1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration...In Progress

[zopperman]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

To you and your family (and the scouts!) as well

 

[BobsGlasstream]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

I hope you got everything you wanted or at least needed.
Merry Christmas.

 

[JDA1975]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Several family members gave me cash, checks, and gift cards to various places to buy boating stuff...ended up cashing it in and sending money to a friend who needed help getting home for Christmas...call me a sucker, but it made me feel good lol...Wife is upset because she knows from experience when I help people they never pay me back, but one can hope....or at least hope that eventually I learn my lesson lol

 

[zopperman]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Several family members gave me cash, checks, and gift cards to various places to buy boating stuff...ended up cashing it in and sending money to a friend who needed help getting home for Christmas...call me a sucker, but it made me feel good lol...Wife is upset because she knows from experience when I help people they never pay me back, but one can hope....or at least hope that eventually I learn my lesson lol

Giving. THAT is the true spirit of christmas (coming from a Jew lol) Glad to hear your holiday went well.

 

[guitar_picker85]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Hey Judge, thought I'd share an idea with ya. I did this on my boat before I started tearing it down, and it turned out to be a pretty good investment. I had a plate cut out ot replace the factory plate up on the front deck so that it would have a plug for my tm and a 12v accessory outlet. Just thought I'd show you the one I had, for your reference. It isn't perfect, and needs repainted, but it's pretty cool IMO

 

[JDA1975]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

I like that...do you have a backing plate for it so nothing gets thru the skeeter cut out? if I did something similiar maybe a piece of colored plexi and put a back light! thanks for the idea man

 

[guitar_picker85]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Colored plexi was what I was going to do / a small led light mounted behind it to light it and the deck up, but I didn't get around to it. I plan on doing it when I get there on my restore, though. If I'm not mistaken, I think I may have another one still that the holes weren't quite big enough, so they just "burnt" me another one out. If you wanted it, you would be welcome to it.

 

[JDA1975]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

appreciate the offer, perhaps when I reach that point in the restore if you come across it by them I may take you up on it...looks pretty cool

 

[JDA1975]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Feel like my boat is in a stall period...I have all this motivation to work on it, but nothing I can do really until I get to glass....gonna go crazy waiting for warmer weather...the guy I loaned my Christmas boat money to actually paid me back so I got my wiring materials that I was still lacking, but that's only going to be a day or 2 worth of work tops, being such a small boat without a lot of bells and whistles. Only have 6 circuits to run and a couple of battery cables to put in place.

 

[ezmobee]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Big fan of this little fuse block for simple wiring jobs http://www.iboats.com/Screw-Termina...3430571--**********.199680035--view_id.163740

 

[JDA1975]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Got all my wiring pulled today...haven't hook it up to the bus/fuse box yet, will do that after the cap work is all done...just marked everything and now I can flip the cap over and get to work on it. running 1 circuit at a time was a lot less daunting than trying to figure out what was there already and remedy the 30 years of poor modifications!

 

[Monterey Dreams]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Hey JDA
I just wanted to hijack your thread also so I could be wishing you a happy new year and let you know that I am following you closely here. I am starting plans for my fuel and wiring to be started very soon and I am a little apprehensive about it. I know next to nothing about electrical and wiring.
Dave

 

[JDA1975]

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Re: 1982 Skeeter SS-1 Sport Fisherman Restoration....Hull question

Thanks Dave, I am in pretty much the same boat you are...I have experience with AC wiring, but very little DC (other than wiring a few components etc.) So felt somewhat overwhelmed with the wiring that was left on the boat. The electronics forum here has some awesome reads, I understand it a lot better. And my choice to strip the wiring out and rewire it myself, I believe, was the right choice. This way there are no unknowns to deal with.

 

[craigweaver]

Alright Judge, I needs some pics of how you ran that wiring so I can figure it out for my project!

EZ, I like the panel. I'll have to keep it in mind for my project as well!

 

[Woodonglass]

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Woody likes this....

http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/doityourself/wiring/wiring.htm

 

[JDA1975]

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will get ya some pictures once everything is tied off and secured...right now it looks bad sloppy!

I just got them pulled and generally placed where they will need to go....I am still trying to work out where I want to place my courtesy lighting since my gunwales are pretty much closed off....was thinking of putting a light in each of the side seats with a plexiglass cover, so that the light comes out, but isn't overly bright, and serves a dual purpose of lighting up my storage boxes....

 

[JDA1975]

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got the wiring tied together....need to get some clips still to attach them to hull...the old fuse block in the picture will be gone, I plan to close in the gunwale in that area and leave an access panel and put my fuse and ground bus panel in there to keep things neat and tidy.

I also got my transom cut...glued...and redneck clamped on the table

after seeing a lot of the transoms that have been made here..I count myself fortunate since mine is so easy straight lines all around!

 

[craigweaver]

Lookin good Judge! Can't wait to start putting mine back together. Just make sure that table isn't sagging with all those redneck car jacks on it

 

[JDA1975]

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Thanks Craig, still watching you guys go..at the rate your making progress you should be splashed pretty quick!

So dry fit of the transom went well....

Wishing I had went ahead and purchased my fiberglass materials...December 31st, and the last 3 days have been 60+ degrees, and the next few are supposed to be the same. I could have done some glass work for sure. I'll get all my stuff cut and fitted though and when it comes time to glass I will be ready!

 

[Decker83]

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The transom looks great.
We had 74 degrees here in dallas today. Did a little on mine.

Have a awesome New Year.

Kent