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I haven't mixed it, but my buddy used the sand beige on his steiger craft. I'm going to go with that when I redo my floor after I'm done my hatch re-core's

My buddy has one with a F250 and he wishes he had a 300. The yamaha 225 is a weak 225 (closer to 208-210hp). I think you will be running close to 4800-5000 rpms for a comfortable cruise.

Most of the wood came up with the pry bar on this panel. My grinder with a 60 grit made quick work of anything still stuck on there. The forward panel has some soft spots but is nowhere near as spongy as this one. That one may give me some issues getting the old core up. I will take your...

All my fiberglass stuff is in, just waiting on the weather to warm up a bit so my resin is able to do its thing. I took advantage of the nice day yesterday and pulled the rear panel. Turns out I have a freshwater tank under there. Looks like at some point it may have had the aux fuel tank...

Yeah once I pull the hatch I’ll see what I’m working with. This is a guy I follow on YouTube and he takes his wood all the way out on his Grady. But once I pull it I will know more like you said. Other updates, I wired up a backup bilge pump. Just gotta pick up some more 5200 to mount the...

My thought was if I don’t take the core all the way to the edge wouldn’t I need the cabosil to make some peanut butter to fill in that gap between the core and the edge of the panel? Also, I got bored a little while ago and found an old piece of 1/2” acrylic I had laying around. I need to clean...

Makes sense and prob better that the ply doesn’t go all the way to the edge that way when you screw the panel down you aren’t screwing into wood compromising it by potentially allowing water to get in. Kind of thinking I should have ordered more than a quart of Cabosil now haha

If I came off as condescending I apologize, wasn’t my intention. I tend to over think and over research projects before I go balls deep in them. Another reason for going vinyl ester is because (like you suggested) I’m putting down a layer of CSM first before the core. From what I’ve read epoxy...

Anyone that has done this before should I use 1/2” or 3/4” ply? My initial thought is 1/2” and I can build it up more with glass if I need it to be thicker to sit right in the deck. But open to suggestions from anyone that’s done it

Cheaper, wets out the cloth better (in my opinion), kicks off faster, and is just about as strong. For this application, I think it will be fine.

Yep, I already own one, so didn't add it to the order list. Good lookin' out!

Ordered my supplies to re-core the soft panels. Since its still in the 40's/50's here in Maryland, I'm going to go ahead and get rid of the compromised core so i'm ready to go glass when the weather breaks. Anything I'm missing off this list? Will 1 gallon of resin be enough or is that...

Haha, takes more than that to hurt my feelings. That would be badass, but no way I have the patience to create something like that. In other news, I popped my inspection plates and my gas tank is in fact in the forward hatch that I highlighted in red in my post above. Top of it looked a...

Haven’t had an opportunity to get out in the past couple of weeks bc of work and the holidays. Had some downtime yesterday and some crappy weather so messed with my wife’s cricut. Came out pretty well.

I’ll take any parts that Freedom doesn’t want

Jump box, I have a spare prop and tools to swap out if needed, basic tool set, first aid kit, sat phone and epirb

Finally able to get a little blood on the boat with the kiddos

Take some fishing line and run it back and forth to get under the adhesive. Keep working it around until it cuts all the way through it

I know the last post was a few months ago, I put in around Mt. Vernon area and also will be keeping the boat on a lift in ocean pines. I'm planning on headed out this saturday. Weather will determine if I head out to chase the recent rockfish/bft bite or if I stay around the bridges in OC...

I thought the gas tank was under the hatch I highlighted in red. It looks like from the brochure its under the rear panel. May have to put that bigger hatch in the forward panel instead.