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got all the old rotted wood off gunnell and removed the rotted transom. starting to look good! providing we have good weather after Easter dinner tomorrow I'm going to try and cut the new transom and pickup a piece of composite decking to rip down at work on Monday for an experimental gunnell...

my gawd I hate auto correct on my phone, *epoxy resin and *trick. now if I could only figure out how to edit a post instead... Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

hmm interesting! but the problem is I want to epoxy reason over it... I wonder if I try your truck to bend it, attach it to the boat and after it dries in shape, remove to coat it and reinstall? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I circled it in red on the whole boat photo. you'll have to orient yourself to view the other 2 photos as I crawled under the boat (which is upside down lol) to take those pix. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

does anyone have experience using composite decking as trim on a boat? I have to replace the 2 pieces on each edge of the gunnel that sandwich the aluminum panels and I'm looking for other options that don't require steaming to bend. I could rip pieces down to use, it's flexible and durable...

would this be considered sanded far enough down for the primer to get a good bond? (enough around the rivets too?)

had some decent weather, got half the bottom finished sanding today. finally starting to look good. I plan on packing the seams with a bead of jb weld on the outside of the hull and on the inside before I put down the nonskid paint spraying rubber sealant around the rivets below the water line.

rained yesterday and today so no work :( Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Cleaned the stern up, lathered on some Klean Strip, 30 minutes later wipe and repeat for another 15 minute cycle. 100 grit paper and some steel wool got it down to bare aluminum. Took about an hour and a half. Might bust out the palm sander for the big stretches. Definitely for the final sanding.

alex, great info. Thank you! Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Great forum here! Just bought my first fishing boat, a 14' 1958 Starcraft Speed Queen. Definitely a fixer upper, but that's what I'm looking for, a fun spring project. Lots of work ahead of me. I've only located a few random photos of the original boat, not much other info online about it. A...