Another project Nordic!! Audiojet

[AudioJet]

I am starting to repair this Nordic to be my first boat! Reading this forum has me hooked. So here I go. http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jul20_001.jpg
It has a crack in bottom of hull so it needs to be repaired, and I am going to be replacing stringers and doing a setback for the pump.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/Picture001.jpg
As I was getting to the crack, someone tried to fill the crack with Bondo..
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/Picture003.jpg
So the stringers are removed and all the bondo stripped....
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/Picture002.jpg
Well keep you guys updated! Thanks, Erik

[DelawareDave]

put a layer of some good material over the crack, such as 1708, then fill in the strakes with 1/4 round wood, then layer over them with more glass.

[DelawareDave]

Oh- and have fun

[Bubbajet]

Good Luck!!!From the pics you got a long way to go... :rolleyes:

[snake321]

good lookin boat. I chickened out with the setback. I couldn't start another little project without movin forward a little. Maybe next year. I'm a chronic pull it aparter....

[MizBubba]

Better get cracking if you want to get that thing painted anytime soon... and watch out for the fiberglass dust! It's a b***h! :devil: :D :D

[AudioJet]

Well crack is repaired on top side and epoxy and fiberglassed the new stringers in!!
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jul20_003.jpg

[Bubbajet]

Man your busting a## on the nordic!!!

[TJS]

Looks good Audio. I am redoing a Nordic as well. My stringers were good though. All I had to do was reglass the bulkhead and now I am coating inside the hull. The rest of the boat is in pretty good shape. It looks like the original gel coat as well. I am running a BBC/Berk combination. I just got my interior done and now the boat is ready for final assembly. You do nice work. Have you done stringers and such before. My hull is a very light hull, I am assuming yours and Snake's is as well. Anyway good luck.My site shows some work on my nordic.
T.J.
www.tjsperformance.com

[AudioJet]

This is my first boat and first crack at all of this. This boat has long way to go. I am going to do lots of trick fiberglassing on inside "keep tuned". It seems to be a light boat, maybe 300+ pounds not really sure. I am going to be using a olds/berkley set up for now. Thanks....

[Mrs.sleekcraft76]

Looking great bud.

[MarKist]

This is my first boat and first crack at all of this. This boat has long way to go. I am going to do lots of trick fiberglassing on inside "keep tuned". It seems to be a light boat, maybe 300+ pounds not really sure. I am going to be using a olds/berkley set up for now. Thanks....
Ok Pal, let's stop and talk about this first, what type of resin and glass did you use?and what and weight? and how did you prep the hull before you started glassing? not that it don't look like a great job..it does! I just want you to be safe I would hate to see you go out and it come apart.. that my friend would NOT be good ...just tell me a little, just to ease my mind,thanks
Markist

[sleekcraft76]

it is ok mark , he lives 2 houses down from me and he does good solid work.

[snake321]

close call Audio
you almost got a ticket from the fiberglass cops.....

[AudioJet]

Mike and Alan "Bubbajet" keeping a close eye on my work.... With out them I would be lost. Thanks so much... But thanks for being concerned. Erik

[AudioJet]

Well kinda got side tracked fixing a front of a jetski.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jetskicrack001.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jetskicrack003.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jetskicrack005.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jetskicrack006.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jetskifixed003.jpg
I was happy how this turned out.. So now back to boat, got it flipped and starting on repairing crack from bottom and shaping the setback repair piece.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jul20_004.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jul20_005.jpg
This is one heck of a crack! So back to making this a new boat again.. Thanks

[MarKist]

whew......good deal , Glad you got Mike there to look out for ya ,oh and BTW the lake lice job turned out ..as Mike would say...Nice.. once you get the bug its hard to shake :rollside: and really hard if your in the "click" just ask Mike he'll tell you, so tell us a little about your boat, engine type and size, pump and what mods to it....let the smack roll out . :D :D :D
Markist

[MarKist]

close call Audio
you almost got a ticket from the fiberglass cops.....
Everybody likes a little ass...but nobody like a SMARTASS :yuk:
Markist

[snake321]

calm down,put the ticket book away

[MarKist]

Yo Snake, just pulling you chain ..no biggie :) but drop the cop chit before I send the real fiberglass cop your way,we saw all those hot parts in your garage :D :D
Markist

[snake321]

hey,I got receipts for all ,I mean some of ,no, I mean I got a
oh shit,you got me.....

[MarKist]

hey,I got receipts for all ,I mean some of ,no, I mean I got a
oh shit,you got me.....
LOL :D :D
Markist

[AudioJet]

Well I have fixed the crack from bottom and I have been making bottom flat as possible. I have got the intake molded in.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jul21_004.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jul21_003.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/jul23_008.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/Jul23_011.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/Jul23_012.jpg

[MizBubba]

Sooooo... You'll be ready for the lake by the time we get back from vacation, right? :messedup: :D ;)

[AudioJet]

I wish..... yes though I will be a rider again. See ya soon, Erik

[Bubbajet]

:cool: Looks good!!!

[nitro557]

if thats the old nordic i had ,what are you gonna do about a title?

[AudioJet]

its takin care of!!!

[holorinhal]

TJS; I dig the thermostat housing and the water inlet mannifold,that You made.Do You fab and sell these parts,and what is the cost of these parts?
Audio ; the Nordic project looks good.I am restoring a 73 Kona and am goind through the same things.Its allot of work but the outcome will be worth it.
There are alot of people that will tell You that You should scrap the project for a newer or better hull that does'nt need as much work but I happen to like the projects...Hal

[nitro557]

its takin care of!!!
good deal ,thats a really light hull it hauls ass with just about anything in it,did you get the seat tub also?

[DelawareDave]

good deal ,thats a really light hull it hauls ass with just about anything in it,did you get the seat tub also?
Hell, I was giving a Nordic away with a title, and seat tub, and no one wanted it. But it is finally spoken for.

[AudioJet]

yes I did but I'm not going to be using it.. I am wanting to put a custom interior in it/ well this is the plan at least! well keep posting pics as it goes. Thanks, Erik

[taylormanss]

great job on the repairs!

[AudioJet]

Well finally the bottom is straight.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/Picture011.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/Picture010.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/Picture009.jpg
Got it painted also!!
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/paint2.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/paint.jpg

[Wet Dream]

That boat looks really familiar. ;)

[MizBubba]

That boat looks really familiar. ;)
Hmmmm. Really!

[AudioJet]

well I am going to remove the side tanks and put one tank under the floor to keep it clean looking. I used a used tank out of another boat " thanks mike" but it needed to get cut smaller to keep under floor so I got it all ready now to start putting the floor in.http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/boat005.jpg
This is how much I cut the tank down, sorry I forgot to take pics of the tank while cutting it apart.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/boat007.jpg
I am starting to cut the floor I will be glassing it in and covering with resin.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/AudioJet/boat008.jpg
Well thats it for now... Thanks