Sttr
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As long as you don’t return it covered in bottom paint LoL
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Sttr
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It is a beast of a trailer, I think if it was 2 feet shorter it would be perfect. The motors might hit the bunks LoL. There’s also nothing used out there and people want ridiculous money for older equipment.
Squire
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The new aluminum I-beam trailers don’t seem to be configured for podded boats with outboards. They have too much frame behind the axles and I had to cut 18” of it off after setting it up for my boat.
tonybalony
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peter rebuilt the back of the" sea ya later".....very happy with their work!
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Sttr
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Can’t wait to see what these guys come up with!
Getting closer!
Sttr
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That’s awesome, that seems the only way I would make this boat fit on this trailer, there is a bit of adjustment on the axles and up front at the bow strap mount. If I can centre 9000lbs on 3 axles it should tow comfortably.
Sttr
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Almost ready to slap a couple stringers in, cleaned up the starboard side pretty good, needs a final touch, a bit of delam in a few areas again, got down deep to clean them out, most of the delam was where the stringer was tabbed. The other stringer is cut and shaped nicely, hoping to end this stringer phase reel soon, will set both stringer in at the same time
Sir Reel
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I bought an aluminum triple axle 10,625 pound trailer from Word boats about 7 years ago. Paid $7000 US at the time. It was for my 2700 Seasport weighing around 7500 pounds.
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I hauled the Seaport back and forth from the okanagan to Crescent Beach and had no issues. Worked great.
Guys name is Sandy. Might be worth a call
Sttr
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…. One more stringer left to put down.
Didn’t do very well with all the pics today, but got some. 3rd stringer is in on a layer of polybond. The last one is wrapped twice and ready to go, fitted nicely. Grinded the rest of the delam out and had to lay an additional 6 mat 2 roving total in a couple spots , got pretty close to putting a hole in the boat! Got the strip ready for the last stringer with a layer of mat and roving. The darker areas are a total of 7 Mat 3 roving.
I noticed the most delam on the areas where the stringer didn’t touch the hull, especially up front in the gap between the curve and hull.
Did a bit of grinding today, the sides of the hull about 8 inches above the floor level , I’m going to make that my priority tomorrow so the floor can go on asap
Didn’t do very well with all the pics today, but got some. 3rd stringer is in on a layer of polybond. The last one is wrapped twice and ready to go, fitted nicely. Grinded the rest of the delam out and had to lay an additional 6 mat 2 roving total in a couple spots , got pretty close to putting a hole in the boat! Got the strip ready for the last stringer with a layer of mat and roving. The darker areas are a total of 7 Mat 3 roving.
I noticed the most delam on the areas where the stringer didn’t touch the hull, especially up front in the gap between the curve and hull.
Did a bit of grinding today, the sides of the hull about 8 inches above the floor level , I’m going to make that my priority tomorrow so the floor can go on asap
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kaelc
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Sandy is pretty competitive with most of the BC deals now. The price of diesel and labour makes it not cheap. He has to ship them from the east coast and does about 7 at a time pulled by a pickup, I can't see that being less than $1000 each. Roadrunner/Tuff and locally made should be pretty competitive.I bought an aluminum triple axle 10,625 pound trailer from Word boats about 7 years ago. Paid $7000 US at the time. It was for my 2700 Seasport weighing around 7500 pounds.
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I hauled the Seaport back and forth from the okanagan to Crescent Beach and had no issues. Worked great.
Guys name is Sandy. Might be worth a call
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Fisher_dude
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What’s the point to the blue stuff? Is it a glue or does it just make sure there’s no air in there after the glass goes on? Or none of the above
Sttr
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The blue stuff is polybond. It’s a poly adhesive designed for marine applications like bonding fibreglass resin materials to each other, FRM to wood, hull/stringer joints, hull/deck joints, transoms, and compression areas up to 1/2.
Instead of laying the stringer on patches of cabosil or foam we used this. Pretty much put the stringer in and squeezed it down to the appropriate height. And yes no air or gaps between the stringer and the hull. During removal I found most delam was occurring where there stringer was suspended above the hull. I figure this way I can prevent that delam from happening. There was really no consistency in the original stringer installation. One was complete touching the hull, another was half suspended, another had a wedge. What was consistent is delam where ever the stringers were suspended. The blue is just the colour of the hardener.
ship happens
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That stuff looks awsome. Reminds me of bearshit with way better consistency
My question is how come there's no drains in the stringers?
My question is how come there's no drains in the stringers?
Sttr
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There will have to be some by the transom. The rest is separated with a bulkhead and will have foam, so no need to have any drains
Rayvon
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What we called bear **** or gype back in the day was asbestos shorts and resin mixed together,guaranteed to shorten your life. Mixing it was bad enough but grinding it was nasty,wore a paper mask sometimes.Limber holes are in stringers to let any water filter down to the bilge.
ship happens
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I hate foam so much
Sttr
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Yes, I will have to make some limber holes in the stringers at the transom, I haven’t made them yet because I want the stringers down Asap, might cost me more time in the end LoL. The boat is designed to drain right into the bilge, I won’t change that. Even if the cabin floods there is a nice path to the bilge for the water to flow
Fisher_dude
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Thanks for the explanation. I work with metal. Any other material is new to me.
Sttr
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I work with idiots
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