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I'm talking about the very "top" of the transom, where the motor sits. The "motor notch" and the raised section to either side is still raw wood. I glassed the flat surfaces of front "face" and back of plywood transom before installation. Now that the transom is installed, I need to glass the...

We replaced and glassed the transom in, however we have not done the top of the transom. I do not know what material to use that will conform to the shape/sharp edges. The transom is covered, front/back with 8oz cloth and held in place with cabosil/epoxy fillets and 12oz biaxial tape. What...

Wow, thanks for the compliments; that means a lot coming from y'all. We just hit the split in our duck season and are hoping to complete enough to get a few hunts out of her before the season ends. With slow epoxy cure times and only working weekends, progress is slower than we'd like. Fingers...

Progress has been slow, but we are getting there. -Finished building and installing ribs (minus last rib, going to spit it and frame in a small "bilge" area that accommodates the fuel tank against the transom) -Removed and replaced transom. -Cleaned and prepped hull flanges for reassembly...

Latest Update: -Remaining ribs removed -All flotation foam removed -Forward ribs installed -Lots of grinding completed, much more to do.. Originally, I was disappointed to see the top/bottom hull seam separation at the stern, but turns out it will make transom removal much easier...

Thanks Eric! I got the 6/4 mahogany stringers roughed in, but dang, they look like overkill. I planed them down to 1.25" and the still look huge in that little boat. We went "simple" on the floor. He will lose about 2" of cockpit height over doing it the "hard way." He still has more...

Today's progress.. -cleaned and ground front section of boat bottom -acetone bath/scrub -2 layers of 1708 glass -remove floatation foam at transom -discover water soaked/rotten transom Tomorrow we mill the mahogany hardwood and start building stringers. -spirits are still high.. keep on...

Any advice on the sequence/order of the tape? Starting against the stringer, which first, second, third? Thanks for any help/advice!

One step forward and one step back.. We started doing what we could while waiting on glass and epoxy. Pulling the edge banding off revealed some hull separation near the transom. We'll clean and reattach with thickened epoxy. The rest of the hull seam looks decent.. lots of rivets. We will add...

Awesome, thanks for the input. It took me a moment to digest what you were saying about the floor boards but I'm on board now, not sure which direction we'll go but we have the entire project to think about it. I'm sure I'll have more questions as we move along.. for now: The current plan...

Thanks for the input! Eric, I believe I remember a build thread, perhaps a bluebill, that had the same floor construction method you mention above. if we were to go that route, should we add a layer of two the bottom of the boat? The original bottom is a single layer of heavy cloth. Maybe...

Sorry for the confusion, I had a lot of problems posting. See below: looking to rehab the bottom of this old sneakbox. We've already started tearing the horizontal supports out, as they are broken and unrepairable. The previous repair attempts, by previous owners, have failed and we would like...

For conversation sake, the answer would be, yes. After extensive examination, stripping, rebuilding, replacing, new epoxy filets, tape, mat, flotation, etc..I would hunt out of it during winter months. My plan was to cut the top decks off, gut the foam and throughly inspect the chines...

Thank you all for the input and confirming what I was already thinking. The bottom is what really had me concerned but before I tossed her in the trash I needed some conformation that she was too far gone. Despite there being a lot I don?t like about the way this boat was constructed, I love...

Some of you may remember I posted pics of this boat I bought last year. My intention was to make a spring/summer rehab project of it and breathe new life into her. I cleaned about 4lbs of dirt, rat and wasp nests out of her today to get a good look at what I was facing. I already knew I was l...

The little Huff is also a little rough but it does not need much to be back to work. I am going to clean up both motors, get them running and then start working on the Huff. There are a couple of little spots on the Huff where the outer finish layer (gel coat?) is chipping from being sun...