my tubbie overhang question

[2006superjet]

well i just installed both tubbies the second went on without a hitch.
my question is that once i screwd them down 1now over hangs a lil and now its to late. it is about the with of a quarter

my question
lay up glass on the hull, then one over the hull and tubbie to fill in the grove.

or

grind down tubbie prob taking it to the foam then re glassing the shape and prob have to lay over and on the hull to.

i like the idea of one its not meessing with the desing at all
the only thing i could see is a lil drag and maybe pulling but id do both sides the same so its looks the same. this will add strengh so im not worried

 

[SXIPro]

I am no one to judge anybody's art work, but how about a picture instead of your little sketch. Thanks

 

[WAB]

I'd cut it flush and lay glass over the edge.

Wait, if they are not 5200'd or glassed yet, unscrew and move it up. They are not even supposed to be flush with he bottom. should be up 1/2 inch or so I believe.

 

[Mark44]

I would take it back off and install it to match the other side.

Mark44

 

[oxnard111]

We so cal/central coast fools call em "low boy mounts". Wydopen coined the term. Whenever we mess something up he always says "thats an old ski man's trick". So when we mounted my first tubbie down low like yours he said, "eh, that's an old ski man's trick, 'low boy mounts'!"

What is your total plan with them? Are you going to fair them in with epoxy filler?

Did you use bostik to install them, then wiped all the excess out?

If your not looking to paint you ski, just fair the edges in with some more bostik and go ride. Just fill in the over hang with extra bostik. Do a little at a time, fill it, let it start to dry, then do another layer, until the bottom of the hull flows with the bottom/side of the tubbie.

I did the exact same thing pretty much. Here is a link to my build thread with some pics of the tubbies.

http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/19078&page=3

And the tubbies by blowsion's instructions are to be installed so that they are about 1/2 inch above the bottom of the hull b/c that is what racing rules require. If your not gonna race, just install them where you want. Where ever you mount them, your gonna get used to them regardless.

 

[WaveDemon]

I'd just smooth it out with filler.

 

[WaveDemon]

We so cal/central coast fools call em "low boy mounts" (you have wydopen to thank for that one).

I like it! :Banane35:

 

[2006superjet]

nice

i like all the ideas. thanks so much.

ya the instructions called for 1/2 inch from bottom up front so its like flat alomost. the directions call for a flush fit on the octane. im sot racing just want them to stay on. anyone use anything over the screws a white paint or somthing.

 

[WaveDemon]

i like all the ideas. thanks so much.

ya the instructions called for 1/2 inch from bottom up front so its like flat alomost. the directions call for a flush fit on the octane. im sot racing just want them to stay on. anyone use anything over the screws a white paint or somthing.

I ground the heads off but I also epoxied them on.

 

[marz831]

Just countersink them and put some epoxy/filler over them.

 

[2006superjet]

so

no need to glass them in the 5200 stuff filled in smoothed out will work.?

 

[marz831]

That's how mine are installed. They don't look very "clean", but they are functional.

 

[brett]

mine are the same way

not too pretty but functional

lowboy-lol

 

[Crab]

:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:

 

[marz831]

Yup, I'm going to fair mine in and repaint the bottom soon.

 

[wydopen]

We so cal/central coast fools call em "low boy mounts". Wydopen coined the term. Whenever we mess something up he always says "thats an old ski man's trick". So when we mounted my first tubbie down low like yours he said, "eh, that's an old ski man's trick, 'low boy mounts'!"

:headbang:

 

[Matt_E]

That's how mine are installed. They don't look very "clean", but they are functional.

I had mine that way for two years without problems. I am now in the process of prepping for a new paint job, so they're getting faired in now.

 

[2006superjet]

fixed

now both are flush or a lil past almost like a lil strake it will be good to go strong as a mo fo.