Time for a small celebration.....

Mac32 · Post by **Mac32** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:12 pm

Ok, last night I finished the last of the fiberglass om my stringer replacement and tonight I got almost all of the bilge painted so I felt the urge to stand up on the roof tops and scream for my sucess.....

But no one would understand...... BUT WAIT!!!... My friends on trojanboats.net would understand!!!!

So here it goes..............I'M DONE,,,,FINISHED,,,, WAHOOOOOOO

Now its the deck re-core and new hatches.......

uuuh wait I guess I need a floor first...

rick1954 · Post by **rick1954** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:54 am

Congratulation to ya Mac32 you have done a perfect job, I tip my hat to you. Do you want to come up and do mine this fall

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:34 am

Mac,

Your repairs look fantastic! Congratulations.
Hopefully you can get the rest of your work done before the season ends and enjoy some of your hard work.

BTW: Winter's over!

randyp · Post by **randyp** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:44 am

Nice job! Ya done good! An inspiration to all of us who have yet to tackle this job. Keep us posted on the deck core replacement.

Mac32 · Post by **Mac32** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:50 pm

Thanks!!! I knew I could count on you guys to understand the accomplishment.

I tried explaining it to the wife, and she just dint get the grandure of the moment,

may have something to do with the unfinished trim in our house for the last few years.......

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:16 pm

Hmmm, unfinished trim in the house. That sounds familiar. Trim in the boat looks great though.

Just a thought before you put the floor in. Try to make sections of it easily removable so that you can clean the bilge once in a while. This will help keep the cabin smelling as clean as it looks.

Nice Job!

Dreamer · Post by **Dreamer** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:37 pm

I jest finished redoing the forward deck, I had rot from my anchor mounts being loose. I wish I would have taken more pictures to document the job. So keep those great pics coming. Great job on the stringers.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:16 pm

trim ,trim ? a house don't need no stinking trim . Now get back to work on the boat . It needs a floor . (beer break is ok )

Good Job !!!

rick1954 · Post by **rick1954** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:10 am

Some-one say Beer

Mac32 · Post by **Mac32** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:44 am

Beer......Ok why not.

Actually the stringer repair came to around $1700 in materials Including paint and floor materials.

But the beer bill was around $300 at least so the total cost was about $2000 for the whole job. Not a bad ratio

I guess

rick1954 · Post by **rick1954** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:33 am

Lets see, on a good job the beer should be around 20% of the cost, you did it for around 17%, not bad I would say you donâ€™t drink much

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:58 pm

Congrats - We'll all have a cold one - and add in the extra 3% beer cost for you!

jimini · Post by **jimini** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:51 pm

You Captains are too funny!

yorklyn · Post by **yorklyn** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:50 pm

Mac,
You made me cry!!! I just cut out my first stringer and made my template last night. I can really appreciate your accomplishment. Great Job!!!

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Time for a small celebration.....

Time for a small celebration.....

Congrats`