SpitAndDirt
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Sep 23, 2008
- Messages
- 103
Hello all, my name is Chris and I have a problem......er.....addiction to being on the water.
I also have found that I have an addiction to this forum. I don't know how many hours I've lost reading thread after thread of countless tips, tricks, ideas, techniques, etc. I have to give special mention to Oops: I gave myself a headache because I tried to read your entire restoration thread in a single evening. The amount of information your thread presented is astounding. Kudos to everyone who participated in helping him, I learned so much. A second special mention to FriscoBoater: Your videos of your SeaRay rebuild were invaluable on so many different levels. It's one thing to see pictures of a project in progress, but to get live demonstrations is completely over the top.
Of course, that doesn't mean I don't appreciate all the other masters who post regularly on this forum. I hope everyone will provide me some guidance along the way with my project, just as long as it isn't, "Buy another boat."
Which leads me into my project: a 1992 Sunbird Corsair 205 SL (sunlounger). I've owned this boat since 2005, but an unfortunate meeting with a stump in 2007 caused me to park the boat for almost 5 years in my back yard. This boat has had a rough life, to say the least. When I first purchased this boat, it was sitting in a storage lot for over a decade uncovered, forgotten by it's owners. My guess is that the PO either died or moved to another military installation overseas. Just a theory anyway. I've always felt that I didn't really choose this boat, IT chose me. Even though it was marketed as a entry level boat for it's day, I think that after I put the work into it, I'll probably have a boat that will compare with similar new model boats for a fraction of the cost. And honestly, I really like how it sits in the water. It's got a good "stance." Or maybe I'm just a sucker for projects of this nature: taking what is forgotten and giving it new life. This isn't the first time I've done something like this.....won't be my last.
Well, better days have come and I've already started to rip everything out. As I write this, I'm nearly to the point of having all my stringers completely ground out. I'm doing good so far, but I'm at a point where I really need to build extra support for the hull while I work inside it. Currently I have it sitting on a pair of Yardarm ED36 (economy) boat dollies I picked up off Ebay a couple years ago. They were still $400 for a pair of them if I recall, but that was half off brand new.
I've uploaded my first 4 videos to Youtube so be sure to check them out. The first three are my Safety Vids. If there is one thing I am not taking for granted, it's my protective gear. No one need lecture me, I've got that area covered, literally.
That's all I have for now, now I've got a ton of pictures on Photobucket I'm going to link to now. Enjoy! Constructive criticism is encouraged and appreciated. Thanks. -C
One note however: updating this thread may not be an everyday thing. I work nights and my weekends always seem to have me running around doing everything else EXCEPT working on the boat.....such is life..... :facepalm:
One final thing I do need to ask: Is everyone loading pictures directly to the site or using Photobucket? If Photobucket, what is everyone using for a picture size? 1280 x 960?
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I was able to find an original sales brochure. I figure it would be kinda interesting to have. And it is. I should post pictures of the swimsuit models before Photoshop became the new normal....yikes!
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By the way, could someone tell me what my 5.0 OMC is? A 185, 200, 260, or 240? It's just a regular Cobra outdrive not a King.
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I'm really having a hard time believing the "NO SHORT CUTS" statement at the top of the page now that I've completely gutted my boat. Either that or my boat was built on a Friday.......
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Finally getting the boat out of the back yard.
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Yes, I am doing this all by myself. Every shot was taken with a timer and a tripod except for a select few.
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I also have found that I have an addiction to this forum. I don't know how many hours I've lost reading thread after thread of countless tips, tricks, ideas, techniques, etc. I have to give special mention to Oops: I gave myself a headache because I tried to read your entire restoration thread in a single evening. The amount of information your thread presented is astounding. Kudos to everyone who participated in helping him, I learned so much. A second special mention to FriscoBoater: Your videos of your SeaRay rebuild were invaluable on so many different levels. It's one thing to see pictures of a project in progress, but to get live demonstrations is completely over the top.
Of course, that doesn't mean I don't appreciate all the other masters who post regularly on this forum. I hope everyone will provide me some guidance along the way with my project, just as long as it isn't, "Buy another boat."
Which leads me into my project: a 1992 Sunbird Corsair 205 SL (sunlounger). I've owned this boat since 2005, but an unfortunate meeting with a stump in 2007 caused me to park the boat for almost 5 years in my back yard. This boat has had a rough life, to say the least. When I first purchased this boat, it was sitting in a storage lot for over a decade uncovered, forgotten by it's owners. My guess is that the PO either died or moved to another military installation overseas. Just a theory anyway. I've always felt that I didn't really choose this boat, IT chose me. Even though it was marketed as a entry level boat for it's day, I think that after I put the work into it, I'll probably have a boat that will compare with similar new model boats for a fraction of the cost. And honestly, I really like how it sits in the water. It's got a good "stance." Or maybe I'm just a sucker for projects of this nature: taking what is forgotten and giving it new life. This isn't the first time I've done something like this.....won't be my last.
Well, better days have come and I've already started to rip everything out. As I write this, I'm nearly to the point of having all my stringers completely ground out. I'm doing good so far, but I'm at a point where I really need to build extra support for the hull while I work inside it. Currently I have it sitting on a pair of Yardarm ED36 (economy) boat dollies I picked up off Ebay a couple years ago. They were still $400 for a pair of them if I recall, but that was half off brand new.
I've uploaded my first 4 videos to Youtube so be sure to check them out. The first three are my Safety Vids. If there is one thing I am not taking for granted, it's my protective gear. No one need lecture me, I've got that area covered, literally.
That's all I have for now, now I've got a ton of pictures on Photobucket I'm going to link to now. Enjoy! Constructive criticism is encouraged and appreciated. Thanks. -C
One note however: updating this thread may not be an everyday thing. I work nights and my weekends always seem to have me running around doing everything else EXCEPT working on the boat.....such is life..... :facepalm:
One final thing I do need to ask: Is everyone loading pictures directly to the site or using Photobucket? If Photobucket, what is everyone using for a picture size? 1280 x 960?
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I was able to find an original sales brochure. I figure it would be kinda interesting to have. And it is. I should post pictures of the swimsuit models before Photoshop became the new normal....yikes!
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By the way, could someone tell me what my 5.0 OMC is? A 185, 200, 260, or 240? It's just a regular Cobra outdrive not a King.
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I'm really having a hard time believing the "NO SHORT CUTS" statement at the top of the page now that I've completely gutted my boat. Either that or my boat was built on a Friday.......
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Finally getting the boat out of the back yard.
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Yes, I am doing this all by myself. Every shot was taken with a timer and a tripod except for a select few.
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) I decided to mitigate as much of it as possible by creating my own air filtration system. It's simply two 20" Lasko fans rigged with some leftover wood and PVC pipe and creating a PVC pipe tent with painters drop plastic to keep everything contained. I have to say that it does keep the air much cleaner, though I am going through more filters than I would like. 12 filters are running me around $32. I've gone through about 8 already. I change them when I can no longer see my entryway plastic sucking inward. The other good part is that it keeps a TON of dust from blanketing everything else in my shop!!!
