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Thanks Mark I'm hoping to put the engine back in two weeks from now then splash her the first weekend of april.

Worked on the boat tonight, Dave from Advantage Marine Repiar in Zeeland came out and cut the key hole out of my transom for me it turned out great i had exccelent bonding between the two layers of wood! After we got the holes in there i bilge coated the raw wood,let it dry for a while then put the gimble back in the boat:D then I started to lay out where my batteries and trim pump where going to go. Dave also measured up for my new steering and is going to order that tommarow.at least shes going back together!!

Worked hard on the boat this weekend(April is coming fast!):eek: Was able to do my last glass layups and put in the shelves and bulk head:thumb:.I foamed in the floors and pluged those holes, Then i bilge coated everything.While I was doing that a friend came and filled all the holes on the outside of the transom,he filled them then glassed them floated them out and gel coated them ,we should have painted the whole transom but hey the fish will be the only ones to see the imperfections and thats the last thing they will see LOL! Here are some pics.

Wow! Cool boat!

WTG kevin you r hard core for sure!

Well I had a major case of the f!%# its this weekend so i did not get much done but managed to make the shelves,cut out the bad bulk head and make the new wood for that. Next week i will do one more glass layup and will be done with fiberglass:thumb:! I have a guy lined up to come and fill all the holes on the outside of the hull and re gelcoat it. while he does that i will do my glassing and pull my old steering system out cus I ordered my auto pilot this week Wohoo! Cant wait to get it done!Sorry for the poor pics they came out blury for some reason.

see ya there!

ya me to, it just spins and does not impart any action to whats behind it so dont run a fly behind it ,they use them to attract the fish to the setup then run a spoon behind,Ive been thinkin about tryin one this year to,I have one but did not know how to use it til i saw it on romanacks show.

welcome Gerry which port do you fish out of?

Hey every one here is an opportunity to listen to Dan Keating in Holland on March,10,2012 he is a very good speaker and gives lots of great info.This is hosted by the Holland Steelheaders and sky line church. thanks Jimmy

I worked on the boat last night ,just don't know when to quit i guess,,,, it was 12:22 am when i left the barn But I got the stringers ,the floor and the engine copartement structure done. Now i have 2 shelves and a bulk head to do in a couple of weeks.Also Nick has been busy refinishing the teak on the boat he finished the rails and put them on WOW! looks nice thanks Nick! here some pics.

Shweeeeeeeet! Wtg !

Ya I know ,this is a real experience thats for sure!I dont know if i would do another one.

Bob , here is the link for the how to upload pics. Jimmy http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15445

Ya What Dave said.There was only one 28 lb king submitted for the master angler award in 2010 and there was 22 in 2012! My 27 lb king was in the last 5 the biggest was 37.06 lbs with that said i think there will be lots of bait again this year with alwives survivng the winter better,time will tell how the numbers will be with the plants still down.I predict the beachs will have lots of dead alwive on them in june this year. just my 2 cents.

went up to the boat for an hour or so today and dry fit the stringer and floor pieces ,hope to get back out there tuesday eve. to glass them in! then that will leave me with the shelves and one bulkhead to glass in then the glass work is done:thumb:

cool video thanks!

DONE!

Worked on the boat this mourning, and had a visit from plum crazy,I glued the transom in last weekend with 4 tubes of 3M 5200 adhesive and today was able to glass the transom in. I started at 7:00 am and finished at 1:30 what a messy tedious job! But it is done here are some more pictures. glued the transom in . filled in the gaps wetting out the glass extra tabbing in the bottom

90 for me out of holland

Larry, should be two open i just had to back out, I have other commitments that weekend I cant get out of. jimmy

nice job Kevin thats hard core!

Kyle , the stringers were wet but not rotted i did cut some of the worst out and will be putting them back in after the transom is in. I worked on the transom today, I laminated the center board to the main board with glass,Made my first batch of "peanut butter filler" And added fillets to the center board,This was almost a failure as I did not have enough filler the first time and the resin ran out of the fiber and it drooped but i was able to remove it and thicken it before it kicked off, wew!! that was a close one! Then I sealed the whole transom board with resin. Next week i hope to be gluing it into the boat with 3m 5200, I decide to go this route for the more working time to put it together and I have been told that it will hold just as good as glass. here are some pics. the transom boards pre sanded. Laying the glass . the center board is on and the fillets in place. Sealing the whole board.

what ever you put 3m 5200 on you will NOT want to ever move, so i would not use it to "glue" something down unless it is never to be removed just put it on any screws or holes you want to be sealed tight.I am going to use to put my transom in im told you will delaminate your glass before that stuff lets go! jimmy

sounds solid to me 3m 5200 is the best stuff out there!