longballlumber
06-21-2007, 08:54 AM
Well,
I received my SV27 last night. I have to say, I am a little disappointed. Upon arrival, one of the stringers was busted at the narrow end. I can see where that can be a weakness not much material there. Most of the wooden “skeleton” was lose from the hull bottom. I went ahead and striped everything out and off of the hull to prep for the fixing and “beefing up”. The battery trays were the only thing that I couldn’t get out, but I am still going to try and re-enforce with West Systems and some fiberglass cloth. What I ended up doing is taking the stringers that run the length of the boat and laying fiberglass and West Systems epoxy on both sides of each stringer. Then I let is cure overnight with a book laying on top to keep the stringers straight and pressure on the wet fiberglass. This should make the stringer much stronger than they started… Tonight I am going to use 30min to reassemble the rest of the wooden skeleton back in to the hull. I will keep you updated on the progress…
Despite the issues that have shown up, I am still excited about the boat. With the right preparation, I think this is going to be a fun little boat.
I received my SV27 last night. I have to say, I am a little disappointed. Upon arrival, one of the stringers was busted at the narrow end. I can see where that can be a weakness not much material there. Most of the wooden “skeleton” was lose from the hull bottom. I went ahead and striped everything out and off of the hull to prep for the fixing and “beefing up”. The battery trays were the only thing that I couldn’t get out, but I am still going to try and re-enforce with West Systems and some fiberglass cloth. What I ended up doing is taking the stringers that run the length of the boat and laying fiberglass and West Systems epoxy on both sides of each stringer. Then I let is cure overnight with a book laying on top to keep the stringers straight and pressure on the wet fiberglass. This should make the stringer much stronger than they started… Tonight I am going to use 30min to reassemble the rest of the wooden skeleton back in to the hull. I will keep you updated on the progress…
Despite the issues that have shown up, I am still excited about the boat. With the right preparation, I think this is going to be a fun little boat.