1999 Longhorn Nauique Restoration

[dhmcfadin]

Not a whole lot to report. John has been slammed with work due to covid. Lots of people buying boats who don't know how to drive boats so lots of fiberglass and gelcoat repairs lol. I told him I was in no rush. Hopefully I can have it back in about a month. We will see.

[Timr71]

Any updates? Spring is getting closer.

[dhmcfadin]

We have a rub rail!

[Chris Parsons]

This thing looks amazing. Solid job!

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[dhmcfadin]

Here's the finished product of the walk thru. The walls of the walk thru were reinforced and then glassed inside and out. Aluminum supports are no longer needed. Looks really good. Boat is now going through its final wet sand and buff.

[t.franscioni]

This is a good idea! Im going to copy this I have the same issue in the SAN.

[SilentSeven]

It's been fun to watch the fiberglass work in both this thread and wayoutthere 's thread here. I wish I had the fiberglass fabrication skills demonstrated in both of these threads.

[dhmcfadin]

Did you cut out the floor and replace it with that piece?

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Sections were cut out vs the entire piece to maintain the original shape.

[dhmcfadin]

Here are some pics of what the transition looked like when I started this restoration. There was a gaping hole between the deck and floor. The floor of the deck sat 1.5" below the floor of the boat. Nautique used a carpeted inlay to make the floor level. The inlay was just screwed into place and was prone to water being trapped underneath it. I didn't want to have that issue again and I wanted the transition to be seamless.

[Chris Parsons]

Did you cut out the floor and replace it with that piece?

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[dhmcfadin]

Fiberglass shop made some serious progress this week. 1.5" carbon graphite costa board was used as the inlay, then everything was glassed into place. The walls of the walk through were also glassed into place. This portion of the deck is pretty stout now.

[bturner]

Very nice.

[NautiqueJeff]

Looking good!

[dhmcfadin]

The deck is finally back on. Next step is to start glassing the deck to the floor. There is an area in the walk thru where a carpeted inlay was used to hide the transition from the bow walk thru to the actual floor of the boat. Since there will no longer be carpet of any kind, the walk thru will now be glassed to the floor making a seamless transition into the cockpit area. Also, had to get "screw #1" photo

[t.franscioni]

Awesome! That came out perfect. might PM you some questions about this step of your project I’m about to gel coat my interior here soon just waiting on an air compressor big enough for the job.

Any insight into what your rethinking on this project?