sayitaintjonas
Cadet
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2011
- Messages
- 8
Hello everyone! After reading through so many great build projects, I thought I would contribute my own. I've got a 24ft Aqua Patio Executive Cruiser with a 76 Evinrude 70hp motor. I grew up spending every summer on the lake with my grandpa on this boat. He had it redecked and recarpeted about 12 years ago, but after that, he bought a brand new pontoon and this one was reserved for fishing. It has been left in the water and out in the sun for 10 years straight and it shows.
Last summer, he offered it to me in the hopes that I might be able to get it cleaned up and running again. Overall, the pontoon is in okay condition. The furniture is shot, the rails and pontoons need repolishing, the carpet is ruined, I need a new transom, and the engine needs a tuneup. I'll probably end up spending more on this old boat then I should, but it does have a lot of sentimental value and I can't wait to see the look on my grandpa's face when it pulls up to his dock this summer.
Here is the boat as it sits in my yard right now.
I've already removed all of the furniture and started removing the rub rails. I plan on replacing the furniture with the Wise Deluxe stuff from Pontoonstuff.com, redoing the carpet with blue 20oz carpet, and adding a new blue bimini top. I also plan to strip and repaint the siding, but I'm not sure what color I'll be doing yet. I've made some quick mockups in Google Sketchup to get an overall idea of what I want to do.
Last summer, he offered it to me in the hopes that I might be able to get it cleaned up and running again. Overall, the pontoon is in okay condition. The furniture is shot, the rails and pontoons need repolishing, the carpet is ruined, I need a new transom, and the engine needs a tuneup. I'll probably end up spending more on this old boat then I should, but it does have a lot of sentimental value and I can't wait to see the look on my grandpa's face when it pulls up to his dock this summer.
Here is the boat as it sits in my yard right now.
I've already removed all of the furniture and started removing the rub rails. I plan on replacing the furniture with the Wise Deluxe stuff from Pontoonstuff.com, redoing the carpet with blue 20oz carpet, and adding a new blue bimini top. I also plan to strip and repaint the siding, but I'm not sure what color I'll be doing yet. I've made some quick mockups in Google Sketchup to get an overall idea of what I want to do.