bvetter
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Jun 2, 2013
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I?ve decided to start a thread on my repair efforts. The boat is a ?99 Celebrity, 190 bow rider. It has a 5.0L Mercruiser with an Alpha One outdrive.
When I bought the boat back in 2012, it appeared to be in very good shape, cosmetically speaking the boat was near showroom condition. The first summer on the lakes the boat performed very well, the engine was strong and the boat felt solid. Last spring in 2013 while I was de-winterizing, I was looking in the engine compartment and noticed one of the lag bolts securing the port side engine mount to the bed/stringer below was turned out a couple threads. I put a wrench on it and it just kept turning, pretty obvious what the problem was, but this being my first boat I turned to online forums to confirm my suspicion, wood rot. I drove the boat like that for the remainder of the summer without any issues and decided to tackle the project this winter.
If FriscoBoater is paying attention, I?ve been watching your Sea Ray videos. I am a visual learner so they pretty much gave me the confidence to dig right in. Thanks.
So here we are, this is my first post and will try to keep updates as I go along and will post pics. So far, I have removed the outdrive and engine, and cut out the engine mount beds and stringers which were completely rotted out. I removed the fuel tank to gain access for some exploratory drilling and found some further rot in the fuel tank compartment stringers and around the ski locker, so I have also removed the carpet in preparation to cut out some of the deck. The deck itself seems very solid, I drew a few core samples and the plywood deck is dry and clean, so my plan is to make strategic cuts so I can salvage what I can.
Living in Saskatchewan, I am having trouble tracking down fiberglass materials at a reasonable cost, so I?m hoping some other western Canadians will chime in with suggestions.
Here we go!
When I bought the boat back in 2012, it appeared to be in very good shape, cosmetically speaking the boat was near showroom condition. The first summer on the lakes the boat performed very well, the engine was strong and the boat felt solid. Last spring in 2013 while I was de-winterizing, I was looking in the engine compartment and noticed one of the lag bolts securing the port side engine mount to the bed/stringer below was turned out a couple threads. I put a wrench on it and it just kept turning, pretty obvious what the problem was, but this being my first boat I turned to online forums to confirm my suspicion, wood rot. I drove the boat like that for the remainder of the summer without any issues and decided to tackle the project this winter.
If FriscoBoater is paying attention, I?ve been watching your Sea Ray videos. I am a visual learner so they pretty much gave me the confidence to dig right in. Thanks.
So here we are, this is my first post and will try to keep updates as I go along and will post pics. So far, I have removed the outdrive and engine, and cut out the engine mount beds and stringers which were completely rotted out. I removed the fuel tank to gain access for some exploratory drilling and found some further rot in the fuel tank compartment stringers and around the ski locker, so I have also removed the carpet in preparation to cut out some of the deck. The deck itself seems very solid, I drew a few core samples and the plywood deck is dry and clean, so my plan is to make strategic cuts so I can salvage what I can.
Living in Saskatchewan, I am having trouble tracking down fiberglass materials at a reasonable cost, so I?m hoping some other western Canadians will chime in with suggestions.
Here we go!