Mr.Stickney
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2014
- Messages
- 94
Hey All,
New to the forums and new to boat ownership, but not new to boating. A lot of my friends and family have/had boats. I saw this boat on a classifieds site and the gentleman selling dropped the price quickly in a couple days so, I went to have a look. Ended up having a 1 year old 350 crate motor in it with new(ish) Sierra Marine everything manifold/carb etc. Motor ran really strong, unfortunately I had already mentioned it to my good friend who's boat we use on a regular basis and he called dibs on the 350 and I traded him for his 305 and he paid for half the boat. So all in all I have $400 invested in the boat.
We pulled the 350 and found that the wood under the engine mounts was completely rotten. Fiberglass is still in good shape so I have carved out all the wood and will be re-coring and re-glassing these mounts.
My big question for the day is that where you go to enter the cuddy the panels or bulkhead is just veneered plywood. Is there an easy way to cover this and to make the boat power-washable? I'm thinking maybe a rubberized paint coating or PVC/FG panels? Has anyone had any experience with this? Its in pretty decent shape(structurally) I would just like to clean it up a bit and make it a little more cleaning friendly.
BTW - the HIN reads out to the manufacturer being Stickney fiberglass, anyone know anything about these?
New to the forums and new to boat ownership, but not new to boating. A lot of my friends and family have/had boats. I saw this boat on a classifieds site and the gentleman selling dropped the price quickly in a couple days so, I went to have a look. Ended up having a 1 year old 350 crate motor in it with new(ish) Sierra Marine everything manifold/carb etc. Motor ran really strong, unfortunately I had already mentioned it to my good friend who's boat we use on a regular basis and he called dibs on the 350 and I traded him for his 305 and he paid for half the boat. So all in all I have $400 invested in the boat.
We pulled the 350 and found that the wood under the engine mounts was completely rotten. Fiberglass is still in good shape so I have carved out all the wood and will be re-coring and re-glassing these mounts.
My big question for the day is that where you go to enter the cuddy the panels or bulkhead is just veneered plywood. Is there an easy way to cover this and to make the boat power-washable? I'm thinking maybe a rubberized paint coating or PVC/FG panels? Has anyone had any experience with this? Its in pretty decent shape(structurally) I would just like to clean it up a bit and make it a little more cleaning friendly.
BTW - the HIN reads out to the manufacturer being Stickney fiberglass, anyone know anything about these?