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Hi those are some very inspiring words. I feel pretty comfortable with the wood. It is the layup and which material to use, The vinyl ester seems pretty straight forward and has a high heat tolerance where the epoxies do not. I am not sure which material to use yet, Pretty sure on the CPES, and the fasco epoxy, That leads to another question will the vinyl ester resin bond with the CPES or the fasco? The difference in price is about 5 dollars a gallon, The epoxy comes with 7.5 where the polyester comes with five gallons. It says if I go with the slow hardener (2 to 1). I will not have to worry about blushing any comments?

Mike,
My suggestion is to stick with the epoxy. It's been proven (as in the links provided) to be the best resin for repair. Heat is not a factor here but the epoxy's strength is better. Yes, the vinyl wiil stick to epoxy. I consider it more of a conversion coating if you're not doing a complete hull with it.
Where are you shopping for resin?

Getting the prop off has nothing to do with the key. It will come off with the prop when you use a puller. A prop puller is a must. It's (should be) seated and locked onto the shaft with the tapered bore/shaft.

Glad you went ahead and got the DF. Epoxy is the no brainer decision for your resin too. When you weigh all the different qualities it is the best. I thought it was easy to use too.

I was talking to my buddy in Tallahassee this morning and he said it was cold there. We hit 15 this morning in NC!

Yeah I was up there backpacking between Newfound Gap and Smokemont Thursday through Sunday. Woke up Sunday with all that snow on top of the tent and hiked 8 miles out in a winter wonderland. The road was closed so my Dad's truck is still parked at the trail head. oops! La nina is a beatch!

Jack,
The company name is Romac, My salesman name is Roger Sansdorf out of Ocala, But they could order the material in at leesburg, almost everything comes in there anyway. They have been one of my primary suppliers for around 15 years, so it is possible my pricing may be a little different. Before you order lets take a good look at what the material they ship me looks like, over the years I have been let down a couple of times and usually it is on stuff I am buying for myself,Why is that? Rogers number is 352-622-7099.


Special K,
That is along walk, Did your Dad get his truck back? My family has a cabin in Balsam. We spent 2 weeks there this summer, very nice It was the first time in 20 years I did not go up there to work on the house. I did feel a little guilty it needs paint. What lake do you guys boat on? This summer we went over to lake Fontana and another lake Near Robinsiville but the name escapes me now. The kids had a blast.

Thanks Mike, Tampa is even closer for me. Do you know the name of the supplier?

Yes the water was very clear, not sure what kind of fish a fry is though?
Jack,
I do not know the suppliers name in Tampa but should by tomorrow
Thanks Mike

Thanks, Mike

There will be a definite line that shows the floor height all the way around the hull so here again you have a good visual indicator.

Hi, What a Pita? I really do not like the sanding and grinding, not to mention it takes about a milion of those flappers to get anywhere? But I really think working on the boat is more of the hobby than actually boating. I really have had some funn cant wait to actually put some water under it. but anyway here is the stringers glued in! once again not a great picture. I was going to run one layer of roving and one of mat for the secondarys, and roving,mat,roving, biax for the mains any problems 635 resin

I never considered that the original stringers where the engine cradle sits would be not be that great, But When I cleaned the cradle, hidden in the caulk were some washers. So I placed the cradle in the boat and whata ya know it does not touch the stringers in that area. But I guess that is what the make mat for. So if you are doing a stringer job and measuring to the top of stringers you might want to consider how well the top fit first.
Mike

^^^Mike's right about those headaches!