Commander 26 Re Build

[Rayvon]

The cost of building a new mold these day's would be insanely expensive.You would need to build it 2-3 times as heavy as a hull and reinforce in multiple locations to ensure that it doesn't flex or deform while a hull is being formed.And the mold has to be absolutely perfect.The pictures of Sir Reels wax job show how well the original mold was built.I don't know how young people will be able to make good money in the future with labour and material costs the way they are.And I paid $70 a gallon for resin at Industrial Plastics,total rip off,but only game in town.

 

[ship happens]

Just wait till you all see the price of marine tinned copper lol. Just literally got off the phone with my rep about this. Major price increases coming. I found one loophole that will not be much of a hole when im done with it lol.

 

[Aces]

2nd stringer is almost done, still needs one mat one roving. Got a head start on the next one!View attachment 78730View attachment 78731View attachment 78732View attachment 78733View attachment 78734View attachment 78735View attachment 78736View attachment 78737

Nice! Brings back a lot of memories

 

[Sttr]

This stringer needs a post all to it self

 

[DanJ]

This stringer needs a post all to it selfView attachment 78780View attachment 78781View attachment 78782View attachment 78783View attachment 78784View attachment 78785View attachment 78786View attachment 78787View attachment 78788

Thats like artwork.

 

[Sttr]

Thats like artwork.

So satisfying

 

[Rain City]

This stringer needs a post all to it selfView attachment 78780View attachment 78781View attachment 78782View attachment 78783View attachment 78784View attachment 78785View attachment 78786View attachment 78787View attachment 78788

Maybe next time you can take your time and avoid all that sloppy work.

 

[ship happens]

I wanna see paint

 

[Sttr]

Maybe next time you can take your time and avoid all that sloppy work.

Next time… today I was too busy writing letters and wondering where a massive axopar with 6 jigging rods set up was going from Shelter Island,

 

[Sttr]

I wanna see paint

I’m way past paint, I want to see a cabin door LoL

 

[Sttr]

Next stringer looking goods, can’t wait for the weekend! Removed stringer number 3, cleaned up the area real nice, have one spot of delam upfront I need to grind down and reinforce before the stringer gets put down. The old stringer was resting on maybe half of the hull, the rest was suspended, especially up front, resting on patches of cabosil. Was able to use the stringer as a template but made the curve larger and cut a couple times to size, fits in perfectly. Also plugging away on the gel coat, LoL, started at 120 grit - wasted my time, 80 grit - still a waste of time, 40 grit now that’s what I’m talking about.

 

[Sttr]

Weekend is here…. Half over, and I feel like I got nothing done. The next stringer isn’t in. Got it wrap with 2 mat and put a layer of mat and roving on the hull. Did grind out a bit of delam up front and covered it with an additional 4x mat and one roving. Couldn’t put down the stringer because it was still wet from wrapping it so late in the day. Had to get more resin in the morning…. And got side tracked with a potential triple axle trailer for the commander that I been thinking about more and more each week. The trailer I looked at was for a 28-30 boat, for a whopping 21k ?!?!? I think it might be too big for the commander. At the end of the day I jumped the gun and pulled the last stringer before installing the 3rd. The hull is solid and still barely flexes without 2 stringers, I still added a few more supports under the hull just in case.

 

[Rain City]

Weekend is here…. Half over, and I feel like I got nothing done. The next stringer isn’t in. Got it wrap with 2 mat and put a layer of mat and roving on the hull. Did grind out a bit of delam up front and covered it with an additional 4x mat and one roving. Couldn’t put down the stringer because it was still wet from wrapping it so late in the day. Had to get more resin in the morning…. And got side tracked with a potential triple axle trailer for the commander that I been thinking about more and more each week. The trailer I looked at was for a 28-30 boat, for a whopping 21k ?!?!? I think it might be too big for the commander. At the end of the day I jumped the gun and pulled the last stringer before installing the 3rd. The hull is solid and still barely flexes without 2 stringers, I still added a few more supports under the hull just in case. View attachment 78883View attachment 78884View attachment 78885View attachment 78886View attachment 78887View attachment 78888

I might need a trailer for 6 months come fall.

 

[Sttr]

I might need a trailer for 6 months come fall.

Come fall? But.. that’s when the whales are supposed to leave the north arm after a 2 month party with FN

 

[kaelc]

Triple? Third axle isn't cheap in the long run. Tuff makes a 9000 capacity dual. You will be close but unless you can find a good used trip i’d go dual. I did a spreadsheet for mine and thinking of yours it could crack 9k?

https://irp.cdn-website.com/fb0a20c6/files/uploaded/TSA10000T%20Nov%202021.pdf

Prawn pellets went up by over 20% price increases are working their way through the supply chain but hopefully more supply comes online in the end, and prices will reduce again but likely not back anywhere close to where they were.

 

[Sttr]

Triple? Third axle isn't cheap in the long run. Tuff makes a 9000 capacity dual. You will be close but unless you can find a good used trip i’d go dual. I did a spreadsheet for mine and thinking of yours it could crack 9k?

https://irp.cdn-website.com/fb0a20c6/files/uploaded/TSA10000T%20Nov%202021.pdf

I did contact Tuff trailers, and he also thinks I should go with a smaller trailer, but I like the idea of having a heavier trailer instead of a tandem loaded to max. Another issue for me would be the massive pod and 1200 lbs of motors. This boat will be 30 LOA with a lot of weight behind the transom. Dry weight should stay about 8000lbs. And besides, the trailer is called the commander series LoL

 

[Rain City]

Yeah yeah looks great. I'll trade you my slip while I'm borrowing the trailer.

 

[Sttr]

Triple? Third axle isn't cheap in the long run. Tuff makes a 9000 capacity dual. You will be close but unless you can find a good used trip i’d go dual. I did a spreadsheet for mine and thinking of yours it could crack 9k?

https://irp.cdn-website.com/fb0a20c6/files/uploaded/TSA10000T%20Nov%202021.pdf

Prawn pellets went up by over 20% price increases are working their way through the supply chain but hopefully more supply comes online in the end, and prices will reduce again but likely not back anywhere close to where they were.

I did contact Tuff trailers, and he also thinks I should go with a smaller trailer, but I like the idea of having a heavier trailer instead of a tandem loaded to max. Another issue for me would be the massive pod and 1200 lbs of motors. This boat will be 30 LOA with a lot of weight behind the transom. Dry weight should stay about 8000lbs. And besides, the trailer is called the commander series

 

[kaelc]

1000lb of wet is pretty easy to do, with a family or the boys on a good fishing trip. I've done the put stuff in the back of the truck trick and it is much nicer to just load it all, tow, splash and go. Nice looking trailer. Do it right do it once.

 

[Sttr]

Yeah yeah looks great. I'll trade you my slip while I'm borrowing the trailer.

Haha you read my mind