Here’s A Little Project I Recently Finished

Here’s a little project I did up

It’s an IPB 14 - itbwas just a hull when I purchased it.the previous owner cut it apart - why?? I’ve no clue !
It was buried in his garage, when I purchased it.

I wanted forward and aft casting decks and gunnel boards .

Made up bulkheads to support the aft deck
Removed and replaced the forward bulkheads - these were off over an inch - they were in the boat at an angle.
The deck, it’s nidacore and there were not any problems with it - no work was done there ...

Fabbed up supports for the gunnel boards and glassed it all together.

Composites are the only choice ! NEVER use wood ! The gunnel boards are Penske coosa board, the forward and aft decks are Penske coosa board too - forward bulkheads/ aft bulkheads and the supports for the gunnel boards are the same material- Penske coosa board.

Glassed it all together and made the hull the deck / gunnel board joint flat- for easy rub rail mounting.

Primed it all out in duratec surfacer
Then awlgrip with griptex...ALLWAYS use a 2 part product for finish ! Single part paints will NEVER harden ! Even if you use a “hardener” - single part paints are cheap crap !
I like awlgrip ! Best product available !

Notice the grab bar ?
To securely mount something like that on a composite cored surface - you need To use a specific technique , or your fasteners will fail.toggle style bolts or “t” bolts are NOT a good option !
The area where the grab bar mounts were to be located,the core was removed and the area filled with a thickened epoxy - NOT polyester !
When the bar is mounted, the holes are marked and drilled - the mounting fasteners were 1/4-20, holes are drilled 7/32” , dab of 3m 5200 on the hole and run the machine screw in the hole with an impact driver ! Done ! Epoxy is threaded now ! You want to remove it ? Hit the fasteners with an impact gun, the screws will come out.2 things are permanent - death and herpes ! Contrary to popular belief, 3m 5200 isn’t permanent !

The poling platform - when thru bolting with a composite cored surface, you need to use “sleeves” - composites should be thru bolted and sleeved, that’s the correct method !

This little rig came out nice huh ??

 

This was a nice little project

Came out nice !

 

I’ve got a whole bunch more pictures of projects / repairs and fabrications

If you want to see - tell me