1978 Viking rebuild

Lake, I doubt it will reach that point since there's much less work to be done on the deck before gel.

The boat is back on its trailer!

This is not the original trailer the boat came with so it took a bit more work than just backing the trailer under and setting it down. This was bought years ago with an old Baker Custom Boats 18' outboard sitting on it. I forget the brand of the trailer, but it was originally a California style float on. When it was first bought I added a winch and bow stop to the front, transom strap hook points, jack mount, had it sandblasted, painted, added new lights, wire, and bunks. Friend of mine worked for a large industrial paint shop at the time so a case of beer paid for the blast and paint work. :D

Fast forward about eight years and I finally switched the trailers around, so I cut everything off this one and set new bunks for the Hydrostream. I set a 2x6 on the V and a 2x6 on the far outside edge of the wings. Fast forward to yesterday and now knowing where the structure is in the boat, I cut everything off agin. A 10' 2x6 was set on the V(core), I was rushed when I switched the trailers and didn't get these perfect, and a 6' 2x4 was set on the first chine(floor).

Theres still a few minor odds and ends to finish with the trailer but those will wait until the boat is finished.

Apologies for old terrible quality cell phone pictures.

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Originally Posted by NWolf

How wide is the pad on that thing? I have to add a pad to mine and would like to match a proven design.

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8" and is dead flat for about the last 36".

Thank you.

Turbine wheels, cool :cool:

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Originally Posted by LakeFever

Turbine wheels, cool :cool:

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They are cool wheels. But since the old trailer had slot mags and thats all I remember as a kid I'm on the hunt for a set of slots.
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I’m pretty sure I have a set of four 13” 4 bolt slotted mags somewhere.

Well u got plenty of trailer for the boat !

The deck is in primer.

All the old gel was sanded with 36g until it started to remove the factory flake. I figured that was deep enough into the original gel. It was a nightmare grinding all the gel off the bottom of the hull and there wasn't any major damage to the deck to be repaired, so most the gel was left. There were a few stress cracks in the original gel that thankfully didn't go any deeper. I was able to just sand it off and the cracks disappeared.

A layer of filler was added over all the patches from the old rigging holes and across the dash. Drain holes were drilled in the transom knees where they extend into the splash well.

Duratech vinylester primer was rolled onto everything. Seems like rolling the product fills the pin holes in exposed glass better. I will block sand all of this and spray successive coats.

Blocked out the first coat of primer and sprayed the second coat. I'll block this out agin, then its time for metal flake! :D

Looks like you sprayed it a lot smoother this time, did you change your process uo? I can hardly wait to see the flake!

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Originally Posted by LakeFever

Looks like you sprayed it a lot smoother this time, did you change your process uo? I can hardly wait to see the flake!

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I rolled on the first coat of primer. I was told rolling it on helps fill any little pin holes in exposed fiberglass vs. spraying it. Which I can see a few pin holes that didn't fill when it was sprayed. I still wish I would've sprayed everything for the deck, there was very little exposed glass, just the patches. It went down so much better! It will probably sand out in half the time. I have a few weeks off of work right now so I hope to have it sprayed, and wet sanded before going back.

Did you glass the inside deck seam to the hull or is it just the 5200?

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Did you glass the inside deck seam to the hull or is it just the 5200?

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Yes, post #224 the first picture is the glass that was put on the seam inside. 2" CSM followed by 4" 1708. I was able to get it nearly all the way to the nose, stopped short maybe 24".

The deck is gel coated! It looks good agin. Whooo!!

Everything was sprayed the same way as the hull. Post #277(page 19) documents the spray process I used. The only change I made for the deck was to make one extra pass with the finial clear coat. Just a little extra insurance for wet sanding/buffing.

A little giant ladder worked great for climbing in and out of the boat to spray the interior surfaces. A few bicycle hooks were stuck in the ceiling to hang the airline from and not drag it over any fresh gel. All the interior surfaces were covered with poly and a piece of plywood was laid over the poly on the floor so the sticky crap on the bottom of my shoes wouldn't rip the poly off.

The only issue we had was the clear was setting up much faster than the last time I used it. Had it cure in the gun a few times. Seems the extra 5 degrees in the garage was a big enough change. It was hot and muggy outside, but the temp in the garage was holding at 70 with the AC. The material supplier advised .5% less catalyst(1.5% total) and that solved the issue.

Onto more wet sanding agin...

that really looks good! dang!