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Since my last blog I completed priming the leaning post, rear half of the liner, and the cuddy. The use of the Valspar primer really made the final prep for gel coat significantly easier and with superior results.

With everything primed, getting them sprayed with gel coat has been a bit of waiting game. In particular, waiting for warm enough weather. Lows in Ukiah have been in the 20s and 30s for months. There is however, a brief window on warmer days were you can git-r-done. ...

With winter approaching I have been working on the boat a lot. I want to get this this buttoned up before winter...plus I want splash this POS and go crabbing!!!

I rebuilt the rotten roof the same way I tackled the rotten tank hatch. Although it was a lot of extra work, I am glad I found the rot now. Once I had the roof repaired, I finished all of the other small dings, nicks, holes, cracks, etc.

The rough, structural work on glass repairs is really the easy part. ...

With everything below decks wrapped up it was time to get the topside ready for fresh gelcoat. I stripped the boat back down and began prepping the cuddy. As I was repairing the old holes from the windshield, I made a gruesome discovery. More rot...



Water had devoured the balsa core around the entire perimeter of the cuddy under the windshield ...

Sorry for delay in the blog...work and fishing have slowed down my blogging but I have continued to work on the boat.

After testing the fit of the tank I temporarily held it in place with a scrap of 2x4...



I then filled the compartment with 2 part 4 pound foam. The legs I built to get the tank off of the floor allowed the foam to ...

I finally saved enough pennies to get my new tank. The general rule of thumb is $10 a gallon and sure enough my 75 gallon tank was just shy of $750 delivered. With an EFI 4 stroke 150 75 gallons should give me all of the range an 18 footer could use. The tank...



I wanted to install a drain that would let water that collected in front of the ...