15' Baron rebuild thread
Submitted by till on Thu, 2009-11-26 20:49
This is the boat pre surgery;
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A view of the transom;
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Top removed, bulkheads, pockets and bench seat out;
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The floor partially removed, the sides partially sanded;
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There were water in some of the pockets when I opened it up and the floor was pretty rotten, the boat apparently hadn't been in the water for 9months before purchase. I think Baron used packing crates for their floors, fibreglass sure hides a lot of sins. I'll try and keep the thread updated as work progresses.
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piston broke
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Jamie
looks like a great project,have you done a bit of fibreglassing in the past? cheers Pete
till
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No recent glassing
No recent glassing experience to be honest, should give me a bit of a workout.
Pete D
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Good luck Jamie - that is a
Good luck Jamie - that is a project!
Cheers Pete
Colin Hay
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I am looking forward to watching the progress Jamie
It looks like a really interesting project. I am sure you will learn a lot and you will get great enjoyment out of the finished product.
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Kingfisher549
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Rebuild
Goodluck with the rebuild, Built a Baron almost from the ground up, can get very itchy when rolling in glass use QV lotion will reduce the itch. Sounds stupid but it works.
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