Thanks, Tom. It went surprisingly very smoothly and predictably. I don't think anyone watching had seen it done before. Drew a little crowd of boatmen. I got pictures somewhere. I was just watching youtube videos too late last night about boat trailering/launching/recovery mishaps. Glad I didn't see those first... Tim On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 8:26 PM, Thomas Buzzi <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> wrote:
Excellent idea, Tim. I thought about that, I flipped a 17 foot motorboat once to do the hull but I was a younger man then. I just toughed this one out but your way is WAY better. Tom B
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On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Timothy JarviMD <tjarvi@esnm.us> wrote:
Mr Bones,
I did just that, flipped the boat upside down. I had a local boat yard put my M17 in travel lift slings and raised one side high enough to cause the boat to flip over in the slings and the lowered it back on to the trailer. I had pre-made two bunks out of 2x12 and carpet pieces to install across the trailer once I removed the original bunks. I used a impact air tool to make quick work of it while the boat was in the slings. Time = money particularly in a boat yard fur shure. I had to primarily re-core the cockpit sole so there was no way to do that realistically until I flipped the boat. I also added some bracing below the sole to the hull to better support it. Repeat performance to get her back upright. Worked great albeit a little scary as she flipped over...!
Tim J
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Henry Rodriguez <heinzir@gmail.com> wrote:
Did you cut out the bottom panel in one piece or in sections? If sections, how big? Did you use thickened epoxy or the straight stuff? How thick was the Coremat? Did you have to piece it in or were you able to use one or more large panels? Sorry for all the questions, but I want to get as much information as I can before I dig in.
Henry
On Thursday, April 7, 2016, bownez@juno.com <bownez@juno.com> wrote:
Hi Tom,
I too have replaced the rotted, soaked balsa deck in my M17 from below. It was a nasty, difficult job. I used Core-mat instead of end grain balsa for the new material. The leaks are gone.
It would be an easy job if you could turn the boat upside down...
One big tip, wear your respirator.
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