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Forum: GENERAL FORUM Topic: Un rigged weight of a Vandal |
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Posted: January 9th, 2021, 3:58 pm
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Thanks for the insight. That definitely helps me understand more about building a boat. It’s hard to read about all the pro boat builders being so calculated. I didn’t spend a lot of time scraping up every last bit of excess out of fabric lams, or measure exact amounts for fabric weight. I just didn... |
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Forum: GENERAL FORUM Topic: Un rigged weight of a Vandal |
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Posted: January 8th, 2021, 10:39 pm
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Gidday, I have finally finished restoring my Hydrostream Vandal. I had a good build thread going, but Tinypic screwed the pics. I was wondering what you all think of the un-rigged weight. It at 340 lbs with no hardware except two rear transom eyes, and the bow eye. The Hydrostream website list it as... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: February 6th, 2019, 12:44 pm
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I use tinypic.com on my iphone that hasent been updated in years. I have to fight popups, but it gets the job done. Be sure to select the file type/size for message boards and dont pay attention to the orientation on that site. Its never rite, but when uploaded here its good(not upside down). Hope t... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: February 6th, 2019, 12:23 pm
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Next was to flip and do the bottom http://i68.tinypic.com/mmsb5w.jpg Its really going to be alot of work, learning, and alot of sand paper.... Im almost certain i will need to strip the gel off 1/3 of the bottom. Basiclly, all the wetted surface. Not sure exactly what i should do. On a positive note... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: February 6th, 2019, 12:08 pm
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I got the inside done mostly. The plan is to scuff/trim and paint when i flip it back over. I re-installed the air box in the bow, but Trimmed 6" for foot room. The control mounting box was going to be a cup holder, but realized it would make side-by-side seating to tight. I trimmed it down and... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: December 22nd, 2018, 12:04 pm
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I have been chiselling away at the horrid amount of layers of what i think was woodflour resin originally, and then a layer of PL construction adhesive over that as past carpet glue. Its been a bitch to say it nicely. Probably close to 5-8 lbs removed. Im on the last bits now, and hope to get it fli... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Rat Stream |
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Posted: February 25th, 2018, 7:28 pm
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Nice Ventura! Cant wait to see how you rig it up. The seats sound interesting if they are what i think they are. |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: February 25th, 2018, 7:16 pm
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Found some time to crank the heat, bring down the humidity and mix some epoxy up. I put down a layer of 0/90 over the whole core area, and stringers. Some bi-axil 12oz also on stringers were the floor rests. The floor has a layer of 4oz 0-90 on the underside. The stringers, and registers got a heath... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: January 4th, 2018, 2:14 am
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Don’t grind it out. Drill a small hole in each end of the void and inject it with resin. Don’t worry about anything less than 1/2” long. I make plastic cones for thickened epoxy to put a bead into the corners, then lay the fabric over and smooth it out. Thanks for the guidance on this. I did use a ... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Hydrostream Vandal re-everything |
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Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 1:16 pm
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Thanks for the motovation. Here is a pic of some of the beginner mistakes. I know voids aint a good thing, so id assume i should take care of it. I think i messed around with the squeegee to much and maybe made the laminating resin mix into the thickened stuff to make it run away. Or, maybe my thick... |
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