Mark72233
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- Jul 11, 2014
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This boat belonged to my father and after he passed away it became mine. The year was 2002 and the port engine had a leak in the block and the fuel tank was leaking. So we pulled her out and I began taking engine and fuel tank out. That same month my wife gave birth to our first child and I was also recently promoted. Needless to say other things became a priority. Now fast forward 12 years, another kid and 2 more promotions and I finally am starting to have time, $$$, the drive to start this project and most importantly the bosses endorsement. The engines don't worry me much because I have 2 spares and plenty of experience rebuilding these engines. I will be looking for newer Merc outdrives to replace the ones I have so no real worries there either. The interior is what concerns me. I have not dove in there and removed anything else since 2002 so I don't know what awaits. After some research on this forum I can only imagine what everything below decks looks like. I have never done any type of boat restoration or fiberglass work. I have recently signed up on iboats forum and have been watching and following several threads learning a lot. I have been researching and planning for the past month or so and getting the garage ready for this project. My wife or more befitting the nautical theme, The Admiral has endorsed the project and is even willing to pitch in where and when she can. The funds have been set aside so next month I will rehab the trailer enough to get the boat from my moms house to its new home where all the fun will begin. I know I will be needing a lot of help along the way so I hope I can reach out to some of you for that assistance. While I have been out here stalking several of the posts I have noted how helpful everyone is on this forum. I have been a big follower of several members. Woodonglass, Goldie627, bigdirty, GWPSR, Mikeopsycho just to name a few. No, I am not sucking up, ok maybe just a little. Anyway I will post some pictures if I can figure out how bucket list works.
How 'bad' its gona be will depend on how shes been stored, and how rough it was before being stored.. I'd guess a full gut job may be in the cards, just going by the year, but who's to say.. 
