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Glastron Mike


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silverscimitar wrote:

Wow Red, you are an animal! Can't wait to see this progress. I have a feeling this will be in my future, so this will be inspiration!


Hi Chad,  Good to see ya here.

You can see more pictures of this project over on the Main Forum  http://olered.activeboard.com/   I'll make a slide show movie of the entire project and post it here when I get done with it.

I got to visit with the fellow that has the other Scimitar near you a couple weeks ago, nice guy,  we talked about getting together this summer and making a Video of all four Scimitars running side by side ... that would be a Too Kool  !

George has his up for Sale, so I hope we can get together soon so it will be in the video,  I'll have mine back in the water in about 3 weeks,  then we're taking it up to Muscatine Iowa for that show up there.  The Muscatine show has become the biggest old and new boat show in the north east now I think,  everything from Old classic wood boats to late model fiberglass,  old and new hydroplane races, cardboard boat race,  drag race's ... it's gonna be a Hoot going up there.  The show starts May 15 through the 17th  ... Here's a Link ... www.muscatineboatshow.com

Take Care .. Stay in touch

 

 



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Wow Red, you are an animal! Can't wait to see this progress. I have a feeling this will be in my future, so this will be inspiration!

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Hi Auke, and Yes, I  am concidering putting the tanks back there,  I figure the gas tank being so far forward was a contribution to some of this damage.

I didn't figure on having to replace all the stringers,  that will kinda make me hurry to get it ready for the Muscatine show so I don't know if I'll get to the tanks at this time,  but having the hull split will sure make the transom mod easier.

I am Quessing that the top half of the boat weighs about  450 to 500 pounds, thats a Lot to be handling by hands, and the back, behind the transom area is glassed in, I had to lift the front first to cut free the transom tail.

I used ratchet straps that have a 1000 pound working load, for safety, and I used two on each point that I was lifting, one for lifting and one for a safety,  you really have to pay attention when you let lowering one of those straps and the spool fills up really quick.  If I were gonna do this job again I'd certainly use come-a-longs,  they give you Lots more distance of lift. 

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Great - you're leaving the dashboard and sides where they are. Saves a lot of hustle I reckon :) What do you think the weight is of the top, you think you can lift it with a couple of guys too?

Ps. are you thinking of moving the tank to the back (like two seperate ones?) I remember you mentioning that thought before. Please take as much as possible photos as I'm looking and learning :)!


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I got the floor out of the Scimitar yesterday and found more than I expected,  the floor was seperated from the hull on the port side and the stringer on that side is mostly seperated from the fiberglass incasement.

Today I split the hull and decided to replace all three stringers.  here's a few pic's of the progress today.

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