Coronado15 Rebuild

Looking good.

 

Thanks,
Now I need to pick a paint.. can't say I really know where to start on that one. Suggestions?

 

The paint should be easy. I used Rustoleum Marine. It's very cheap and works fine but it's not very tough like an epoxy paint. How's the fairing going? I noticed a lot more compound on the top of the transom.

 

Do I need to paint this with Anti fouling paint or do you think topsides is good enough? Seems like AF is overkill but topsides might be under-spec. I do like working the fairing compound better. Those top corners where recessed a little bit so it took more compound to fill/blend them in. I did more work after this photo but it's practically perfect, which we are going to call good-enough. The Transom as a whole feels very hard and solid.. much different from the boat we pulled apart.

 

Are you going to fiberglass over the cut seam?
The majority of the strength is in the fiberglass.

In my opinion, don't go far from shore if you keep it the way it is now.

 

I'm curious about what kind of sanding block you're using. You might want to paint it and call it good, and then next season you'll be ready for a do-over. Go with epoxy paint. Crazy how it's blue and red under the gel coat.

 

Upchurchmr, the seam you see is only the fiberglass skin, I would expect the strength to actually be in the 1+ inch of marine grade plywood and silica enriched epoxy under that skin.

Canracer,
I used what I had on hand, I used sone 80 grit then I used 180 on on my oacilating tool, then I went to 220 on my sanding block,
Then I did 800 wet sanding on that block, and lastly 2000 grit we sand

why would I want to do-over next year?

for paint.. I'm thinking...

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For the paint to adhere , the surface will need some "tooth." You might consider roughing it up again with 300ish grit so the paint will have something to stick to.

 

There is not much attachment of the wood to the outer skin the way you did it.
This type repair has always bothered me.
It will work for a little while.

 

I dropped the blue-glo and ordered flat white to go with the barrier coat. Should be here Monday.

 

Well after you have it outside and under the sunlight, your eye will start to notice every little imperfection under the paint. Who knows, you might decide to sand it down again next winter and re-paint (just a wild guess.) A quart of paint might be way too much.

 

Looks good already.

 

I didn't take a picture yet but added 3 more coats of white barrier coat, and have now added 3 coats of topside (just doing the transom) I'm not gonna lie, it's got some orange peel.. I wish I'd have done the roll&tip on the barrier coat.. but I didn't. I also put my first coat of topcoat on too thick so.. I had some runs to sand out.. I don't love how the inside of the transom looks, but it's still better than it was. The outside also isn't perfect but no worse than after a few trips out getting knocked around I think. I'll try and take some pic's tonight when it's dry.

 

It had been too long, at least 2 years since our little boat found it's way into the water. Pics are a yard sail we had to make sure all the pieces and parts where on hand and in order. Not surprisingly we had a few setbacks.. but she swam for a few hours. a few gusts had us burying the rail and a good time was had by all. Good to know the transom didn't fall off ;-).