Continuing on the restoration of the Windboats Pearly Miss runabout 1960's speedboat

Now that I have been able to get the plywood for the outside of the transom it is time to seal the surface of the plywood with epoxy before bolting the plywood panel in place on a bed of marine sealant. Then both the inside and outside plywood panels with more epoxy before painting the plywood to preserve the plywood for years to come. 

 The front seat back as now got the two shoot bolts to put the seat back in the correct angle. Just needs a bracing cleat across the top of the seat back and then the panel can be covered with material and foam. 

The same will be done to the seat back and then cushions will be patterned up for the seats.

The dashboard locker will need some TLC and I have to source a new steering boss and wheel to bring the dashboard back to life.

Also I will have to find a period deck covering to put the deck back to the way it was originally done. The Covering material before was a teak planking effect which will be good to do again.  

I will have to source some white "D" section fendering to put back around the gunwale it the same way it was done originally by Windboats when this boat was build in the 1960's.
 

Getting the picnic boat bottom its next coat of Gelshield 200 and flow coating the new bunk front panels

Starting to apply the third coat of Gelshield 200 epoxy treatment.

The starboard side now as its third coat on, now it just needs a coat of interprotect to finish off the epoxy treatment.

The port side done and next week we will start on making the keel/skeg to incapuaslate stern tube  

The navigator's bunk fronts now all re-fibreglassed in position, so its time to flow coat the new fibreglass

So it is just a matter of sorting out the chain locker bulkhead.

The new bunk front panels are now flow coated and ready to be repainted by the owner when he comes to pick up the boat. 

 

Busy Tuesday morning with fibreglassing and second coat of Gelshield after second and third filling the bottom of the picnic boat

Halfway through the first layer of fibreglassing on the bunk fronts, the side panels have their first layer of 600gsm CSM on them and only the front panel to fibreglass over

Made good the hull repair and now started to build up layers of fibreglass on on the bunk fronts and sides to reinforce the new panels in the bunk fronts and sides 

The fibreglass goes over the tops of the bunk front panels and then joins up with the fibreglass that was glassed in to position the bunk front in their correct position

There will be two more layers of fibreglass to return the whole area back to original spec.

Once all this is fibreglassed in then the new fibreglass will be flowcoated as original spec.

The picnic boat's bottom now turned a bright green as the second coat of Gelshield 200 is applied 

Once the third coat of Gelshield 200 is applied it will turn grey again and then have a coat of interprotect painted over the Gelshield and then the work on the new keel can begin.

Once the keel is made then the boat can be turned back over and the rest of the hull can be painted and the laid deck pieces can be vacuum bagged on in position and the engine can be fitted and a new engine box will be made.

It will not be long before the bottom will be grey once more and the other work can be done.

 

The continuing repairs to the Hardy Navigator, rebuilding the bunk fronts

 Fitting a new inspection hatch in the cockpit floor 

Fitting the new bunk front using a batten to support the front in the correct position while fitting down to the hull.

Fitting it down a bit at a time until it fits the hull.

Continuing to fit the bunk front 

While grinding back the fibreglass to fibreglass in the new bunk fronts. So this will have to be done before I can fibreglass in the new bunk fronts.

Replacing the forward section of the bunk fronts as these have gone rotten over time and water ingress

Removing the forward section of the bunk fronts as these have gone rotten over time and water ingless 

Cutting down the the sides to get back to good plywood and where it is not damp.

Cutting along the bottom edge to cut the fibreglass away so that the area can dry out before fibreglassing in new sections of bunk front and fibreglassing the bunk front in position.

Cutting as close to the hull to cut down on grinding the area and keeping the strength in the hull.

The bunk front has gone rotten where it as been sitting in water that as been in the bottom under the cabin floor.

The bunk front section now out and the cutting and grinding can start to clean up the area and let it dry out before making and glassing in the new sections of bunk fronts. 

Let the fun begin and get the area cleaned up.