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That's awesome Mark! Great validation of all your hard work and talent. Enjoy!

Check your wiring against the diagram linked below, make sure your starter is wired correctly to the starter solenoid and the solenoid has the correct connections. There may also be a problem with bad insulation on the wiring as Mercury outboards typically suffer nasty insulation failures on their o...

Ditto what Bryan, Matt and Bill said. When you get to the sides, you'll need a little extra attention to keep the epoxy resin from running and sagging before it fully gels. Not a huge problem, just be aware it could happen, may need some occasional extra spreading to keep it in place. Great looking ...

Looks great! Has there been much to repair on the deck? I don't remember off hand what you used for the deck seam filler but how has that held up? Still need to start assembling my Malahini which I'll be putting the same style deck on it. I've been watching your refinishing project rather closely.

Yup, not enough room in the back of the barrelback, the space is taken by fuel tank in front of the tramsom and the engine systems are in there too. Take a look at the Key Largo, it's a barrelback form, it's the same hull as the barrelback but it's an open utility style boat with front and rear benc...

That's tough, hope it's not too much trouble to repair. Seems the varnish didn't have enough UV protection for the epoxy? May be a learning opportunity here for the rest of us?

Cold molding the planking will work great on your hull, and it'll be structurally strong. You need to determine the thickness of the original planks, then divide that into 3 to get the thickness of the layers you will apply. You can use the methods shown on the boats here with two alternating layers...

Well that's a novel way of modifying a prop My damaged props were the result of unintended contact with hard things under water.

Nicely done!

Like Matt said, choose wisely. You can consider the grain of the wood, whether it's vertical grain (growth rings parallel to the edges) or flat sawn (growth rings parallel to the wide faces). One boatbuilding book I have says to use flat sawn wood for chines and sheers, to avoid splitting when plank...

Looks great! And nice recovery with the snapped chine. My Malahini is still a big stack of parts, with more parts still being added.

Wow.
Sweet lines, great work!

It's probably a good repair, no stress on it now, won't be much stress after it's reattached. And it'll be stabilized by the side planking and decking too as the sheer functions as a backing for the joint between the two.

There is a chance the fore/aft balance is off, maybe a bit bow heavy? I don't know your equipment layout but try moving some weights like the fuel tank aft, battery too if you have one. At speed I've seen these riding on the aft third of the hull length but I have no experience driving one.

Whew, started to panic that you were selling. The other guy saw yours and said the heck with it, can't compete with your masterpiece...