Hello Guys
I brought my boat home from upstate in October to fix the transom and planned on it being a winter project. Well the hurricane and then the freezing cold winter pushed the task to an early spring redo. Instead of working on the boat I decided to do research on line as well as reading some of your threads here on iboats. I was amazed at what you all have accomplished as well as the stories and friendships that evolve during these threads. I also learned alot while reading them so it was a win win for me. I hope I get half the advice some of you have recieved.
Well the story behind my boat is that it was purchased new by my father and used on a small lake in the adirondakes. it was cared for and stored at the lake by their small marina. my father and I (I was about 12) replaced the floors a few years after we bought it. all wood on this boat was coated flake board if you can believe it. Aside from that the boat has been great.
The boat is a 16' aluminum v-hull with a too small 35 hp on her. here is a pic of me picking here up
And me putting her away when I got home
I decided to do the floors over and pull the water logged floatation out while it was torn apart. I also wanted to paint it but I think I'm running out of time for that so maybe next year. I have torn her apart and started on the rebuild process. I have the marine ply; lowes blue 1" isulation for floatation; Nautolex flooring; and I have already installed a new water pump; rebuilt the carb; and replaced the engine fuel lines and vacuum hoses (recirculating lines?). I'm sorry about the semi colon but my Laptop still has no coma button. My computor guy has flown the coop with my lap top and I'm using a loaner.
Here are som pics of my progess
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[URL=http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/Patfromny/media/20130401_090529_zps365b691c.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag37/Patfromny/20130401_090529_zps365b691c.jpg[/URL]
I hope these pics will show on my post. I'm a noob with this stuff. anyway. I have had some decent progress but have several questions of course.
I put the cart before the horse by starting the floatation without checking for leaks so I pullled it all out and filled her with water. I found one leak at the drain plug which brings me to my first few questions. I think this post is long enough so I will let you guys injest this first one and write a new post in a few hours. I have a rare day off and want to make some progress on the boat. thanks guys
I brought my boat home from upstate in October to fix the transom and planned on it being a winter project. Well the hurricane and then the freezing cold winter pushed the task to an early spring redo. Instead of working on the boat I decided to do research on line as well as reading some of your threads here on iboats. I was amazed at what you all have accomplished as well as the stories and friendships that evolve during these threads. I also learned alot while reading them so it was a win win for me. I hope I get half the advice some of you have recieved.
Well the story behind my boat is that it was purchased new by my father and used on a small lake in the adirondakes. it was cared for and stored at the lake by their small marina. my father and I (I was about 12) replaced the floors a few years after we bought it. all wood on this boat was coated flake board if you can believe it. Aside from that the boat has been great.
The boat is a 16' aluminum v-hull with a too small 35 hp on her. here is a pic of me picking here up
And me putting her away when I got home
I decided to do the floors over and pull the water logged floatation out while it was torn apart. I also wanted to paint it but I think I'm running out of time for that so maybe next year. I have torn her apart and started on the rebuild process. I have the marine ply; lowes blue 1" isulation for floatation; Nautolex flooring; and I have already installed a new water pump; rebuilt the carb; and replaced the engine fuel lines and vacuum hoses (recirculating lines?). I'm sorry about the semi colon but my Laptop still has no coma button. My computor guy has flown the coop with my lap top and I'm using a loaner.
Here are som pics of my progess
[URL="http://s1297
[URL=http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/Patfromny/media/20130401_090529_zps365b691c.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag37/Patfromny/20130401_090529_zps365b691c.jpg[/URL]
I hope these pics will show on my post. I'm a noob with this stuff. anyway. I have had some decent progress but have several questions of course.
I put the cart before the horse by starting the floatation without checking for leaks so I pullled it all out and filled her with water. I found one leak at the drain plug which brings me to my first few questions. I think this post is long enough so I will let you guys injest this first one and write a new post in a few hours. I have a rare day off and want to make some progress on the boat. thanks guys
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