83 SN restore in Idaho

Ya I know all the arguments for going no foam. I had my reasons, but mainly the possibilit of floatation if submerged with small childern aboard. And I'm aware that it probably won't float anyway when submerged but if no one shows me evidence contrary to that then I'm no wiser and will take solace in my desicion Hopefully my build is solid enough to keep water out of the foam and with the epoxy resin hopefully it won't get near the wood if water does get into the foam.

As far as the bilge goes that is the exact reason I'm trying to get it smooth, I'm just no going for the mirror like finish, unless my OCD takes over and it comes out that way Yours looks nice, is that the garage floor epoxy? Did you use the same in your battery box or did you have to coat that?

I worked late last night and got most of the bilge coated. Most of it now has two coats. The pigment worked great but it sure takes a lot of resin to get a good thickness. Got a few runs that I'll need to sand out then I can finish it up. I also noticed I caught several moths and one spider while it was drying, guess I'll have to sand those out also

Starting to see light at the end of the tunnel

Anyone know where to buy the Henrys carpet glue Pete raves about??

Thanks Pete, any tips for getting spiders out of dried epoxy

So there I was waiting for my carpet to be shipped and what's that saying about idle hands and I was looking at my poor old tired trailer. How much time can it really take to strip the paint and repaint it Two days into it and I'm almost ready to start painting it. Besides how could I put my newly stringered boat back on a trailer in such poor shape.












Also fabed up a new prop guard, didn't have one before. Couldn't stand the exposed prop just waiting to be taken off curtesy of an uneven driveway somewhere.


Oh ya, if you still have those original tight fitting foam covers on your guide posts GET RID of them before they completely rot your posts.

Wow, everything is looking great!!!

I'd be worried about the indoor/outdoor carpet almost burning with the friction of the loading/unloading process. I'd just go with a simple black on the bunks and bow stop and call it a day.

You should be able to weld a support from the new prop guard to the cross brace behind the axle. This will keep it from tearing away from the trailer. Might be a good idea to put some roller wheels on the guard as well.


Edit- my bad, looked closer and saw you bolted on the prop guard. I'd just bolt on a support now!

Looks good! I need to do a prop/rudder guard on mine too... did you extend the trailer rails at all? or just add the guard at the end? How much material did you use for the guard?

Dreaming wrote: Looks good! I need to do a prop/rudder guard on mine too... did you extend the trailer rails at all? or just add the guard at the end? How much material did you use for the guard?

Thanks, I didn't extend the rails. Originally I though about it but then decided it was not needed. I bought a seven foot section of 2" channel and used most of it. So far I'm into the prop guard about 20 bucks, pretty cheep insurance

I finished the primer on the trailer and started to dry fit some carpet. Starting to come together

ijust did the carpet on the bunks for my 86'.i am confident that it has never been touched and there was no padding under carpet.BTW boat looks awesome.

Nice looking work sir!

I went with Home Depot, mainly because they had the color I wanted at the best price - and free shipping. I used two six x twenty foot rolls. Just enough without having to get to creative with my cuts.

Well it's been a couple of weeks but I now have the motor installed, .001 clearance on the coupling, all of the removable sections of floor cut and carpeted and all of the through hulls installed with 5200. Just some odds and ends and ready for the water finally .

While these aren't the most recent photos they show some of the progress.

Thanks to everyone for the help. More to come.

Thanks, wasn't sure how the carpet would turn out with out the boarder around the edge. It took some work to get it right but I think I like it.