Its a Floater

[ox_man]

Its not a truck but oh well. I've been working on my aunts boat lately andfigured it would post a thread about it. Its a '86/'87 15' Forester tri-hull with a 60hp mercury. My dad's cousin stored it last winter and some time in the process of moving it, the hull got damaged. Pulling back the carpet to access the damage from the inside i found the floor needed work and new carpet was needed. Along with the seat bases needing work.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/ox_man/098.jpg

ready to start with the fiber glass, hole#1
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/ox_man/104.jpg

hole #2

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/ox_man/105.jpg

[ox_man]

here is a shot of both holes together, not all that bad but still a pain
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/ox_man/107.jpg

here is one of the new boxes for the seats
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/ox_man/110.jpg

I'll have more pics of the seats tomorrow and of the carpet. I didnt get any shots of the progress work of the fiberglass work, or the floor work.

A tip of anyone doing fiber glass work, take your time and precut all your patches before you start so you know each one it a little bigger then the last. Before I started i sanded more around each hole so there was about 1/2" around it and tapered down to the nothing. i did 4 layers on the backside for a good base to start with and did about 6-8 layers on the outside to build it up. From there I used Fiberglass body filler to smooth it out and bring it to the original height and level it out. it won't be painted this summer since the pain is so badly fade but will hopefully get a full paint job over next winter.

Anyone have any suggestions for paint?