Completed Boat Project

[JGra]

Well the late summer/winter project has come to an end. I want to thank everyone for all the great advise. I dont think I could have pulled it off without the help of these boards. I made alot of mistakes along the way but I also learned alot. Had it out once for a short sea trial and everthing went well. Waiting for some warmer weather to give it a good test run.Thanks to everyone. I am posting some before and after pictures.

 

[BobsGlasstream]

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JGra,
Well, Let me the first to say congratulations. That is and amazing transformation. The boat looks great.
Well done.
Bob

 

[robthompson66]

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Wow, that boat is beautiful!
Excellent work! Now it's time to go and enjoy it.

Rob

 

[JGra]

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JGra,
Well, Let me the first to say congratulations. That is and amazing transformation. The boat looks great.
Well done.
Bob

Thanks, Here are a couple more Pictures

 

[Bob_VT]

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I like the way the deck looks. That flooring material looks like a great idea.

 

[JGra]

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I like the way the deck looks. That flooring material looks like a great idea.

Thanks, I did not want carpet so I put a couple coats of resin down on the wood floor an came across a 10x6 piece of this rubber diamond plate flooring at a good price (FREE). I think it came out good.

 

[paulspaddle]

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Looks great...cool boat!

 

[tallcanadian]

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Beautiful boat, Looks awesome. Great job. I think your flooring is the highlight of your project. Have fun with it.

 

[JGra]

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Thanks

 

[starcrafter65]

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Is that rubber flooring - normally seen in commercial stairwells?

Thinking of using that too!

Clark

 

[Bob_VT]

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That is a great deck covering idea...... I have to look into that and I would be concerned about UV breakdown ???? But I do like it. I believe it is PVC material.


UPDATE: HMMMM I have been doing research and everything I have read has warnings about the surfaces being very slippery when wet. I am not sure if it is a legal warning but it makes sense. I will be interested to see how it acts when wet ...not that we actually have enough room to run around in our boats!

 

[TitanTea]

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Wow. That restore came out sweet. Did you do a full restore or just a clean/paint and hardware replace? Love the deck. Looks great!

 

[JGra]

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I dont think it was any more slippery that what I had before. My main reason for using it was to keep as much water off the wood floor as possible. Even though it was coated with a couple of coats of resin and another sealer prior to the floor going down. Also, like you said not a whole lot of room for running around. The flooring is a left over piece of a roll and is actually the flooring that is used inside of ambulance's and rescue units. I would think they would be slip proof to some degree. As far as the UV I did not think about that but it?s really durable. It is a pretty think material and is supposed to be liquid proof. This whole job has been a very low budget project that I did in my driveway. The floor had some rot in places and with the design of the boat to do it 100 % correct the 2 half?s would have had to be separated. I did not have the time or equipment to pull that off. What I did was cut out all the rot and went over the old floor with a marine ? grade piece of plywood (patch job, I know the comments are coming). I coated both sides with resin on both sides and fiber glassed around the edged about 3 inches up the hull. The boat was given to me minus the motor. My whole idea was to at least get 3-4 years out of her. I keep it covered when not in use in hope of getting as much life out of her as I can. Total spent including a new to me 89 80 hp mercury was around $1500.00 dollars. Like I said very low budjet.

 

[Johnny Too Bad]

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Wow, really nice job ... especially for only spending $1500. Looks like a great setup to do some serious fishing! BTW, I love the flooring. If it does turn out to be too slippery when wet, you could always glue some no-slip strips down like it had before. Very sharp looking boat!

 

[JGra]

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Thanks. I think it will be ok. After I had it down for a day or 2 I washed it down and it felt ok.

 

[mikastorm]

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That is one sweet job.! Looks like a mighty fine fishing machine.
Congratulations!

 

[BWR1953]

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Wow! What an amazing transformation. Congrats!

 

[Woodonglass]

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What paint did you use on top? Spray or Roll and Tip?

 

[JGra]

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I used Rustoleum oil based paint. I put 2 heavy coats on it and then mixed in some sand and put a third coat down. Total cost for the paint was $20.00. Like I said, low budjet project.

 

[81 beachcomber]

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boat looks good. and by the way, your deck repair is much like what the PO of my boat did. looked good and lasted a good two years. btw what was wrong with the other motor that was on her?