my 1991 capri rebuild

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Re: my 1991 capri rebuild

First coat of gelcoat on the cap

 

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Re: my 1991 capri rebuild

Everything taped off and ready for painting

 

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Re: my 1991 capri rebuild

Rolled the texture roller w this teal on the swim pads




Did the same texture rolling on the top of the helm to add a little grip. Ill sand some of this down later so its not so sharp


And here is the front where I rolled texture as well

 

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Re: my 1991 capri rebuild

Here is a quick picture of the boat cap done. Blended the splatter into the old painting and then stopped it right at the contour on the cap where the pin striping was. It was the best place to end the splatter and still have some solid white as well





So here is the new helm filled in and painted. I did this w the texture roller to make things stay put better on the water. I will have to sand some of the textured surface down still


Just a different angle of the helm. You can see the green tint from the pva film. This will go away w time

 

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Re: my 1991 capri rebuild

I had to blend the new painting I did w the old painting that I finished in july. It worked out pretty well


This platform came out good. Did this a different color and w the texture roller to help prevent swimmers from slipping


And here is the other side w the ladder. As you can see from the mud I've already been walking on it. Turned out pretty good

 

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Re: my 1991 capri rebuild

Windshield put back on. Still need to put all the rails and trims back on


Bowrail next to go back on




I'm happy w the transition. I followed the curvature of the cap and kept the one section plain white. Just need to add the rub rail to cover the hull/cap seam and rivets

 

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Bow rail back on w the new bases

 

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next was this


In order to mount the tower I needed to add back plates to spread the load the tower will put on the cap. I just took some 3/4" marine ply and covered one side w PL adhesive. Then mounted the tower based and tightened the bases just so the PL would start to squeeze out. Then I let it sit overnight to harden and finally went back to tighten them down fully


Here is one of the tower bases mounted to the cap


First parts mounted

 

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Tower mounted

 

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Putting all hardware back on, you can also see the new rub rail installed


Just a random shot on the water with the tower and what not installed. my pup is just relaxing...

 

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Layout of how I planned to do the helm area


Mostly installed


And the wheel in place. i also ended up adding two cup holders on the right side and cleaned up the black marker

 

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Re: my 1991 capri rebuild

Then I realized how much I missed having a bimini. Ugh...


My toaster doing work...


beer me


more to come...