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The evenings this week and the weekend were taken up with prepping for paint and painting. Not my favorite type of work but has to be done. I'm looking forward to some days without sanding anything. I was able to get 2 coats of paint on the inside the hull. This morning I put the first coat on...

This design looks like a very good option, and something I think I might be able to construct with my limited skills. Any suggestions for the rubber/foam products you would suggest for the contact edges? I like that idea to avoid damage, but I'm also picturing a floor that squeaks every time I...

Thanks Eric. I'm trying to picture how the floor was designed using the supports in the second picture that follow the contour of the hull vs being flat like the first design?

After weighing all the options I had for the transom, I ended up going with the Vance mechanical jack plate. I really prefer the looks of the motor plates Steven constructs, but I like the idea of being able to adjust the height up and down to get it set just right. I went with the 7" offset...

I've been working on a Black Brant II restoration project for the last few months, and at a point where I need to work out what I want to do for a floor. I'd love to see options other folks have used for this boat or something similar. The previous owner had a 3/4 plywood floor with 2 2x6...

I let the paint sit a little short of a week including a few days out in the sun, then flipped it back over on Saturday and got the boat ready for a water test. I wanted to make sure all was well before I got to far into finishing the top deck and inside of the hull only to find out I missed an...

Painting the hull is finally complete. I think the color turned out really well. This is FME #28 dead grass green. Going to let it cure for a few more days and spend some time in the sun before flipping it back over and getting back to working on the floor. Next decision is going to...

Tonights update is a short one - I was able to find penetrol, None of the local shops or auto places had it, but Home Depot did. It made a huge difference. The third coat of paint is on the hull and it looks much much better. If anyone is rolling on FME, I would absolutely use it.

Given how common Youtube instruction videos are for pretty much every task in life these days, I'm a bit surprised there aren't more boat builds being documented. For some of the steps involved, watching a video would be super helpful. I've come across Sam Devlin's old stitch and glue video...

Thanks Steve, it does feel like a pretty big step to get paint on the hull. After having a similar issue finding Penetrol locally, I ended up not thinning. I had mineral spirits I could have used, but I wasn't certain if that would work well with the FME or not, so I made a last minute decision...

Thanks for the advice Jim. I ended up doing it all by hand. I had a piece of scrap wood with beveled beveled edges that made for a great dowel-like sanding pad. The dremel idea does seem like a good one. It probably would have saved me lots of time and sweat.

I spent most of the evenings this week getting everything ready for paint. Last night was the final sanding and washing. First thing this morning I wiped it down with a tack cloth and did one more wipe down with acetone. I went with Lou's FME #28 Dead Grass Green. First coat went on pretty...

I was able to get the second strake attached last night. I had a harder time with this one. I'm not sure if it was the heat and humidity difference or if I was a little off on my mix, but I had some fillet sag to deal with. It meant that I spent an hour or so fixing areas of sag every few...

Thanks Bill. I agree on the aluminum, but would put my work somewhere closer to acceptable than top notch ha! On these hot summer days I sure which I could get this thing together and out on the water. Lots of work still to come but getting closer.

Had a good weekend of progress. After getting the glass laid on Saturday morning, I was able to get it sanded and epoxied again so it was ready for the strakes. I had a little bit of work to do on them still. Yesterday I was able to get the aluminum bar finished up, drilled, bent to fit, and I...

Hi Steve, quick question for you. My shipment of Cabosil and milled fiber was delivered today. Do you have a suggested ratio of the two when adding to the epoxy? Should they be used in approximately equal amounts? I wasn't able to get a ton of work done in the last week, but I did cross a few...

Tod, Is your suggestion to not round over the edges of the strake at all, and keep them square and the width of the aluminum rail? The strakes I removed are approximately 1.5" wide, but with beveled edges there wasn't much of the bottom surface that wasn't covered by the aluminum. Thanks, Rich

Thank you Steve. I went ahead and ordered those fillers and will plan to use that method to attach the new strakes. I was able to finish up the adhesive removal this morning using the torch method. It went pretty well after I got the hang of it. There were a few areas where the glass...

Thanks Brad, getting closer and closer to that day.

I was able to get the the remaining strake sections removed this afternoon. The paint scraper and multi-tool approach worked pretty well overall. I would tap the paint scraper between the strake and the hull to separate/cut the adhesive, and work my way along with that. When I got to a broken...