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Yeah mate it's the worst, unfortunately my glassing shoes are so impregnated with fibres this is the better option.

@@JmDory wow those must have been through many grinding sessions. You're doing great work I'm getting up to date on your videos.

Hey mate, thanks very much for the feedback I appreciate it.

Hey mate, thanks for having a look. I appreciate the feedback.

Hey mate, thanks for the feedback, could you tell me why that is? of note, I've decided to not have under floor storage so the entirety of those side sections of floor will be fully sealed and watertight. if that isn't sufficient, I can still glass in the rigging tube, effectively sealing each compartment. thanks for the heads up

Cheers mate, thanks for your interest

Hey mate, I use Trojan fibreglass for all the consumable fibreglass stuff like glass mat and resin. it's in NSW so takes about a week to get to me. And I'm using 19mm thermolite for the stringers, 38mm for the transom, and I get that locally in townsville from a place called FibreFinish. but I believe it is imported from the states.

@@JmDory Thanks legend, I was already looking at Trojan so I’ll jump on that! I’m Gold Coast based so will look locally for the boards too, delivery is huge on the shit.

Hey mate, cheers for the info. Its been hard for me to judge the baseline as i was constantly carrying around the extra 80kg or so with water under the floor. Im hoping that utilising composite structural materials much lighter than waterlogged ply and the composite style flooring that it will be about the same weight as when I started, maybe a touch lighter. cheers for the heads up about nose weight, the plan is that as the helm will be slightly further aft than the original, that the cast deck and killbox will be compensated by that shift in helm/my weight. As for the comfort, thats one of the reasons I didnt bin the entire thing. very stable at rest and not too bad through the chop and can get me out to the reef on a good day. Thanks for the feedback

@@JmDory These boats were built heavy, I wouldn't pull your hair out trying to keep the weight under control. My old 18 footer had 140l of fuel tanks from transom to around the helm area, barely even noticed when they were full. They are extremely stable- I used to use my one as a work boat and have had TWO adult men standing on the gunwhale with plenty of reserve stability. They will definitely get you to the reef on a good day, and back on a bad day.

Hey mate, I think thats going to be a must here in a couple of weeks. Starting to get bloody hot

Hey mate, with that in mind, on the stringers this coming week I was thinking of doing the heavy lay up outside the boat (after I make sure they'll fit) as it will be easier to do on the floor and flat to get a good bond, then just tying them to the hull. Reckon thats sound?

@@JmDory Yep makes perfect sense, anything not tied to the hull do first.

Thanks mate, glad you find them entertaining. I appreciate the feedback!

thanks heaps for the feedback and advise mate. the waxxed is what I had on hand initially, and I only used it for jobs I could complete the main structure of in one hit, to avoid it going off before I laminated the next stage, if that makes sense. that way I just had to sand it back to do things like tie in the stringers etc. all unwaxxed from here as i found a good supplier. the waxed stuff I was using, though, was laminating resin with a 48hr reapplication time but I found the flaws of waxed pretty quickly, especially in the heat of the day. Thanks again, mate

@@JmDory Awesome mate you are doing a great job, I've been through the same process. I got all my supplies from Trojan fibreglass in Newcastle who were great, unsure where you are though. Keep it up man, when complete you will have a boat you can keep for life as you will know every nook and cranny of the structure and the electrcis, even more than a new boat, ultimate confidence for taking the kids out. Ps, unsure on your terminoogy, in my experience resin is either waxed or laminating, laminating has no wax and vice versa. Anyway all good mate enjoy the process.

Hahahaha, yeh mate, might as well be. But actually, I'm going to start switching back to ozito for the convenience of the in store replacement. especially with all this resin dust.

@JmDory if you get a chance checkout Expedition Evans. They bought a hurricane damaged yacht and had to do a incredible amount of hull work to get the sailing boat into the water. Keep it up mate.

Hey mate, thanks heaps for the feedback. It's probably very obvious that I'm learning each stage as I go. I'm guessing the doing the low side first makes filling and filleting the high side easier? Thanks again

Mate, when I first pulled the floor up, I thought the same thing. there was evidence the transom had been done (poorly), so the hope was the stringer story was true also. Nope.

everything will be fine

my bank account looks cooler in traditional glass fibre but

@@JmDory bank accounts are temporary, coolness is eternal.

It's absolutely gut-wrenching, hey. not just the disappointment in the cost/waste of money but missing out on heaps of time fishing. if you are looking to go to the effort to rebuild yourself go look at these channels: exhale adventures adventures adrift angry mack they really showed me that it's actually an achievable goal

Cheers man I’ll be sure to keep up with your channel and check out the others Thanks legend