Schucker refit

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[brantleychuck]

Spent a few more weeks working on the Schucker

These pics show a before and after. I ended up spraying two gallons plus of paint in the pilot house. Did the job twice, changed the color for attempt number 2.
It's a bit hard two say but the paint job is a C+ at best. Lots of overspray, I did put a lot of effort into the job. But it will look great to those not inspecting and it was time to move on

[brantleychuck]

A few more pilot house shots

[brantleychuck]

I bought 12 sheets of 3/4 Baltic birch 12 ply water proof glue plywood last summer. After II replaced the pilot house floor and built the pilot house settees I was down to only 3 full sheets. I got sick of moving them around so that was the impetus to gut all the crappy built in stuff in the main cabin except for the crappy galley so I could begin to replace the rotten flooring.
This is the aft port side of the main cabin where the fiberglass dinette used to live, now it lives at the dump. In this photo you can see the plywood ribs I added to the exiting floor structure. I tabbed these to the hull side using epoxy and fiberglass. . I told myself I was not going to paint areas never to be seen again but I did want to paint any bare wood and then just could not help myself and went ahead and painted everywhere The 2x4 floor structure is in good shape as is the aft engine room bulkhead in the foreground

[brantleychuck]

Here is the plywood in place
Then moving forward for sheet number 2. Sheet number Two installed
I inspected the bulkheads as I went along some slight ares of damage on the top of some of them, easily repaired. It's bulked at the head was in need of major repair due to water damage
I cut out the rot, what is left is in good shape. I will repair in place, replacing the rotten wood using epoxy , then facing the entire bulkhead with a 3/4 piece. The whole thing encapsulated in fiberglass. I have done this on a previous boat. Turns out stronger than stock.
Did not get a shot of the 3 red piece but it went adjacent to the forward port side piece. It will take two full sheets to finish the cabin floor plus what I need to build furniture with. I under ordered by half on the plywood is a rough guess.
I did make a video of the work I did for a friend. You can find it on you tube by searching. " Schucker rebuild nov 2016". If you want to see more of this madness

[brantleychuck]

Got some more work done on the Schucker. Before and after

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Bow area beforeand after

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I converted the two existing water tanks to diesel tanks. So I needed a water tanks. Decided to build one out of fiberglass. 4 gallons of poly resin and 6 layers of 1708 fiberglass . I built the mold out of plywood

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Tank popped out of mold real easy

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A little grinding to get a good fit to bottom of hull. Then fiberglass in place

[brantleychuck]

Just got back home after working on the Schucker for the past 4 months. Lots got done, of course lots left to do

When you are rebuilding a boat, it's the little things that add up. In order to keep insects and small rodents out we installed SS screens on the 4 engine air intakes

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Got the freezer built and installed the Cool Blue holding plate and compressor

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The box is insulated with the poly ISO foam you get at Home Depot or lowes. 4 inches on the sides and 6 on the bottom. Then fiberglassed with 7208 using poly resin. Then several coats of gel coat. Th kid was a bit harder to build but came out ok. Bondo can fix a lot!. I ordered the gaskets from a custom cooler place

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Fired up the COOL BLUE compressor and the cold plate got insanely cold, I forget -27 degrees? Left it running for a few days and checked around with infra red thermometer around and on top of the box, especially around the lid. Pretty happy with the results.

[Orion Jim]

I always enjoy your progress reports.