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Coop's Garage 1983 Predictor Project.

cooperider

cooperider

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Here is my 1983 Predictor Project. It needs some paint work, and the transom replaced.

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The motorwell. Notice the slit in the top edge. This is where it was cut to pry the deck loose from the adheasive that holds it to the hull.

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Here is the transom. I bought it with the wood already removed, how cool is that. It looks like wood is there, but that is really the image of the old wood molded into the fiberglass.

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Hey Cooperider,
Sorry to ask a stupid question.......just shows how limited my boating knowledge is.
What does "blueprinting" a hull mean...and what's involved?
 
Originally posted by Diplomat82:
Hey Cooperider,
Sorry to ask a stupid question.......just shows how limited my boating knowledge is.
What does "blueprinting" a hull mean...and what's involved?
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Most boats when they are removed from the mold are not fully "cured"(hard) yet. As they cure there is some shrinkage that can produce a small "hook" to a strait surface.

Blueprinting invloves straitening the last few feet of the hull. To make it as close as you can to how it was designed.

Sometimes hulls have "hooks" designed into them and this could be done also.

It is also a great way to repair the damage that hulls can get from sitting on a trailer wrong.

The '83 has damage to the hull from spending most of its life in the water. In a side picture you can see where the water line was on the sides. In order to fix this, I need to repaint the hull, so while it is flipped over, I will be checking the bottom.
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You better get to work you're starting to load up on projects.On the other hand is the extra room ready yet?
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You're gonna need help.
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I really enjoyed that boat. Looks like you will be enjoying it even more.

And, as the guy who removed all the old wood, that effort alone was just about worth what I sold the boat for.

Very functional trailer too.

I'm glad it went to a good home. Keep the pictures coming.

You are going to do to the boat, what I intended to do. Your level of skill will allow you to do it, where I was going to have to hire a bunch of it done.
 
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