Funds Brave restore thread

[insanity]

Despite how completely tacky that 'Gunsmoke' boat is, the artistry and attention to detail (at least from the pics) looks to be pretty high. Even the bolster mounts have the faux wood paint. I can't even imagine how many man hours went into all of that paintwork. But...in the end...:ack2:

 

[Geronimo36]

Thats the boat Buoy and I were talking about originally in the paint gone wrong thread. Pretty sure its a knock off hull. Ive seen it up close on the trailer and seen it run. Not impressed at all. It would do well on the car show circut. but like Chris said to each his own.

Comanche......Not my taste at all

McManus splashed a 28'?:lurk5:

 

[JJ Apache]

Thats funny! I forgot about that!!

Lol... you were pretty happy when fund snapped the picture. And your dressed in the same color scheme.....

 

[Geronimo36]

McManus splashed a 28'?:lurk5:

I did a little research, it's a Cherokee.. I think Cherokee was produced by Eric Froberg, Bobby's old partner.

 

[JJ Apache]

So the tank was cut and put to the curb...2 diffrent scrappers got pieces.. just cuz I wanted to know, I called my client that works for Omni-Source, and asked what the price of alluminum was? 27 cents per lb, and it would have to be cut in 2....


I read Ratickle was gonna pm me...lol! It looks great and the funky smell is gone. The boat is happy, and will be turn - key ready once agaian. An ounch of prevention on Lake Erie is worth $15,000 in the bank..
Oh, yeah. All of funds boats have made it back to the dock......:sifone::sifone:

 

[fund razor]

She just jinxed me.

 

[Birdog]

I did a little research, it's a Cherokee.. I think Cherokee was produced by Eric Froberg, Bobby's old partner.

My bad !...I knew it was some injun name....

 

[cabana1]

I did a little research, it's a Cherokee.. I think Cherokee was produced by Eric Froberg, Bobby's old partner.

That would be correct. The boat was painted by Jash shawl in Cincinnati, not really my taste, but very cool in its oen sense. The attention to detail on this is incredible. I would still own it proudly, Knock off or not, ugly paint or not. Like my dad always told me; There is an a** for every seat.

 

[Tony]

will be turn - key ready once agaian. sifone::sifone:

Those words have absolutly no place in the sport of offshore boating.

 

[erierunnin]

Those words have absolutly no place in the sport of offshore boating.

well...could be true....but depends on how LONG it's turn key in offshore boating...

 

[phragle]

the only thing turn-key on an offshore boat is the igniton switch, whether or not anything happens when you turn the key is an entirely different matter.

 

[Tony]

the only thing turn-key on an offshore boat is the igniton switch, whether or not anything happens when you turn the key is an entirely different matter.

Keys dont turn, they flip. :biggrinjester:

 

[Buoy]

keys dont turn, they flip. :biggrinjester:

sweet!

 

[Dude! Sweet!]

She just jinxed me.

She didn't say how they made it back to the dock! :sifone:

 

[DonziGirl]

I think I've seen that boat on the Ohio river before. Maybe a couple of years ago

 

[JJ Apache]

She didn't say how they made it back to the dock! :sifone:

Thats too funny! In Jann's world, I wanted to start a tow co. on this end of the lake.:biggrinjester: 56 Nordhaven.. :sifone:
We have 5 guys and 1 woman who can captain a tug....3 20 yr olds who wanna too.. :driving:

* Jinx was the name of my cat......:reddevil:

 

[fund razor]

Meanwhile... the bad wood (of course there was bad wood behind the bad tank.) Came out.
The new tank was manufactured by Atlantic Coast Welding. The "shrunken" size ended up being 126. It appears to be exactly as ordered. The tank is now here.

All last weekend I made up time by finishing the demo. Once the demo was done, I used cardboard to create blanks to fill in the spaces that I removed plywood. The blanks extended from the center stringer to the next stringers over, in the case of the tank cell, it was 31 inches wide. So each blank is about 15 by 18 and covers the entire area from hull bottom to above the top of the tank. The fuel line holes were an ultimate stopping point, as moisture did not collect above them. I went beyond those holes for the repair. The repair was made using 23/32 inch plywood. First the backing fiberglass panel (existing) was coated with resin. The plywood blank was also coated with resin, then a layer of chop strand fiberglass, which was thoroughly wetted with resin, then a second layer of chop strand was laid on that. Then thoroughly wetted. I pre-drilled bolt holes all the way through the existing fiberglass panel, and the blank. Once the blank was covered with two layers of chop strand, the blanks were fitted into place and clamped down using through-bolts. The following day, the through bolts were removed, leaving a solid mass. Next step is to cover the entire repair area with a layer of biaxial glass matt. Original was a thick layer of matt backed by 3/4 inch plywood. Now it is a thick layer of matt backed by two layers of chop strand, new 23/32 plywood, and a layer of matt to cap the tank side. This is considerably more stout than original.

The opposite end of the tank (forward) cell was covered with a 1/4 inch sheet backed by a single layer of chop strand (behind it). I may cover that (tank side) with a layer of biaxial mat too. (It had simply been 1/4 inch plywood, unglassed.

Today should be matt day. This weekend should be tank install.

Engines should be dressed this week.

 

[fund razor]

bad spot, new tank, repaired area.

 

[Ratickle]

You better have got something done since you didn't show up to watch me get humiliated......:boxing_smiley:

 

[ChiefApache]

You did a great job on the repair John!