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