GT1000000
Rear Admiral
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- Jul 13, 2011
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Hey,
I recently joined Iboats.com and have been amazed at the incredible amount of information and fantastically helpful nature of all involved.
I would like to make a shout out to everyone that has helped me out so far and thank you all.
Now, on to my latest and greatest project...
The "Bassassin"....
Some of you may be familiar with my recently acquired boat, but most are not.
A quick recap, bought it in July'11, 800 bucks for B,M&T, worked on it for 'bout a month, got it in the water, fished and had fun for about 2-1/2 months, blew the engine, out of the water, and here I am...
Due to my crappy economic situation, I have not been able to get the money together to have my engine rebuilt...
So, being that I have removed the engine, and there are quite a few issues I knew I had to take care of on this old bass boat, I decided that now was as good a time as any to tear into a fairly complete restoration.
This is strictly a labor of love and I have no delusions about the amount of time and work involved, along with the cost. However, I have the skill sets, experience, and the knowledgable folks here on Iboats.com, to help me through.
I have already begun the mission by lifting the cap. This weekend, I hope to have the cap set on horses and the trailer with the hull moved to the backyard.
Just a note: No Live Horses will be Harmed, these are the wooden kind, used as project supports...
I am somewhat pleasantly surprised to find that the hull seems to be in fairly good condition and that most of my initial concerns are concentrated on the cap.
The biggest repair is going to be a transom replacement. The previous repair by the previous owner? was done by cutting the top of the cap, where it wraps over the transom, and pouring in gobs and gobs of some kind of epoxy. While it was a adequate repair, it was by no means proper, professional or permanent.
Some of the other issues are the decking, the dash, the hatches, and a variety of both cosmetic and functional repairs, upgrades, and modifications that I would like to include in the finished product.
The other major, in my mind, issue has been that whoever decided to paint this boat BLACK, with crappy paint to boot, musta been high! Or thinking they were in some Super Secret Black-Ops Group???
This is a Florida boat...it gets hotter than a Habanero pepper on steriods down here... A Black Boat???:facepalm:
So, part of this resto is a change to a new and improved color selection. I have not decided yet, but it will probably be a paint type finish, as opposed to a gel-coat.
On the cap, that is.
As far as refinishing the hull, I have not figured out what direction I will heading. It mostly needs the transom and some scrapes/scratches repaired, then a refinish.
I will be taking direction from my fellow Iboaters, as to what to do in this regard.
The thinking behind my current insanity is, most of the stuff I have to do to restore this boat are; A- My labor is free, B- the cost of materials are relatively low, C- it will be the way I want it, D- I have Iboats.com to help me out.
Hopefully, in the next few months, years, decades... I will have a nice new toy to play with.
I will post pics of the progress as I go along, and hopefully learn something in the process.
Heck, I might even have a tip or 2 for fellow Iboaters to use on their projects:redface:.
Thanks in Advance for all of the great help, feedback, ideas, hints, tips, inspiration, jokes at my expense, etc., etc...
GT1M
I recently joined Iboats.com and have been amazed at the incredible amount of information and fantastically helpful nature of all involved.
I would like to make a shout out to everyone that has helped me out so far and thank you all.
Now, on to my latest and greatest project...
The "Bassassin"....
Some of you may be familiar with my recently acquired boat, but most are not.
A quick recap, bought it in July'11, 800 bucks for B,M&T, worked on it for 'bout a month, got it in the water, fished and had fun for about 2-1/2 months, blew the engine, out of the water, and here I am...
Due to my crappy economic situation, I have not been able to get the money together to have my engine rebuilt...
So, being that I have removed the engine, and there are quite a few issues I knew I had to take care of on this old bass boat, I decided that now was as good a time as any to tear into a fairly complete restoration.
This is strictly a labor of love and I have no delusions about the amount of time and work involved, along with the cost. However, I have the skill sets, experience, and the knowledgable folks here on Iboats.com, to help me through.
I have already begun the mission by lifting the cap. This weekend, I hope to have the cap set on horses and the trailer with the hull moved to the backyard.
Just a note: No Live Horses will be Harmed, these are the wooden kind, used as project supports...
I am somewhat pleasantly surprised to find that the hull seems to be in fairly good condition and that most of my initial concerns are concentrated on the cap.
The biggest repair is going to be a transom replacement. The previous repair by the previous owner
Some of the other issues are the decking, the dash, the hatches, and a variety of both cosmetic and functional repairs, upgrades, and modifications that I would like to include in the finished product.
The other major, in my mind, issue has been that whoever decided to paint this boat BLACK, with crappy paint to boot, musta been high! Or thinking they were in some Super Secret Black-Ops Group???
This is a Florida boat...it gets hotter than a Habanero pepper on steriods down here... A Black Boat???:facepalm:
So, part of this resto is a change to a new and improved color selection. I have not decided yet, but it will probably be a paint type finish, as opposed to a gel-coat.
On the cap, that is.
As far as refinishing the hull, I have not figured out what direction I will heading. It mostly needs the transom and some scrapes/scratches repaired, then a refinish.
I will be taking direction from my fellow Iboaters, as to what to do in this regard.
The thinking behind my current insanity is, most of the stuff I have to do to restore this boat are; A- My labor is free, B- the cost of materials are relatively low, C- it will be the way I want it, D- I have Iboats.com to help me out.
Hopefully, in the next few months, years, decades... I will have a nice new toy to play with.
I will post pics of the progress as I go along, and hopefully learn something in the process.
Heck, I might even have a tip or 2 for fellow Iboaters to use on their projects:redface:.
Thanks in Advance for all of the great help, feedback, ideas, hints, tips, inspiration, jokes at my expense, etc., etc...
GT1M