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My latest project. 13ft Paradise/Playmate copy

WILDMAN

WILDMAN

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I got this boat about 6 months ago. It's a 2001 Paradise 13ft. It's a copy of a Checkmate Playmate. Even though it's a 2001 boat and trailer, it's never been rigged. It has the original MSO with it. I need a windshield for it too. I'll probably have to make one. It sat outside for many years, so the interior is shot and the gel is faded. We stripped everything out of it today. I'm gonna do it up full custom. Probably yellow with green marble flames. I still need to find a Merc 60 for it if anyone knows of one. Preferably the bigger one, 59CI. I think it's 1999 and up. Here's some pics of it before we de-rigged it.

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OKAY! So we're all entitled to dream!
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NICE!

That thing must scream with the 3.2 on it...LOL

I am in the middle of hanging my 3.2L off of my Playmate too. Wanna race!:rof:

Looks very similar to my Playmate with the exception of the accent lines on the bow. I like, and can't wait to see what you do with it.
 
Well, we started cutting on the floor due to a soft spot under the seat. After Eric cut some out, I noticed that the foam had some water in it. I decided to cut out about four ft of the floor and take all the foam out. I weighed the removed fom. It was 72 lbs. The wet wood was another 38.
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After removing all that. It was decided to just go ahead and cut out everything all the way to the transom. Here, you'll see where one floatation foam box is removed. We'll take the rest out tommorrow. After galssing everything back in differently, the boat should weigh about 125lbs less.

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Well, we've been working on this nonstop for the last week. I know, I'm putting waayyy too much time and money into this boat, but hey, it's gonna be cool! Everyone who see's how much reinforcment and glass that's going into this thinks it's way overkill! I figuer, at least that 280 that's on the stand won't go to waste! Here's some pics.

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Here, Eric is just finishing grinding out the last of the floor glass and floatation boxes.

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Here, I just tacked in the knees. I have them spaced 18" apart. They will be glassed to the transome, floor, and upper deck.

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Here you can see we glassed in a front bulkhead that sealed off the remaining foam we left in the floor. 33" behind that, is the 2nd bulkhead. In between, we tied in together with a 5" high x 1" thick divinicell stringer. Eveything is classed in with 2 layers of woven roving.

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Here you can see that the front floor section has been glassed in. We put a layer of glass on the bottom of the floor the day before. This way it can never rot from below. I also put epoxy between the center stringer and the floor and screwed it down before glassing in the floor from above. Behind the 2nd bulkhead, you can see a 3rd bulkhead with 2 sets of stringers tying them together. This will also be a storage compartment under the seat. All these supports will make the hull super ridgid. The 3rd bulkhead also has side bulkheads that are glassed up into the uper deck to get rid of the flex.
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Here, Eric is laying another layer of woven roving. The knees will have 3 layers of woven and 2 layers of mat tying it all together.

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You can see here that it's all tied together. I even epoxyed a panel of marine plywood to the underside of the rear well and glassed it to the knees. This all makes a completely boxed in transome support.
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Here's another view. More pics coming soon. I still need to glass in the flooring behind the seat for the battery and stuff.
 
This is fantastic Randy! You'll have the nicest F-13 out there! You might rather find a 90 Yamaha
 
I cut out the rear floor behind the seat. It will also tie the knees together more. This is the bottom. I put a layer of mat on the bottom to make sure it can't ever rot from the underside. That's how most floors rot out.

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Here, the floor is all glassed in.
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While I was at it, I decided to tie the upper deck and hull together in back. I put 6 layers of mat and roving to tie them into a one piece transom.

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We put two layers of the woven roving behind the dash to make it stiffer. Here, Eric is glassing in a switch panel hole. The new switches will take a smaller hole.
 
Did more glassing today and made a pattern for the windshield. I'm gonna try to get it made out of green plexiglass.
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More pics from today. New divinicell seat supports are glassed in.
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area behind seat

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Rear transom is all tied together on the outside for additional strength

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Primed with epoxy filler

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Dash is ready to re-drill holes for guages and switch panel.
 
Scott_Loveless said:
I really like the idea of the green plexi for the windshield.
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Looks like the green plexi ain't gonna happen. I called a plastic place today and they want $85 an hour to cut the panels and they don't even sell the colored stuff. I started laying up a fiberglass one today.
 
There is a guy up here in NJ that is advertising on Craigslist for boat windshields

For all your plastic needs visit www.njplastics.com
We supply sheet, rod, tube,custom boat windshields, tabletops, window glazing.
We can make anything out of plastic!
Call Tom @ 973-362-0219

I could do a little re-con for you. I've been kicking a design around an idea for a couple flip up wind deflector that would mount over my Playmate's fairings and was thinging about reaching out to this guy anyway.

I know a few guys were also looking for replacment coolers / compartment boxes also
 
Well, I'm making the windshield from scratch. Here, I laid up 3 layers of mat, then a layer of heavy woven, then 3 more layers of mat. We laid them over a sheet of very smooth hardwood plywood. It was a good 1/4" thick.
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Here, I peel the hardened 1/4" sheet of glass off the plywood. This will give me the material to cut the windshield panels from
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Here, I lay my plywood templates on the new fiberglass sheet so I can cut them out.
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Now I cut the panels out with a circular saw
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Panels are taped in place on the boat and trimmed to fit
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Next, I grind 2" on each side of the seams. I will lay up 3 layers of mat on the outside. After it hardens, I'll take it off the boat, flip it over, and glass the inside.
 
Looking good, Wman...but you are going to have 10K in that boat before it's "blinged" out!

Rock on brother-
 
I figuer I'll have all of that in it, but it's gonna be a cool little ride! Ya can't cut corners when ya wanna be COOL!!
 
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