The last two layers of Fibreglass on the lid for the water tank and the baffle plate

The panels are now the finished thickness and now as to be left to cure off and then cut to the correct shape and size to fit the water tank

The baffle plate now finished and will be put to one side for a week and the cut down to size to be fitted in the tank before the lid is glassed into position. 

Once they have cured they will have the inspection lids fitted in the top on each side of the centre baffle plate so that it will be easy to keep the tank cleaned and change any of the fitting put into the tank when the tank is fitted in to the space for it in the main cabin of the Morgan Giles 30

 

A new refit job came in today for a full makeover

 This old pilot 14 is in for a complete makeover from top to bottom.

The first job will be to go over the boat and mark off the areas that need reinforcement around the hull to deck joint and then repair the joint and add more fibreglass over the joint.

Once that is done then it will be time to sand the whole boat to get it ready to paint after all the old paint is removed back to the original gelcoat and then paint the whole boat with epoxy primer before changing the colour to a bright yellow

The cockpit and cabin are going to be sanded down and then given a couple of coats of grey bilge paint to make it an easy surface to keep clean 

These are the before photos and there will be more to come or the coming weeks

Fletcher speedboat in for a new water pump impeller as the old impeller was run up with no water going through it and melted the impeller

The condition of the impeller when the leg was removed from the boat, one melted and misshaped impeller 

The boat getting a quick wash down before going back to its owner

Just be getting a wash and polish  

It got a small auxiliary outboard for getting into small spaces  

The engine leg back on the upper outdrive unit this was a challenging job

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Waxed and ready to be coated with Gelcoat to make the lid and baffle p[late for the water tank for the Morgan Giles 30

The two plywood panels which have been coated and waxed and now ready to be gelcoated and then eight layers of CSM to make up the finished thickness for the baffle and the lid

Now let the three coats gelcoat and the lay up of the CSM to make up the parts needed to finish of the top of the tank and the baffle plate 

The first coat of white gelcoat on the panels 

 

What happens when you do not look after your outdrive leg water pump impeller

Having got the lower half of this MerCruiser outdrive unit it was in a sorry state 

Full of dirt and other rubbish 

After undoing the bolts and nuts holding down the water pump upper housing found the root cause of the engine cooling problem, the water pump impeller totally U/S little or no blades left behind    

Even the upper housing is U/S as it got hot and as mis-formed itself and so as the lower plate 

Now got the new parts on order should be up and running again 

 

Setting out the panel for the lid after cutting down the water tank top edge to the correct height

Setting out the size of the lid for the water tank after the top edge was cut to the finished height

The open of the water tank at the finished height and set up in its jig so that the tank lid canbe made to fit and the baffle plate fixed in position once it is made and cut to size

The two plywood panels which the lid and baffle plate will be fibreglass up on and then fitted to the tank

Once this are made and dry fitted the fittings will be fitted to the water tank and also the inspection hatches will be fitted and then the water tank will be fitted in the man cabin berth and the bunk base will be fitted over the water tank 

 

Marking off the top edge of the tank and making panel to make lid and battle plate

Setting up the tank ready to mark off the cut line on the top edge of the water tank

The excess Fibreglass off the top of the tank and now ready to make up the panel for the lid and the baffle plate

Setting up the plywood panel to make up the template panel to make the lid of the tank 

Giving the lid panel and the baffle plate templates to fibreglass panels their first coat of epoxy resin to use them to lay up the lid and the baffle plate on and the once the baffle plate is made glass this into the tank and then glass the lid on to the edge. 

 

Starting to release the water tank from its plug so that we can cut it to size and make the top and then fit the tank in the boat

Just cut the edge from the building jig and now turned it over to start to break the plug from the water tank  

Breaking off the bracing off the plywood that made up the walls of the plug 

Release the thin plywood edge to help loosen the other sides off the plug 

One panel removed and now to remove the other sides and then clean up the top edges of water tank to make the top of the water tank.

Now release and now for the trimming u and making the top for the water tank 

Now its released the next stage can begin 

Starting to mark out the cut line for the top of the water tank 

The cut line being marked off on the outside of the water tank so it can be cut with a diamond edge disc cutter. The fitst got to make a jig to sit the tank in 

 

Back on my Feet if only for short periods.

 Having taken a week and half off work for my ankle to help recover from the injury it has situated following my fall. I have taken the ankle complete bed rest for a week and then moving around for  half a week and now back on my feet if only for short periods of time at the moment. Building this up over the next few weeks until I am back to full strength in my ankle once more. 

Although some jobs have been put back a little with the help of a few friends I should be able to get back on track quickly and get on with work once more as before.

So next week I hope to get back to my workshop and do a few small jobs, As I can not sit at home as I need to be doing something.