Well I had a massive post in progress when Firefox decided to crash......great.
So note to self, only short posts, as I just figured out you just post the non-completed work then add to it and update it. Kind of like saving your work every so often so you don't lose it when the machine crashes.
Where were we... oh yeah more fun grinding and glassing.

These are the core pieces from drilling the limber holes out. I took this shot to show that the stringers were solid with no rot at this time.
I am trying to keep a photo record of this whole process for future reference. Of course organizing all these pictures is another whole job.

I had to drill a new limber hole in the inner port side stringer just ahead of the main engine. the existing on was poorly located. I found water in this stringer which is not good. However the wood was fine, so I removed part of the outer fiberglass skin in this area to see if it will dry out. Then I will re-glass it.

One of the many limber holes ready for the glass reinforcement. I glass right over the hole then cut the hole in the cured glass work. The dark area is filler around the limber hole to make the surface flush with the rest.

The next step, after more grinding of course, is to re-enforce the glass-work connecting the stringers and bulkheads to the hull. This is a before glassing shot, I have all the grinding done at this point Yeah!! 

Here is a closeup of the back corner after the glass work is done. I have taken pictures of every joint I glassed, I won't bore you with all of them. But they become part of that photo record I mentioned earlier. Many of these spot will be very hard to get to when the boat is complete.
This one for example will be under the muffler for the main engine.

Here is the aft end of the outer stringer in that same location. Like I said I took a picture of every joint I glassed. The stringer and bulkhead to hull re-enforcement is 4 layers of 1708 biax tape that is tapered from the joint out on each side. The first layer to go on is 4" wide, the 2nd is 6" wide, 3rd is 8" wide and the last is 10" wide. this creates the most strength at the joint where you need it and tapers the thickness of the glass out.












Today I finished grinding, yeah more grinding,the joint between the aft face of the forward engine room bulkhead and the hull and stringers.

Here are two shots of the completed glass work. The one on the left is hull side to bulkhead and the one on the right is hull bottom to bulkhead between the stringers and outer stringer to bulkhead. I still have to do the inner stringer to bulkhead and th whole ting on the Starboard side. But that is the last one to be done. So I am getting closer, it is just slow work having to grind the old very uneven and painted over glass work in preparation to add the new glass work. The bond between the new and old glass would be very weak without all the grinding.
Onward!!