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Some heavy grinding went down today, removed all the gelcoat from the stern as if you look at some EARLY pictures, part of it blew away when I pressure washed the boat. Used 6 50 grit 7" disks. The plan is to put 2 layers of 1708 and fair. After this was done the PO had opened 3 6" holes in the floo...

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Went to the boat today and after measuring decided to use a swing door opening back toward stbd.

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I started this project on April 2018 and really want to finish it and use it.

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Boat has a second station on the stbd side.

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Was able to sand the second coat of awlfair on the back wall. Also applied the awlfair to the gunnel areas worked last week and did some touch up on the back wall as well. Now this week's new problem, the doors. I had bought a pair of original doors from someone on the Hatteras forum. Upon putting t...

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Started working on the stern. I hadn't touched it as I knew that with the engine install it would get all banged up. Started looking for spider cracks and found a few small ones, sanded, put a small piece of 1708, and faired it. Also removed the tank fill (2) as they are getting re-chromed. Sealed t...

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Spoke too soon, pics to follow in the afternoon.

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That’s my worst fear, everything that I’ve found has been on the cap. This is the only repair on the hull itself.

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Not much done today as it has been raining all day. Was able to sand the awlfair and applied the 2nd coat. Also so a small crack on the port back corner, hit it with a hammer and a chunk of fairing compound came out flying so out came the 1708. Will fair tomorrow. https://i.imgur.com/PUTdUr4.jpg htt...

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Moving along nice. What height do you have from water line to turbo because in the 34' C it is marginal with out risers that was why I added surge tubes and flappers I copied from another 34 that spent a lot of time offshore and it was a easy addition. Keep at it your getting close to the real enjo...

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Today I fiberglassed the back wall to the hull. Sanding the awlfair tomorrow and adding some fiberglass on the inside and should be done. https://i.imgur.com/IDWoRFu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/2iHJtGW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/x8tMX3H.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vk5PxoN.jpg https://i.imgur.com/R2wW0hP.jpg ht...

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Re-sealed the port window today, also finished the engine room lights installation. Next week I'll fiberglass the seam of the back wall and fair everything. Getting closer to paint. https://i.imgur.com/59kxaxW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7xZPbXh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RTiTXdn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Sv...

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Few things done today, installed the hoses for the oil pressure gauges, installed the ladder to go into the engine room, installed the lights for the engine room, made the center hatch that was missing and another small things. Tomorrow I'll clean the engine room completely and need to remove the po...

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More progress today, installed the other muffler and made the engine hatches, except the middle one (ran out of material). Installed hinges on the stbd hatch. https://i.imgur.com/xLflAhl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qr6NcCi.jpg https://i.imgur.com/54RK0yA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1Ixe4yB.jpg https://i.img...

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VERY productive day today. Started the day connecting the mufflers to the stbd engine (the other 2 fiberglass elbows arrive tomorrow). After that, installed the coolant reservoir canisters for the engines, the throttle cable ends for both engines and removed 4 old senders and replaced them with bron...

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Inspiring work. Can’t wait to see her splashed. With your skill set, ever thought of doing this stuff for a living? Or would that ruin the fun of it? That would ruin the fun of it and people here in PR don't want to pay for good work and good work costs money. This is the 6th boat I've overhauled, ...

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Frame is done!! Also connected the mufflers to the exhaust ports but couldn't connect them to the engines as I need some fiberglass elbows.

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Frame is almost complete, just need to add some aluminum to the sides and to the front. Exhaust hose arrived today so will install that tomorrow also.

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Bilge is almost ready, today installed both throttle cables and wrapped the engine harnesses. Only 2 things left to do is the oil lines for the gauges (tomorrow) and the exhaust hose (wednesday). Tomorrow I also plan to do the frame for the salon floor. https://i.imgur.com/HO3ZdaO.jpg https://i.imgu...

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Its a reducer, thru hull is 2", water pump is 1.75"

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her belly is looking full! Keep it going and you'll be enjoying her before you know it. All missing parts should be here on tuesday afternoon so m plan is to install everything on wednesday, on tuesday I plan to install the frame for the floor so if everything goes according to plan I should be alm...

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Very productive day today. Was able to install the battery cables for the engines, made the engine harnesses (still need to make them pretty and they will not be hanging, they will be attached to the floor frame), connected all the fuel lines, installed the water line for the PSS and installed both ...

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Installed the raw water hoses and fuel hoses today. Plan for tomorrow is battery cables for the engines.

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Painted the engine room today as on monday the plan is raw water hose, fuel lines and electrical. Exhaust hose is ordered but hasn't arrived.

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Decided to weld the iron angle on the front mounts. Also painted the stringers with liquid galvanized. https://i.imgur.com/tiPjeyK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yas2tXo.jpg https://i.imgur.com/P3J23pd.jpg https://i.imgur.com/m1mhwsB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/na78RKE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/x1vvSWn.jpg https...

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Few things done today. Installed the back mounts on the second motor today, bolted down both engines, aligned the engine and painted the new stringers with a rust inhibitor. Tomorrow I'll paint the stringer with liquid galvanized paint. QUESTION!!! As you can see, the front isolators are about 3/4 o...

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Not as much progress today as I would've liked. Had to remake the 4 back mounts as the 8 degree angle of the transmission didn't work with the ones I had made. Was only able to align 1 engine. Its in place, aligned but still need to bolt down the isolators. Tomorrow's plan, align the other engine an...

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Both engines are in place, fabricated the 4 aft mounts for the engines, and installed 5" x 5" x 3/8" angle on the stringers. Need to buy a 1" drill bit to drill the mounts for the isolators. Work for next weekend is make the holes, install the back isolators, align the engines and drill and tap do l...

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If you can't have Cummins, at least you can have the color... ...I hope that low blow wasn't too low. I hope they run better then they look, I think they look great. Best of luck with them, I'd expect a vast performance improvement over the motors you removed. Carl, you are correct, I can't have Cu...

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So, engines are in place and installation of the first one is almost complete. Had to fabricate the engine mount brackets for the rear of the engines (on the transmission). Only need to weld one of the brackets and done with that engine. I'll finish that one tomorrow and should have the second one a...

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Engines are here.

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Well, finally I'll be picking the engines up on monday so STAY TUNED for more progress starting Tuesday.

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Everything structural has been done with epoxy. Miscellaneous stuff with epoxy.

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devinfox wrote:Damn you work fast! Are you using poly resin for those repairs? Keep it up!

I used polyester. Epoxy is too slow to work with it would have taken me 3 days to do this same repair because of the cure time, plus its 8 times as expensive.

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Engines are almost ready.

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Carl wrote:Gotta love finding old repairs even at this stage of the game, but much better than finding after paint.

I'm not sure if you noticed...but there is a hole in the transom.

3 holes to be exact

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Another fiberglass day.... Yesterday was cleaning up the silicone between the hull and cap when I heard a "crack" sound on the stbd aft corner. Started messing with it and it broke so brought out the grinder today. As with everything fiberglass related in this boat, it was fixed in the past with onl...

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Sanded the awlfair on the front deck today and applied a second coat.

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Micky, How long do you plan to operate the watermaker per day? Do you plan to mainly use your generator or plug it to shorepower? Thanks. Yannis, The boat will be at a marina connected to a shorepower. Generator use will be on weekends while cruising or in the islands. Watermaker use should be on l...

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Still waiting for the engines but today installed the water maker and awlfaired the front deck. Sanding day tomorrow.

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Haven't been able to do anything else on the boat, just spend money. Bought the rub rail, exhaust hose clamps (the t-bolt ones) the 6" to 4" centek reducers as the engines riser is 4" and the boat's exhaust is 6". What aluminum thickness would you guys recommend to do the engine mounts? I need the C...

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mike ohlstein wrote:Hurry.... You might have to go back to work soon.

Start work again on Friday. Forced vacation is over.

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Holes are already cut.

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Started cutting the holes for the gauges. Didn't have the 3 1/4" hole saw at hand so those will be done tomorrow. Engines should be finished (assembly) in 2-3 weeks.

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I would not say it's your only option, could angle the wheel or install a tilt wheel. Could move gauges up and out a bit and bring wheel up some as a compromise. Can the chair be moved back a bit? I'd say you do have choices...but I personally like the layout you did. Move wheel up and breakup the ...

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Yesterday installed the captain's chair. The original one was very low so extended the tube so that you can see while driving. This created a problem...... it was too close to the steering wheel and my belly (its not that big) was on top of the steering wheel so had to eliminate the gauges from wher...

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Connected the power lines today to the generator, started the generator after 2 years and tested all the systems with it.

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Today finished the A/C cabinet, installed the A/C water pump and a cover in case the seal goes bad the spray doesn't damage the generator and installed a sub-panel for the water maker and A/C water pump. Don't have any more breakers on the main panel so had to install the sub-panel. https://i.imgur....

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Did the cover for the A/C today. First installed the return in the front of it and the supply on the side but it looked awful so opened a new hole on top of the return for the supply and it looks much better. Need to buy a new wood panel to do the side again. At least I can use the first one as temp...

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Very productive day today. Installed the toilet (hoses and electrical were already in place) after that finished painting the floor in the bathroom and installed the A/C. Tomorrow I'll fabricate a piece of furniture to cover it up.

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