1988 wellcraft bowrider to cuddy" conversion (Splashed)

[mickyryan]

We had the two extra chairs from counter

 

[Pusher]

You have a good Italian wife!!! Now just avoid those stabbing a followed by noodles and you've got it made.

But seriously, that would be cool, especially with the paint color.

 

[mickyryan]

ahh so today I will be mounting the transom setting the gimble bearing redoing bellows and getting it ready to accept engine and outdrive ... fun stuff got to float her to get a waterline before I can paint the beast the one thing I worried about last night at 2am whilst putting stuff out for this morning was bellows had notches on each side finally found a site that said those notches face the transom and usually at 1 o clock position, have bellows adhesive and have reset the pins on the pivot and adjusted to tolerence

 

[mickyryan]

Got the transom back together dragged engine out fired it up but carb shot so got to rebuild that then i can drop her back into boat and get it aligned ,lota to still do but looking to possibly float her next weekend to get idea on waterlinne

 

[77GlastronMT]

Wow, looks great, can't wait to see it in the water.

 

[kcassells]

Mick,
When you get a chance can you shoot some pics from the front and other perspectives of your pilot house? I'm always looking for ideas to put 1 on mine. Thanks and looking good.
KC

 

[Nothingman]

Very nice! that boat is going to turn a lot of heads. This is the chart I have always used for wire size:

 

[mickyryan]

thanks and yeah as soon as I move it from the side yard where I can get back some distance I will snap lots of pics I'm so tight atm I cant even really paint the left side of the hull , I managed to paint the wood that went oun top but I know I will have some fixes to do when I can get to it better

 

[Rick Stephens]

Wow, looks great, can't wait to see it in the water.

I second that - take someone with you that can snap pics. Not only do you get us, and yourself, pics of a beautiful job, if it sinks or gets run over by a freighter, everyone can share the moment.

 

[mickyryan]

good or bad it will be preserved to images moving or otherwise for posterity

 

[strokendiesel002]

Awesome Build!!! You've accomplished so much in very little time! I am excited to see the results! I just read from start to finish, but had I found earlier, I'd not been of use, as my boats are tin, and the only resin I've done is on the transom I just rebuilt.

Very cool!!! Thank YOU for sharing!!!

 

[mickyryan]

well we got the engine back in place before the sky opened up ! buddy mike came over with his mini trencher thing didn't even break a sweat went so smooth I was able to get the exaust to slide on and we hit the back motor mount holes first try . stuff never goes that smoothly I keep checking to see if boat fell over or something after we walked away !
thanks for the responses yeah its not perfec,t wont be for some time but its sound and I cant wait to float it to get the waterline. probably about 2 weeks away for that because I need to fix some keel rollers on trailer first and install the new bunks.
now to align the engine ugh !

 

[mickyryan]

man, I'm so stoked , engine aligned bolted down linkages all hooked back up now to tackle wiring and get the duel batteries all hooked up and finish that out , I got some time because I'm still waiting on a rebuild kit for carb ugh! i will post some pics tonight, no I didn't clean engine up and paint it because I probably will be rebuilding it over winter if compression on one cylinder don't improve but I am hopeful after some run time it will build back up

 

[Pusher]

no I didn't clean engine up and paint it because I probably will be rebuilding it over winter if compression on one cylinder don't improve but I am hopeful after some run time it will build back up

Good call. Get her in the water and enjoy her before it gets cold out and it's time to winterize.

I am looking at that same scenario. I need to do little touch-ups, but running out of time to worry about them. I'm hoping to get everything finished by the end of September, take it out for a joy run or two and then a couple trips for walleye before it's all over.
There's always next year right?!

Congrats on keeping her moving forward. That's a good direction to be heading.

 

[mickyryan]

this damn rain ugh its bands and bands of rain I'm wearing my snaps out on meh temporary cover! lol
anyways yeah she wont prolly get any long water time I want to get the waterline so I can paint, run engine, see if it needs rebuilt then work on it some more my goal is to be done as far as boats ever get done by Christmas

 

[mickyryan]

took a break from wiring since raining on and off and worked inside the shop installed new water pump on outdrive and u joints tomorrow and it will be ready to be reinstalled on boat this weather florida has been having sux!

 

[sphelps]

Yep a lot of rain lately .. I heard on a local radio fishing show the fishing has been REALLY good in the ICW down there where your at ...
Ya may want to take a break and go wet a line !

 

[mickyryan]

I would if I owned one

 

[mickyryan]

so got the trailer stripped and coated with ospho assembly starts tomorrow and then I will paint and assemble the rest, I'm going to do all the brackets and the frame same time figured that would be best all of it was good and galvanized anyways I'm just doing the paint to prolong the 28yr old galvanization

 

[mickyryan]

jimmy from Edgewater hooked me up with a carb so that should be all I need to get boat running but trailer first then that stuff I got to get on trailer so I can put outdrive on anyways lol