FishingTheFL

Do you use a leader with braided line when jigging? Going g to give it a go later after the bass guys get off the lake Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I'm currently starting the removal of the center beam and flattening around this rib to fix the hole and have a flat area to work with. I was going to do 8 layers on the inside for the hole and two layers on the exterior hull. Then 3 layers down the length to transom for pin holes. Maybe one layer the length of the outside. Got enough tp rolls after a week of saving. Now that I don't have people. Buying bundles I don't mind getting cutting fiber glass again. I'm going to have to come up and kill that tree for all the info your giving me. Keeps this boat project alive. Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The problem is couple little pin holes on the inside. The guy i paid over the summer just did a patch over them and a crack that I enlarged into a hole to fix. Picture of it in earlier post. Let me see if I can get a pic of my dilemma Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

What tool do you guys suggest for hitting this curve... By hand is working the best... But its slow and killing the arms.

So I spent part of the weekend cutting out and sealing the transom in resin. I'm getting ready to put the two piece together with mat later today and maybe glue it to the boat. How do you get the bottom part of the board to sit flush against the fiber glass? Natural curve in the ply wood make the bottom cup some Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Looks like this thing was just thrown together by someone who don't care. I stood on it with one foot and hopped around before I read the article. Seems just as tough as the left side that's undamaged. I switched over to the transom for now because of the heat and not wanting to wear my suite yet. Looks like I'll need a bunch more resin if I do the center beam. This course Matt looks like it can absorb a lot. Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I was reading some stuff last night on about matting between transom planks... Some where I read that I should of used one layer woven, one layer random mat, then more woven in that order for my holes??? I used masking tape on the outside and 6 layers of woven fiber. There was no air bubbles when finished. The other thing I'm pondering now is that when I do the floor ribs, they had the non woven fiber wrapped around the wood with thicker woven mat. I'll up load a video of what I'm talking about. I wonder if they just used it as backing for the woven or as a bonding layer... Every time I read I get mixed info and it sounds like I'm working I circles... Here is a pic of my first hole fixed Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

LoL. Sounds to good to be true. I like the tp backing idea. I was trying to come up with an idea besides masking tape. I assume you wet the tube all the way like the fiber,let it cure then over lay it? I bet they never used backing and that's why there was holes and it rotted again. What mask should I use for grinding and sanding. I been using the cotton one but it seems to let the dust in still. Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Top and side image of beam.. I'd hate to cut this out but I already bought courser mat to do it. Guess its harder to wet out. Sounds like the stabilizer only hardens what it can seep into. I think I'll go the long route if it makes it last longer. Should I seal the new beam with resin like the transoms? Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I stuck a knife it it. The core of the wood is solid maybe couple cm of wood is rotted but I think I'll just cut it out. It hasn't cracked yet but why do all the work I guess just to do it twice... >.< Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

How do you guys feel about wood stabilizers? The center beam is solid issue... I'd like to avoid cutting it out but if the stabilizer is not as good as a new board then I will cut it out. Thanks for input. This might save me a bunch of time or put me back another week. Sent from my XT1528 using Lake Ontario United mobile app