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Amazing! It’s so awesome. SO glad I did this!

Almost ready for launch!

That name is a nickname I was given as a youngster. I wish I was smart enough to be a doctor, I’m a police officer!

Not THE most elegant install but so far I’m pretty confident I didn’t totally fuck anything up!

There were some cracks from when the putty cured. That putty is just to take up space and make the flare, I glassed over it. I also put putty in a syringe and filled any cracks/holes prior to glassing. I added a few more strips to the inside Vetus glass tube and gel coated it. I’ll post more...

Absolutely. This was just a progress pic update. I get a few hours here and there to work on it and take pics. The inside of the tube is what I was referring to. Not sure if I want to add more layers of glass in there or not.

More progress! Idk how much I want to keep glassing the tube. Seems pretty solid already.

Put a few wraps of glass around the tube to snug it up before the putty. Glassed on top of the putty inside and out. just gotta do a few more layers inside, grind/smooth the outside and get some nice round edges and then gelcoat! And thennnnn the battery and controls haha. But we’re looking...

Just have to putty/glass it in and hookup the battery and controls!

I made one mistake. I drilled the holes in the center of the tube so the single prop is now offset to one side.. I’m going to re do this- offset to the port this time. Son of a bitch haha. https://www.totalboat.com/products/polyester-marine-repair-putty?_pos=1&_sid=2ee242fea&_ss=r That’s what I...

Ok. Cut the tube and sanded it inside and out. Fiberglassed the shelf/support and once it hardens I’m going to gel coat it, then assemble the motor and rest it on the shelf and glass/putty the tube in. shits getting real over here

By tab the motor in what do you mean? Glass around the assembly where it meets the tube? My plan is to have it rest on this shelf I put in because it has to be at a 60deg angle. I used structural repair putty and I’m going to glass it in. It’s all poly based so it’s comparable w my resin and...

Progress today. Got the hole cut (a little bigger than I had measured for, but I’m going to wrap a few wraps of fiberglass around the tube to snug it up and take up some of the crack before the fiberglass putty). Going to mount the motor and lay it down and install my motor support before...

Fiberglassed a mock tube for the inside. I’m gonna mount the motor to it and dry fit it where I want it.

So it’s 18.5” deep. I have to come up 5” from the bottom to get 11” tube length at the bottom of the tube. The motor won’t bolt on straight up and down it’s going to be tilted 60deg forward and supported.

My buddy scanned it with his phone and made a cad drawing to see how it would fit. Pretty cool stuff. I also cut all the foam out, scraped it down and sanded with 60grit. Then wiped it down with surface prep in preparation of marking, cutting and glassing in the tube...

Here goes nothin! First update. I used a camera snake and looked under to see if it was clear and had some room- it was. Then I cut to gain access under there. The center hole is going to be the finger hole to lift the panel. Now I have to plan my attack for the holes. Im waiting to get ALL...

awesome! Thanks for the help! I’ll post my install to share!

Oh nice. Looks awesome!! I’m JUST north of Boston Ma. Did you fiber glass the entire length of the tunnel? Or just where it touches the sides. I was worried about adding thickness to it but def want to cover the whole thing.

So, I just pulled the trigger on a Vetus 35 for my Gulfstream. Doing the install myself. I re cored the swim platform two years ago with Cosa board, glassed and gel coated it all myself. So I know I can handle this. I just scoped under the the bow area and it’s totally clear. I’ll post pics...