Ready fror Sea Trials.

[Condor1970]

After working on restoring my old 1989 Regal Medallion 185 for the last 2+ months, I'm basically ready for some sea trials. She seems to run pretty darn good on the trailer, and interior has been refinished. Other than wet sanding and polishing the gel coat to bring back the shine (to which half the boat is done), I just can't think of anything else.

I have my boater certification course completed.

All necessary USCG safety gear is on board. Including a set of oars in the ski tunnel.

All navigational lights are working.

About the only thing I think I'd like to get is a Marine radio for when I go on the Puget Sound. I think a small walkie-Talkie type should be good enough.

Wish me luck!!!

 

[pckeen]

Excellent - good luck with the splash, but remember.....without pics it didn't happen.

 

[vegasvinnie]

I finally got my boat running and she's a 1986 GlassMaster with a 50 hp Evinrude. This was some time in the making but she runs great and I had it on the waters already but don't know how far I should push it. How deep of water I can go is the biggest question I have so far. I'll try and post the video

 

[slag]

Just sold my 89 regal medallion. She was an excellent boat, very sturdy, not a soft spot to be found. Mine had the 3.0 liter mercruiser and we enjoyed 4 years of fun on the boat. Best of luck with yours.

 

[Condor1970]

I thought I would give you an update on the finished product. It has all the work I have on done to the boat including some finished pics, and a little tubing action. Took most of the summer of hard work, but finally got it in the water on Labor day, and ready for next year of boating. I had to buy a cubic ton of safety gear, ropes, fenders, life jackets, flares, etc. It's amazing how the Coast Guard wants you to be ready for anything outside of Armageddon. All I need now, is to find a decent hand held Marine radio. I'll probably just pick up a Cobra off Amazon.

After 2 hours on the water, I got home and pulled the drain plug. All that was in the bilge, was a little water from condensation overnight.

NO LEAKS!! I couldn't be more satisfied right now.

BOAT -

- Outdrive water pump... replaced with complete new pump.
- Upper outdrive shaft bearing... replaced.
- Shift Cable... replaced
- Greased everything
- Gear Oil replaced 3 times to flush.
- Engine alignment checked
- Trim senders... replaced
- Starter... replaced
- Pertronix II electronic ignition installed
- Flamethrower ignition coil
- Plugs and Wires
- Oil change... Mobil 1 15w-50 w/Fram TG30
- Carburetor... rebuilt
- Pushrod side cover... replaced
- Slave Solenoid... replaced
- Fuel Sender... replaced
- Depth Finder... (new Hawkeye) The old fish finder you gave me wouldn't work for some reason.
- Teleflex Steering Cable... w/steering wheel (didn't actually need it, but I like it)
- Steering Tube... cleaned and new grease boot installed
- Fuel Separator... replaced
- Vinyl interior... refinished and repaired all seats and cushions
- Engine Cover/Doghouse... repaired cover with aluminum brackets inside to reinforce, and epoxy sealed interior
- Wood... replaced some in bow and glassed everything
- Floor... epoxy sealed existing floor, installed additional stainless screws
- Ski tunnel... epoxy injected stringers on sides to reinforce
- Carpet... replaced
- Navigation Lights... repaired wiring, and replaced with LED's
- Decals... removed all pin striping, and replaced with one "R" decal on upper gunwale side
- Sun Deck... built new sun deck with carpet
- Swim Ladder... restored teak and oiled. Found teak step on Ebay.
- Rigging... old rigging removed, and holes filled with stainless bolts.
- Keel... touched up chipped gel coat on bow center/keel from rollers when loading.
- Hull... wet sanded and compound polished to fully restore gel coat

TRAILER -

- Painted entire trailer with custom blue and black Marine paint.
- Lights... complete Attwood kit w/side turn signals, and center LED brake light
- Keel Rollers... replaced with Yates rollers
- Side Steps... rebuilt new epoxy sealed wood steps, fender liners and carpet
- Hubs... complete new hubs with bearings
- Leaf Springs... new 2,000lbs springs w/U-bolts and plates
- Rims... cleaned and painted galvanized rims
- Tires... new trailer tires from Big-O
- Brackets... replaced a couple U-bolts on bunk brackets.

- Seats... before and after Acetone cleaning. Like new.

New leaf springs raised the trailer up a good 3-4 inches.

Now, I can have a few beers, and get back to my gardening. LOL!!

 

[southkogs]

Congrats man. I bet the kids were on cloud 9.