1982 wellcraft V20 renovations

[likefish]

I have been asking questions and reading posts nonstop from these forums to get this job done. Thought I might share my work thus far..................

At the end of the fall I bought a Wellcraft V20 1982 hull with a 2004 trailer, Evinrude 200HP, and new GPS/Finder/radio. Got a great deal but the boat had been a bit neglected.

no problem I thought, checked it out, found a few soft spots in the floor but transom was sound. Made a few trips out in the boat and loved it. Gulf Grouper closed so i thought I would fix the floor............THat was the beginning of my hearache.........

Be patient with pics, i am still learning:

Before




Order of the battle:

- i cut out the soft spots on the floor and realized the rot extended beyond the soft spots. So the entire rear floor had to go. The bow had some bad wood also so it got cut out as well.

[92excel]

Definetly sounds like you been putting in a lot of work.. it is kind of hard to follow your pictures.. try using the [IMG] take that photobucket provides and paste that into your post and your photo will show up in line..

takes longer but you will make the readers happy and get more responses

[likefish]

- now that the stringers were exposed i checked them out to find the were completly rotted out and hollow!




- with fuel tank exposed and stringers in need of work I pulled the fuel tank. it was pitted badly. Took it to the welder and he reccomended a new one.


- cut out fuel tank coffin, removed all center foam and reinforced stringers with new kiln dried PT. Glassed new stringers to old glass. Nice fit and nice and sturdy.


- bouthgt new used tank, cleaned outer and inner, treated with zinc chromate.

[likefish]

- All new wiring since I had it all exposed.



- didnt like the layout of the console so started cutting on it as well. Cut out rod holders to add 6" clearance to both sides. Made custom electronics boxes for better use of space. Made console 12" taller to raise windshield. All done with kiln dried PT and fiberglass.




- Lots of glass work to level floor.

[likefish]

- cut new floor and added 2 lockers in hull for dive tanks, 3 tank locker infront of CC, and 2 tank locker in rear of boat.





- new wiring and tank in, put new floor in. Filled seams with sawdust/poly peanutbutter. Sanded it all smooth.





- Just finished glassing the new floor last night. All the rest of the repairs are glassed in as well. ---------Pictures to come---------

- Time for final sanding and gellcoat. Goint to gellcoat the new floor and repairs then paint with rustolium topside. Have 1 quart of Interlux brightside and shark grip to add nonskid areas to floor and bow.

I will keep you posted.........Questions and comments welcome!

Need to be done for Gulf Grouper opeing on April 1! FINGERS ARE CROSSED

[Mark42]

Nice work. I was glad to see another boater use pt plywood in their repairs. Where did you get it kiln dried?

That console looks to be fairly tall. Are you going to be able to see over it?

Keep the posts and pics coming!

Mark

[likefish]

I am 6'4 so the console is custom to me.

The PT I bought from a local boat repair/fibergalss shop. It is what they use on all of there renovations. 1/2" kiln dried PT = $80 5/8" kiln dried = $100. I bought most of my stuff from this shop in and got a lot of pointers from them as well!

More sanding today....pics to follow

[likefish]

glassed to the walls

[likefish]

Final layer of glass, I decided to settle for the mat texture rather than try to sand it all smooth and fail. It is going to be a working boat after all. Very pleased with the final result though.

Before:



After:



Glass is in! Woven mat for first layer and mat over that for better texture. Could have glassed the floor forever but found a finish I like and sanded it down. Good combination of texture and looks.





All Sanded:



Fitting Hatches:

[likefish]

me still workin on the hatches:





ARE YOU DONE YET?????????????



ROLLED GELLCOAT 16oz at a time...that stuff sets fast! Pictures are after second coat and before final waxed coat.....

[likefish]

console is bolted in!

Time for wiring, throttle, steering hookup. Need to get going on the finish work as well. Painting to be done and lots of finsish work and details.

I have been working on lots of teak trim to finish the job all off but no pics. It looks great!







still lots to do before Gouper season opens April 1. Darn shame i have to work for a living.

[ezmobee]

Excellent work. This could be one for the completed projects section.

[92excel]

looking forward to seeing this with all the finishing touches!

[likefish]

Neglected to share the final progress on the boat.

Here she is! Added a bimini and finishing touches. These photos are from our latest trip out which was in the keys. boat did great. Taking it to the gulf this week to catch scallops with the family.

For those of you dumb enough to tackle a restoration project stick with it! it is very rewarding in the end Thanks for all of the help! Questions and comments welcome







The boat puts me on the fish!

[ondarvr]

A completed project, a nice fish and a big smile, kind of says it all.