic...
Tunnels, I have a question (still on my learning curve here) the bog recipe you mentioned, I understand the 2 to1 mix of talc and aerosill, then...
OHH NOOOO :eek: My reading is that you use the filler as you are putting the stringers and bulkheads in letting it ooze out of the joints then use...
Stuee, the recommended filler I've read about on here is a mix of epoxy/hardener plus some cabosil or wood "flour" (sawdust ?) added to the...
Tunnels, reading between the lines here, I think Stuee was talking about putting wood directly against the hull (finger slip on the k/b maybe...
I guess I'll just do the best I can with this as I come to it, I have a lot to do before having to tackle this modification, either way the...
Yes Commuter Boats, that has been addressed (good eye there), the SeaBird pic is actually from before I gutted it. First I took that set of...
Titanic Yes Fanie, I saw a documentary on Titanic and they said a smouldering fire in one of the coal bins may have weakened the keel area under...
I'm still in the planning and material gathering stages of my rebuild. The hull, a 19 ft SeaBird, has been stripped out of all rotten wood and has...
