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Re: 14 foot gamefisher rebuild
Seats installed. Have been having a blast with it lately. Fluke, striped bass, bluefish. Sipping gas. 3 Gallon tank is a whole day of cruising.
Not a banner day. But a great day of fishing.
Re: 14 foot gamefisher rebuild
Out with the old, in with the new! The old johnson 15 just wasnt cutting it, WOT and it would just begin to plane off with 3 people. Put a new 25 Yamaha 2 stroke and it FLIES, still in break in period, but half throttle (per owners manual for two hours) was more...
Re: 14 foot gamefisher rebuild
Agreed. For the application and cost of the material it works well as an engine mount.
http://www.westmarine.com/buy/products/8731-replacement-2-polyethylene-mounting-boards-outboard-motor-bracket-bracket-assembly-11888013.html
Here it is bolted up.
Re: 14 foot gamefisher rebuild
Here she is. A few minor odds and ends to complete. Custom seats are being made and need to be installed. Also building a jack plate. The transom was built to 20 inches but these older engines didn't adhere to that standard. Will continue to post if anyone is...
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Paint. all the long hours payin off. Loving the color, and overall our fairing turned out quite well. Had to pull some of the tape to see sort of how it will look. Leaving it masked until the non skid gets sprayed. More masking and non skid to come. And it will be...
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Big day today! PAINT! Beautiful day outside upper 60's. First picture is of primer.The rest show the various coats of Awl Grips Aqua Mist. A subtle blue color, darker blue in less light. The inside will be a darker blue (Whaler Blue). Heres some pics.
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Well....Lots, and lots, and lots of fairing and filler later. The project has now reached the point where bottom paint can be applied. These pictures show the barrier coat and finally the black bottom paint. We floated the boat to get the water line. Has a pretty...
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Havent posted in a while. here is a preview with the jewelry on it! Found these stainless railings on ebay for cheap. They worked perfect! Just needed a bit of hand bending to match the curve.
Re: 14 foot gamefisher rebuild
Finally got the transom board put in. Transom board is made by PolyUmac out of FL. Great people to deal with, and high quality product. Here is an overview of the installation, and after a few hours of grinding and a bit of fairing. Can't wait to see the final...
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Finally up to date. Expanding closed cell foam added to new hatches (should double as coolers and dry storage). Fitting the hatches in place to get an idea of the layout. And added an additional layer on the transom with carbon fiber tabbing to tie it into the...
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This was last weekend. More structural reinforcement. Lots of flimsy components on the boat that we were looking to stiffen up. These pictures include a mold that we were going to lay over which is just a PVC pipe cut in half. Two layers of biaxial carbon fiber...
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This is where we were at two weekends ago. Reinforced underneath the gunnels and new keel. Also an overview of the trailer restoration and the 15 HP johnson getting zinc chromate primer. Got all three as a package deal when purchased.
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Have been posting these on another website. So trying to get everyone up to date on here. This is the layup process here with a form and mold release. 4 layers of linear fiberglass mat on the back
