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Funny, I've been contemplating that as I was putting epoxy on bulkheads today - and was going to ask the more experienced. The only downside I can think of would be any stiffness added to the panels and wonder whether that would be enough to make them harder to "shape" over the bulkheads. I'd...

Motor holes drilled oversized and filled with thickened epoxy. Think I'm going to change my plans a bit. As eager as I am to get the bulkheads mounted on my strongback and get building, I'm going to take a few days and epoxy coat them. Will be easier than dealing with runs once vertical.

Well, Tod is wrong, of course. About something, anyway. My local dealer, a good friend of mine from long ago, likes them both. He sells more of the Suzuki and initially recommended them to me - but I was leaning Tohatsu and he thought they were very comparable in quality. Tohatsu is a bit...

Very cool! Nice work@

A little progress - took the transom to my local dealer and used their template to mark the motor mount holes. Talking with the install tech, it does seem Tohatsu uses a standard mount, so as someone mentioned in the other thread, Tod, you may be able to use current holes when you get around to...

Yes. Will probably do that as part of laminating the transom doubler to the transom, effectively making the refills part of the bond. I think I may go ahead and do all that now on the table, rather than after stitch and glue.

Tod - discussed this with my local dealer. I'm going to go by with my transom later this week and borrow their template so I can pre-drill (I want to go oversize and refill with epoxy so the final holes have no wood exposure). Easier to do with just a transom, but thought I'd share as your...

WW2 museum is a must - absolutely fantastic. Joey K's on Magazine is a great place for lunch for red beans and rice - and fabulous cornbread if you hit them on the right day (can't remember which day). Jacques-Imos is one of our favorite restaurants and a stop everytime we go to NO. Camelia...

Those are fabulous, can't stop coming back to look at them! I love swan - fun to watch, responsive to call, and damned tasty, too!

The advantage of plywood is that the plys alternate grain direction... so cutting them I'm only worried about maximizing pieces out of each panel. It will matter for the hardwood

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Bulkeads laid out and cut, need a little sanding and finalizing the edges - other than the top edge. I've left that about 1/2" proud of the line in case I need to make any adjustments once flipped. The scarfed joints on the pieces for the hull and side panels looked good at first inspection...

So, you can be drowning, but if you live you never drowned? Sorry, being a bit of a smartass. I actually agree with Dave on the technicality (definitely on electrocution) but was pointing out that the word (like electrocution) has been so often used "incorrectly" that it is generally...

I was completing the previous context... read it as "anyone 'round here". No-one said we Southerners are literary geniuses. Just saying I know exactly what someone means when they say they've been electrocuted or were drowning - and that I'd be more surprised if they were dead (when telling...

Well, you should never look to an English university for a definition of an English word!!! They make up the words, we define them.:LOL: It's funny, though - I've never thought of death being the only outcome of either electrocution nor drowning. It's pretty common here (beach town) to hear...

Has anyone done business with them recently? I've sent and email and left a message, but haven't heard anything back. Henry

Yep, exactly. Prime the edges, then a light sand before adding the hull... though the primary reason for the priming will be encapsulation the wood. I suspect most of the bonding strength will come from the fillets and glass.