a pretty girl in an ugly dress, cant wait to clean her up...

after 600 miles to get her, it's time for a beer...

1o years in brackish water takes its toll, nothing we cant fix though

out with the old, in with the new, a 19' 1965 sabercraft, for a 22' 1981 c-dory angler, the name stays the same, catch 22... *

just getting started, prep for new bottom coat

anna does her part to get this thing back in the water, note the hair net, very sexy...

scrubbin' and rubbin', a perfect date... *

transom rot, just getting started...

keep diggin' it out till we find dry core....

got all the wet stuff out and cleaned up, ready for new transom (2 layers of 3/4" marine plywood with 3 layers of glass between...

used the CNC router to make custom fit parts with grooves to make the bend in the trasom, the seems in each part are staggered to ensure strength..

this is the first layer of wood in place, filled the grooves with thickened west system, epoxy resin, next comes three layers of glass and the next piece of wood, then glass over the top of all of it to make it complete

Racks for holding boat during bottom work

setting boat on the racks

bottom growth

removal of growth

new transom, interlux epoxy primer and paint

new bottom paint, epoxy as well..

paper mock up of new transom box

taking measurements of pattern, to be cut out of very light composit core material left over from hydroplane construction

transffered into digital file to cut on CNC router

router scoring the composit where i will fold it, making the box out of one piece, instead of many glued together

transom box cut out, ready to fold

folded and ready to se how it fits