76 vector restore

[kytekeith]

And of coarse I had to grind through the hull in one place. Not to worried about the fix for this one , after laying glass down and embedding the stringer on top of it should be ok.

Am I on the right track ?
Any suggestions?

[kytekeith]

Today i spent a few hours trueing up the hull.
Started by leveling the main support beams, shimmed till true front to back. My main supports are one the second strake up from the pad which is where the floor sets. Just for kicks i checked top of deck to see if it was true with the bottom . from stem to stearn the top deck cap was true . I thought this to be impressive for a production boat.
I added additional suport under the pad to prevent distortion while inside the boat laying new material. I started by checking the pad's trueness from trailing edge to about 6 feet from stearn. at that point the pad began changing from concave to convex making it hard to check. I found that the side with the crack was sagging. My pad has the hook built in and not knowing the point where the hook is supposed to start i made a templete of the hook by holding a 2x4 outside the strake and scribing. I did this on the good strake. Then i screwed two 2x4's together and cut the pattern so both will be identical. I then supported and shimmed til the pad is true to the second strake . I think i am very close to ready for installing stringers ,below floor core and floor.

I will finish trimming some edges around the stearn and grinding tommorow. I have been called to work wednesday and thursday so i wll not have a chance to pick up materials till next week. If all works out i will have the floor installed. I have heard not to glass under 60 degrees so weather is a factor. so far every thing looks good as far as the weather.

[ccrick]

Your gittin there! Git the stringers in!

[kytekeith]

Your gittin there! Git the stringers in!

You are too quick or i am too slow! i haven't finished my post yet.

[ccrick]

lol

[kytekeith]

lol

Ok i am done for now. time to finish drinking.

[VultureNo2]

Boat looks great. you are a bit ahead of me. I also am waiting for materials and 60 degree weather. It's coming.

[VultureNo2]

Now I am looking at a Vector, but have kinda gotten attached to the look of the Viper too !!! It's distinctive for a HS.

[77viper]

Looks great so far,real clean.

[kytekeith]

Haven't been able to work on the vector for while due to mom asking me to rescreen and paint the porch. ran into rot on a bearing column so it will be a few more days before i can start back on the vector. I did get to clean up under the splashwell some. I guess a wheel on my dremal will get in the corners .


Grinding in the open cockpit wasn't to bad, but while under the splashwell got a little dusty. I need to get some better eye protection, my glasses with sideshields will not be enough under the bow .

Anyone have sugestions on how to keep dust down under the bow?