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Hi, I am around Three weeks away from turning my Monaco and have a question that I hope you can help me with.

While preparing my boat for glassing I formed a 1/4" radius along the bottom edge of the transom continuing along both chines foward to the point of intersection with the water-line.

I understand the need to re-form a crisp edge at the transom but dose this requirement apply to the chines? I would rather maintain the radius along the chines if possible but will the radiused chine lines have a negative affect on the boats performance ?

Youll get better answers to your question from others than what I can give. I left my chines rounded like a pencil's radius

I just wanted to comment on your stunning build. Post more pictures as you build because that is one very, very, very nice looking boat!

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Tim - you have a great looking build going on there. What did you use for your clear finish?

Regarding the radius on your chines. You are fine leaving them with the 1/4" radius. However, be sure your transom is sharp.

Keep the board informed of your progress for I know of a number of other Monaco builds

dave

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Your chines will be fine. The super super sharpness is NOT a requirement on the chines.

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Isn't it amazing!! The person that never has the fortitude to pursue his own dreams, will be the first to try and discourage you from pursuing yours.

[color=#4080BF]Thanks to both Dave's & Vupilot for encouraging and helpfull comments. Most appreciated.
It will certainly save me some time in not having to sharpen those chines. I can now focus on preparing for bottom paint which will be close to the colour of this script,Grey/blue.
The finish you see is still the epoxy coating. The boat has had Five coats of West using the 207 hardener. Ofcourse I have yet to apply the clear gloss poly coats but this will happen after the bottom paint with the joint covered by the boot line.
I have sent a series of photographs to Glen-L for updating of my Customer Photos page but I guess the posting process takes some time.

Thanks again, Tim [/color]

Tim - I see a major issue that may cause some grief on this board - no epoxy drippings on the floor.

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Few things in the world measure up to the thrill and satisfaction of boating in a boat that you built.

He must have moved it to a different shop. Nice boat!

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Maybe it will be done by G6 and maybe not.

Guys, he lives in Australia,the drips go up to the ceiling as they are upside down there at the bottom of the world!!!

Nice build!

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i see them now! thanks

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Well, thanks again you guys but if you look closely you will see some epoxy on the floor, or ceiling, depending on how you choose to look at it . I do like a tidy workshop but, try as I might, a few drips slipped through the tidy net.............I'll try a little harder when applying the poly.

The transom is now "re-crisped", hope to get some paint on the bottom over the next few days.

Tim,not trying to wreck the thread,but did you see the thread about getting a Gathering together "down under" ?

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Thanks, I had just found it and posted a response.

It seems that most Glen-L builders, except Ron, live in other states to me but we'll just have to see what happens.

I just said to my wife this evening that when we plan a trip to the States we should work it around a Glen-L gathering. That would be fun as we are a little starved of beautiful wooden power boats down here . Perhaps 2012, who knows.

How did you get your epoxy to lay out that smooth??? It's looks like a mirror finish. Did you wet sand and polish??? WOW Please let us know of your procedure to get an epoxy finish this clean.

Gidday Psychobilly

That was a while ago but here's how it goes, Good preparation and fine sanding of your hull. Then a two man process, one rolling the epoxy on the other tipping-off. Don't let the "roll-on" guy get too far ahead as when you tip-off the epoxy must be fresh and wet. I used a 10" foam rollar cover, cut in half - one half on the rollar, the other half in my gloved hand to tip off. I also used a soft nylon paint brush to tip-off the concave area at the bow. The attached photos should help my explanation.

I used this method, on my own this time , to apply 5 coates of marine polly prior to sending my boat the the spray painter for the final hit. Hope this helps. My Customer Photos page may also be of interest.

Tim Major - Monaco build