Re: The fun begins, 1985 skeeter bass boat restore
Thank you so much for the advice, i'm not digging the color of the boat, but was not looking forward to painting, I have seen a similar boat that the guy sanded down the existing surface to remove all oxidation, he then re sprayed a clear gel coat, one coat to fill in the voids, he then sprayed a 2nd coat with flake in the clear, it actually turned out great.
The other option I have been looking into is just Wrapping the boat, A bit more cost, but you can sure get a great look with it.
With the softwater season winding down here in Utah, and Snow hitting the hills as we speak, I guess its time to focus on switching my motor (2005 90 hp merc) from my existing boat to the new bass boat. One other issue I am facing is that the old boat with this motor on it has cable steering, the torque on the steering wheel drives me crazy, I am considering hydrolic steering with the replacement, is there better systems I should be looking at. Have not done much research on it yet, but I am thinking this is the way I need to go.
Still hoping the 90hp is going to be enough, right now I have it on a 17' center console boston whaler type boat, It only gives me about 30-35 mph on the water, I'm thinking on the bass boat I should get a bit more speed with less water drag. Not looking to race but would like the power.
Thanks in advance for chiming in.