New to me 78 Tique

Beautiful craftsmanship.
Nice can pile too.
Curious, in this and other stringer replacement pics I see the beefed up area of the outboard stringers. adjacent to/astern of the motor bay.
What is the purpose of this extra-wood?
Thanks, HNY!

Looks like you've thought of everything. Great work!

Ah yes, makes sense. Thanks.
I'll keep that in my notes when my recent-to-me '81 goes under the knife.

We are planning to CPES all of the wood in the boat. In regard to the floor...the plan is to go with 3/4" ply and put a layer of cloth on top to fully waterproof and strengthen. Is that cloth overkill or are we thinking correctly. If cloth, any weight recommendations. We are looking at the 8.5oz ecloth. Thanks.

David,
I would suggest cloth on both sides but a very light weight like 4oz. Yes, you are planning on a CPES treatment but the cloth will bind the surface preventing any potential checking/splits in the ply. Keep in mind that epoxy is basically an adhesive and it's the glass that's the strength. Have you purchased the 3/4 ply yet? As mentioned, it's overkill. With the cloth on both sides, I'd go 1/2" plus, you are planning on adding some port to starboard ribs correct?

Hoping to glass in the stringers starting Sunday. Question, after bedding in thickened epoxy we plan to use 2” tape down the joint using what gets pushed out when we push the wood down. We will then wet out the 2”. Should that joint be a gradual slope or more of a 90 degree angle?

Also how many layers of glass can we lay at a time?

You don’t want a 90 degree joint. Use thickened epoxy to make a fillet. I used the back of a plastic spoon to get a decent shape. The rounding strengthens the joint and makes it easier to lay glass on top.

Morfoot wrote: You can also use your finger instead of a spoon Tricks of the trade we use at work all the time.

Here's Tim at an earlier stage in life!!

https://m.harborfreight.com/4-In-Putty-Spreaders-20-Pc-69564.html

We have used a lot of these.

I would recommend bedding the stringers down in one session (create fillet with excess bedding) then waiting until cured to start glassing them down. Keeping the stringers in place, plumb and weighted down should be the first priority, come back to them once they’re set.

Thanks for all of the replies. Very helpful. We are packing up at the farm getting ready to go to my garage. Next up, get the garage temp above 55. Look forward to pics.

Ok, a few pics of our test board that we did Thurs night.

Bedded in thickened epoxy (Epoxy, Cabosil, Milled Fiber)...we put two nails down to test some gap.


Front side has some filet similar to the tips above. We used our finger. A spoon will probably be the go to for consistency. I'll grab one of the baby spoons out of the china cabinet.


Back side was the 90 degree with no filet...we didn't think this was good. Had read a lot on no sharp angles. Have routed all stringer material with a quarter round bit.


Wetted out


Boat in its "short term" home...Ridgely is going to be happy when she gets home from her business trip on Thurs night at midnight. Don't worry I unplugged the garage door so she doesn't ruin the temp control.

Supplies for heat. Anyone have experience with removable foam to seal the garage door. It is old, wood and drafty! Pete???? I'm headed to HD in an hour.

I'd force fit some foam board against the garage door & jambs. Might take some 2x's to hold it in place. Slow down drafts & thermal conductivity for under $50. Plus you can use it for another project later.

I have a portable that connects to a propane tank as mentioned above. Would be a good solution - used to use it it the workshop (when I had one).
You should be more concerned with keeping the fumes out of the house.
The Mrs. will forget about not getting into the garage but fiberglass fumes maybe not so much

Just make it easy, go get a roll of the heaviest MIL plastic you can find. Cover the garage door. Maybe even divide half the garage your working in floor to ceiling and concentrate on heating that with the electric heaters. You be surprised how much a difference that plastic will make for something temporary. Its cheap.

Please be sure to move all empty Budweiser's generated at your home back to the original pile at the farm when you take the boat back for reassembly. This is an important materials needed study when doing such a project. You are not doing this for you, you are doing for others. .