bring 342 back to life

MojosBoat

Looking great! You are doing a great job. You will love the 342 when you are done. We love ours. 

zaverin1

Been boatless since last June but starting to get the itch again.
i am trying to hold off until our third child is born plus one year lol
my brother in law is my fix for now with his express but it can’t replace your own.
plus I actually want to travel this time and not just be marina locked.

Handymans342

zaverin1 said:

Been boatless since last June but starting to get the itch again.
i am trying to hold off until our third child is born plus one year lol
my brother in law is my fix for now with his express but it can’t replace your own.
plus I actually want to travel this time and not just be marina locked.

Get an RV then LOL

Liberty44140

javhav said:

@Liberty44140 slick thanks for the idea  but unfortunately I would not work with my setup Im making fiberglass speaker pods on the arch so they would be sticking out 3 to 4 inch the door won't open fully I think not sure yet still working on a design plus  do to my new ice maker the trashcan had to get eliminated I'll have to figure something out  just alot of factors to work out on that one corner 

very cool, looking forward to pics of how this all works out! 

javhav

so here's another problem that needed to be addres the swimming platform 

javhav

working hard in the lab

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Handymans342

That's toast dude

javhav

@Handymans342 no sir you  must have faith

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still working on it  tomorrow I'll shoot the whole bottom with gel coat then flip it over to body work the top more pic soon 

Handymans342

I would have never done that. Too much oatmeal

javhav

@Handymans342 oatmeal???

LaRea

Fiberglass too?  What do you NOT know how to do?  I'm guessing you also compose music, study astrophysics and rescue baby seals.  

TonyG13

@javhav should change his handle to @MiracleWorker!

Handymans342

LaRea said:

Fiberglass too?  What do you NOT know how to do?  I'm guessing you also compose music, study astrophysics and rescue baby seals.  

No. He just watches youtube

Handymans342

javhav said:

@Handymans342 oatmeal???

Oatmeal is dissolved fiberglass

javhav

Handymans342 said:

javhav said:

@Handymans342 oatmeal???

Oatmeal is dissolved fiberglass

no first I cut out all the ripped edges then I grinded it filled in with pc11 epoxy then capped it gorilla hair then chop mat and resin stronger and better then the original form core almost the same weight 

javhav

Handymans342 said:

LaRea said:

Fiberglass too?  What do you NOT know how to do?  I'm guessing you also compose music, study astrophysics and rescue baby seals.  

No. He just watches youtube

yes and macgyver 

DanD2

Gee Handy....have some faith will you. Don't be so negative

Man, that boat was trashed!!!! You're doing an amazing job of restoring it.

Liberty44140

Looks like good work!!

Michael T

@javhav......tip of the hat, mister! Bloody good for you - AWESOME work, as much art as science - in my opinion. Don't know where you are employed but they must be real happy to have you on their team. Obviously not afraid of a challenge!

Cableguy Greg

Seeing the first picture, I was going to say call Rinker. They probably still have the mold for the platform. They still have the 232 and 270 platform molds. Then seeing the work, wow!!! You did a great job putting it back together.

Handymans342

Well I guess anything can be restored

reneechris14

Nice work keep it up

Dream_Inn

Very nice work!  One thing about fiberglass, it can be fixed.  May take a little time, but really anyone can make a good repair.

bella-vita

That boat is gonna be better than new.