Nice job, that's how it's done.

Got the floor pieces screwed down for a test fit.... Will epoxy encapsulate the bottom sides and then bed/screw them down with thickened epoxy tonight. Finally the end is in sight!

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Got both the ski locker and the fuel tank bay glassed in. It took about 1 gallon of epoxy. Multiple layers of 17 oz bias glass in the corners and one layer covering the entire bays .... this sucker is sealed up tight. With the new keel cover boards and a bit of epoxy putty to level out any depressions, the ski locker and fuel tank bay will drain much better now than the sloppy original job by the Larson factory.

Front bulkhead

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Fuel tank bay

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Rear bulkhead
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Serious skills there man.

I'll second that, nice job! Very well done Tim!
Now where is that ski rope.

Cheers Richard

Tidy work there Tim.

Having made a few surfboards I know you can get a bit untidy with fiberglass if you haven't got the skills :eek:

This hand rolled stuff is nice and strong too.

Tim, the Larson is a good boat right from the factory. You have made it better than even the original designer could have hoped. Your great grandchildren will complain that they can't kill this boat in order to justify buying a new one. Well done.

Transom is solid.... Limber holes are in centered in the bulkheads. Cavities under the new floor will be completely filled with 4lb foam that I still need to pour in.

I've said it before Tim, I'll say it again, you have mad skills...

The top of the other original bulkheads may want soaking with "GitRot". It's an epoxy treatment to stabilize and fill older wooden parts.

You have done an excelent job in your repairs Tim!

Cheers Richard

Already treated a couple spots in the port stringer with antifreeze a couple months back just for good measure. It truly is solid and I will fill/soak the top with epoxy prior to adding a thin strip of glass to cap it. Just too big of a job to do both sides for me this year. I am going to put a 10oz layer of glass cloth over both sides and all gaps/screw holes with be completely encapsulated with epoxy. I am fairly confident the port side will not give me any future headaches but if need be, I could replace that side too someday if required..... The starboard captain's chair base had been indexed and rescrewed at some point and the six old screw holes had never been plugged which is where the water entered to rot the starboard side.

1st race cancelled this past weekend due to weather so I got my 4lb foam poured. Cut all my holes then did some rough calcs on volume of each bay. My shop was about 70 degrees so to get to 80+ (as recommended for proper foam cure) I put my heat gun in each bay for about 5 minutes to preheat the cavity and I also set my measuring cups filled with resin on my wall heater to preheat them a bit. Seemed to work out nicely. On my first pour I ended up drilling one additional hole to add a bit in a corner. I ended up with a process using concrete blocks to cap holes as the foam rose to the top thus forcing the foam to spread out more internally towards remaining open holes. All in all I am pretty satisfied that I have completely filled bays.

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This stuff expands to about 15:1. Mixed up too much on 2 occasions.
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Made a tool to sand out the cured pour holes to then re-install the plugs with epoxy.... worked good. Floor/hull now VERY solid.
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Plugs epoxied in place.... A light sanding tonight and will be nearly ready to epoxy glass floor.
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Boat is completely sealed up now with epoxy and glass. Added some seat pedestal risers with epoxy filled blind mounting holes (the seat screws through the original deck were the primary cause for the water intrusion in the first place).

Ready to paint ski locker and bilge now and new carpet is on it's way. Rear storage area will forego the new carpet and just get coated with Nason Fulthane paint.

Finally done with making itchy dust!


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Nice work!
I sold these at a boat show for a week in the 90's.
You are doing a way better job than the guys that built it.

Got the ski locker, bilge and floors painted with about 3 coats of Nason Fulthane last night. FedEx truck showed up this morning with my new carpet. Won't be long now.

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Carpet is in! Wont be long now.

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Tim. That is coming out looking very good! Even better know how well all of the out of sight work is done.
Very nice job!

Cheers Richard

Tim, that is turning out awesome. Won't be long and you'll be back on the water.

Thanks Matt and Richard.... This project took way longer than I expected. It will be in the water within a couple weeks, but I still intend to completely re-pinstripe the boat, compound the entire boat, build a custom swim platform, re-cover the sundeck, install Corsa exhaust diverters, rebuild my trailer brakes and repaint my trailer black. With my Saturday night racing and subsequent repairs, I might not get my list done until next boating season.

Fantastic work, Tim.
And the best part is: it is very unlikely someone will punt you into a wall at speed so you have to repair it all before next weekend!

Best
Les