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Thread: The Fun Begins

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    The Fun Begins

    When I purchased the Fly in 2000 the boat was in rough shape in certain areas. The rear portion around the transom was fliied with water logged foam. I removed most of this and simply wished that the rest of the hull wasn't filled with wet foam. Well after 2 motor purchases and stepping up to a 2.5 this summer it became aparent that the hull was carrying more weight than it should be. So this winters project is to get all the foam out of the boat and lighten the boat up where possible. The Fly is also getting some new knees and stringers as well as a few suprises. Here are the picks from the first day of demo. Not only was the plywood floor saturated above the sponsons (very heavy) but the foam at the midway point was also very wet. This work required a circular saw, Sawzall, respirator, and goggles.

    The complete library of pictures will be in my gallery on the forum homepage.

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    Note the foam

    In the center and filled to the brim in each sponson. This is all wet. I'm not sure how far it runs foward in the center sponson but I would guess it's all the way. The ski locker is getting removed, for good, so access will be easy under the bow.
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    Transom Area

    I've already been in here once but instead of redesigning the thing I went ahead and re-did what was done at the factory to accomodate the gas tank I already had. Big mistake. The distance between the knees is too far apart and they run along the top of the tunnels. This time the knees will be ~20 inches apart and tied into the new stringers in the center pod. Other changes will be made in the area of flooring ect.
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    keep cutting! You better make it extra light if you think you'll be able to catch me!

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    fly

    and i thought i did alot of work on my first demo day!you really got alot of work done. keep up the great job.

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    i should just deliver the stream to you & let ya go to town
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    Demo

    You did all that in one day...no wonder you're losing weight
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    Liquid...

    Looks like a good start...interested in seeing any tricks you have up your sleeve.

    Oh I almost forgot...when you get finished redoing the boat, make sure you put the same 2.5 back on and see if your work improved preformance...

    Remember no cheating...you can't even change the plugs.

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    Got Under the Bow

    Wow this sucked. Under 20 degrees out and had to take the heavy clothes off so I'd fit. Cut the ski locker out and got some pieces of the flooring out.

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    Another

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    What you see here is foam...tunnel top and foam. The hose is the drain to my beer cooler. It is disconnected from a thru hull on the side of the boat.
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    Wow Fly!

    Yer goin to town on the rebuild!

    Is the boat on a trailer? Inside? Yor are going to r&r stringers? Going to follow this project closely! Thanks for postin!

    Scott
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    On the Trailer

    Boat is on the trailer in a tempory shelter in my backyard. Real nice hehe. R and R the stringers?? Don't know what you mean.

    David

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    Sorry....

    I re-read...You are going to remove and replace (R&R) the stringers. I really wanted to dig deeper into the Baja but got scared when I was I was told a horror story about the hull twisting once the floor and stringers were out. I got the feeling the Baja isn't the last project boat for us, so going watch, listen and learn!
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    Leaving current stringers

    But putting additional stringers in that tie into the new knee braces. It should be pretty interesting. The knees and stringers will be built in the woodshop this winter and the entire system will be installed in one piece in the spring. Stringer/knee sytem will hold a 25 gallon tank, battery box and trim pumps.

    David
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