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Thanks for the info. I'm not questing the technique (ok may be the foam!) but when you are a DIY (like me) you can spot shoddy work, and I'm seeing some obvious corner cutting production and/or inexperience. I'd like to think by 1988 Wellcraft knew how to make a boat and especially this one...

Where were these boats primarily made, what location? Can one assume that other Wellcrafts (scarabs for example) have this terrible glasswork below the deck? I got a few buddies with 80s scarabs, one's a beautiful center console...I wonder how scared he'll be when he sees my photos!

Man you got the best info! I'm following your solid to the "mouse hold discussion". A surveyor on site when we picked up the old boat give our transom a "solid" rating...but that is about all we found solid. Should we clean up where the transom meets the hull and re-tab that out too as well as...

Ok...today was 10 hours of removing foam (yep 2 guys)...what a pain that was. We used a garden shovel (short and flat) and the trick was to only put it in a few inches and lift...larger chunks break this way. If you go to deep you cannot get it to break well. We then used short crow bars to bust...

Dan, We are going to use 3/4 AC too. We found all our bulkheads are mush too...so lots of cutting and reinstalling todo yet. When you guys lay the 1708 on the deck...will you but the glass sheets to one another or will you over lap them...or some other technique? We are going to be using a...

OK, looks likes the cabot mixes with resin fine. EDITED: 1. We are going to buy from UScomposites. Their resin comes in thin and thick...but there is some warning about the thick not being idea for getting into cloth. Should we buy thick for doing vertical stringers and thing for everything...

I've seen the mention of "peanut butter" before...where did you primarily use it on your build? Does cabosoil only mix with the vinylester or does it mix with resin too?

Going to keep bugging you! 1. Why not poly...which one sticks better to the old glass too? 2. I'm trying to get a grasp on how many yards of 50" 1708. How much did you buy/use...or did I miss that somewhere? We found one vendor selling a roll of 48" yard very reasonably but that seems like a...

Liam, Glad to think average minds think alike... comments in body of the text. Again, this is great stuff. Thanks for letting me parse your comments as I learn this. I got a buddy who is off the charts handy with this stuff but green with glass but I like to understand everyone process to...

Guys...I need input on "how much" 1708 to buy. We may need todo two stringers up to 10+ feet long and the sole as you see. We can do the math I'm sure but how many yards are we talking? Seems it's in 50" width and I'm seeing 48 yards for about $290. Thoughts?

Dan, Any to be clear...you are doing your stringers in 3/4" plywood? Marine grade or standard? We've been getting mixed info on this but we seem to believe if the plywood is heavily resin'd then it doesn't need to be marine. Will your stringer needs be greater then the length of plywood...

See my questions up in the body of the text...

Thanks and great info. To be clear...my question about putting the sole on top of the old sole is based on my photos. As you aw I have only 2-3 inches around that permitter and we were considering putting that on top overly lapping about 1-1.5 inches. This would have a water channel all around...

Laim, more questions... 1. What did you use to cut your deck? We used a circular saw that cut like butter but can only get an inch or so to the wall...the zip saw is not as fun. 2. Could you expend on the "more weight" and "trap moisture" comment, I guess I'm not seeing/understand that (but I...

OK, we started to cut the sole out today...several photos and a few questions... We are going about 2 inches off the entire perimeter of where the sole meets the inner gunwhale. I found a couple areas of rot that still exist in that last inch or so all the way to the where it turns into the...

I don't even think I saw any drain wholes where where the stringer meets the transom...I'll have to look again. What builder doesn't seal whole!?!?! But I digress... So are most guys having to router out the wood or does it often pull out from delimitating from the glass? Or is it best to just...

Me and my buddy just picked up a 1988 V20 with a 225 Yamaha for close to nothing. When we drove 1000 miles to get her we were not surprised to find a soft sole around the t-top mounts. A surveyor on site gave the transom a thumbs up. We spent this weekend stripping the center console...