water behind a stringer

WakeSlayer wrote: My exhaust will be all new, and double clamped everywhere. Lasted 40 years with crappy hose and single clamped before. If it ever went out on me, I will have to bust up the floor. I am rolling the dice there, I guess.

Mike, all it will take is one overheat that melts a hose and you'd be wishing that you'd made those compartments accessible! Since youre doing the panel anyways, it seems like a no-brainer to me. It would also save you from adding the angle brackets for support- though Im sure that method would work just fine since CC started using it in '89 when they put the single exhaust between the main stringers. I cant see any reason to add more than a single coat of epoxy over the wood before installing- but then again, I used a different method on my restores and glassed over my entire floor.

Chris, I decided to leave out the support piece between the main stringers for the rear floor section. The Tique originally had one, but I just dont see it as being necessary. My '90 doesnt have a support. 2 feet between supports under 3/4" ply is plenty.

79nautique wrote: yea and your cooler is usually on the small size but if it was Quinner's or my cooler you'd be in trouble after a couple outings.

Now THAT's funny.

I did 2 coats, 3 on the edges on mine. I used a brush, pretty tedious job.

Is that birch veneer plywood?

Pete,   I am using the yellow West ones. I guess it just seems so thin compared to the sturdy coats I have on all the structural boards that were brushed.
I may give it another go tonight. I just don't like how they roll on, etc.   

The first rule of pool noodle club:

Don't talk about pool noodle club.

I thought they looked ridiculous. Hence the photo...

True.   I still think you should have gone foamless and had an actual glass floor. Shame to cover up that nice of a job.

I would think the air gaps between them will allow air to circulate & dry out, at least between seasons. I don't think they would get saturated (otherwise they would't work very well in a pool), but could get moldy. Looks like a good plan to me.

Looks Great. Im following in your footsteps but it will be hard to match your craftsmanship. Glad to finally see a picture of "noodles in action"

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get your noodles from, how many did you order and how much did it cost? I'm doing a ski tique and I believe we have the same or similar hull (I know somebody knows for sure)That would be a huge help.

Mike,
Couldn't you get the noodles all one color? It looks a little "busy" multi colored!!

The project is looking great! Did you ever calculate the noodle flotation?

Pete,

Ha !
I asked and the guy wouldn't do it. I was trying to get all blue ones. And I was kind of relying on the discussion from Sanity's thread to evolve into a determination there.
I have to think 48 noodles will have some decent flotation. And a little sound dampening, as well.

I do live on a small lake and do not really plan to take it on a big lake other than GL in July. Not that I wouldn't, but if I am doing that, I would probably take my Super Air.

concrete supply houses sell 4x8 sheets of foam, its about 3" thick...you guys can use them to float, I'll use it to line the cooler lol,
really, I use it to cover our fan openings and it wasnt that expensive
just a thought.
it comes in one color too.

the noodles remind me of a guy at work, his father owned a car dealership in the 60's and 70's, he did warranty work on 2 cars, a 63 impala and another one of the same era, the guys at the factory put a ball bearing in the rocker panel and it rolled and made racket when you stopped or took off. the other one had a coke bottle in the rocker doing the same thing. funny i thought

Mike,
If you do any more painting (or gel) I recommend using 3M fine line tape. The fine line is a poly tape designed to handle a solvent based paint and produce a very clean sharp paint edge. I hope you were able to get the blue "painters tape off without too much work.

This may seem silly, but ....

I am going to put down my bow floor permanently tonite. I made a little time caspule to put in the area aft of the battery box. I assume this will never be seen again but thought it was fun.
I took a little parts tube like you get in the fastener aisle at Home Depot. It will be sealed waterproof (but shouldn't need to be, right?)
In it I put the following.

1968 Penny
2008 Penny
piece of foam (dry)
piece of fiberglass
printed brochure page from the ref. section
tag from West Systems container

I also put a note in it stating when and what I did to the boat, couple thank you's to my help, and that includes the members of CorrectCraftFan. My name, and where I plan to be later in my life, and a phone number.

I had a couple beers the other night, got a bit mushy about the boat and came up with the idea. I hope we have the boat til we are old, and then my kids have it. Who knows. Someday someone may chop this thing up and when all the noodles spill out, this will be amidst it.

Mike

Great idea Mike,I do that stuff also.When we bought our 1st house,when we were pulling down the old wallpaper we didnt like. I found a note written by the guy who did the job,my Dads best friend from grade school.So from now on when I do something,I write down stuff also.