Skee's 1989 Maxum 1700 3.0 Build Thread

[AirmanSkee]

Hi all,

New to the forum and figured I'd introduce myself and start a thread for my boat.

The name is Michael, but everyone calls me Skee. Been around boats for a while, but this is the first boat that I've owned myself. Picked it up as a good "lake ready" project for my wife and I. The floor is going to need some work, and already have a plan to take on the project over the winter.

1989 Maxum 1700 SR with 3.0 Mercruiser and Alpha One lower unit. Interior is incredibly well taken care of for a 27 year old boat. Typical chalky oxidation on the gel coat, small scuffs but no real chips or dings in the hull. As I said before, it was "lake ready" when purchased, but I will be keeping a log here of the work I will be doing to the boat.

But here are some pics to keep you guys interested after all these words.

20160716_145606 by Skee907, on Flickr

20160716_145623 by Skee907, on Flickr

20160724_134138 by Skee907, on Flickr

20160724_134235 by Skee907, on Flickr

 

[AirmanSkee]

Got it home and started to tear into the floor, figured a full floor replacement is going to be needed soon. Got the rest of the boat for a killer price so I couldn't pass up the project. I understand the labor intensive project a floor and stringers can be, but I wanted to take it on to have something to do over the long North Dakota winters.

20160801_173423 by Skee907, on Flickr

20160801_210456 by Skee907, on Flickr

Stringers actually are really solid, but not to my liking. Drilled and did some tests all the way through, and those are all dry and clean. It appears that the floor may have been patched before, and a shotty job was done on the glass work, allowing all of the moisture to get in and toast that floor.

The plan is to pull it all the rest of the way, most likely pull and rebuild the stringers (only two sub par stringers are on the boat now) and just build and glass it all in the way it should be. Instead of carpet, most likely going to do some sort of gel coat or rubber floor coating.

Definitely going to be asking tons of questions on here, and using alot of already bookmarked threads and builds to guide me along the way. I'm handy with wood and fiberglass work, so I have faith that I can get this done.

 

[Woodonglass]

From the looks of that deck, that boat is a LONG way from being lake ready. Once the deck is removed, make sure and core sample the Transom too! Boats of this vintage with that kind of deck problems typically have transoms needing attention too. This will be informative...Fabricating Decks, Stringers, and Transoms
Hopefully you've prepared a restoration budget in the 2-$3,000 range. That's a pretty typical number for boats like these.

 

[AirmanSkee]

Already got that thread bookmarked and have read throught it over again.

It appears that this boat had someone do a "floor repair" beforehand. Already had it to the local boat shop after taking the floor out and core sampled the transom and stringers. So far so good, as it looks like the PO just pulled the previous floor and put down the shoddy floor that is in there now. Foam was all dry. Stringers all dry and solid. Front of the boat is still the original flooring in much better condition. It does have a newer gas tank so I am assuming that was all part of the floor replacement as well.

Definitely ready to put some money into it, as I know it won't be cheap. And glad I've found this goldmine of information to being this boat back to what it can be.

Thanks for the response Woodonglass!

 

[Woodonglass]

Did you core sample the Foam? How did you core sample the stringers and Transom with the foam still in the boat?

 

[AirmanSkee]

Already pulled the foam and floor from the whole back half of the boat to test the stringers and transom. Planned on redoing the foam no matter what. Pulled the gas tank to check and make sure all of its surroundings and stuff were good, and to also add some sort of buffer under it between the tank and hull. As I said before, we believe this isn't the first time this floor has been up, and it definitely has a newer gas tank on it dated only a few years old. So this floor has been done recently, but just very badly.

We were going to pull the motor but have not gotten that far and I'm hoping I don't have to. Don't have pics of that as its in the shop downtown. Everything other than the actual floor has been solid and dry so far. I've made good friends with some of the boat guys around here to guide me through the process as much as possible to do as much as I can myself, to help me learn and keep the cost as minimal as I can. I'm a structural civil engineer so lumber and supplies I can get my hands on relatively easy if I know exactly what to get. I'm in for the learning experience and hope to get as much out of this as I can.

 

[Woodonglass]

Alrighty Then!!! Let us know if and when you need some help!!!:clap2:

 

[AirmanSkee]

Will do! I've been doing nothing but reading these forums for the past 3 weeks and making sure I understand the project I am getting into. I come from a motorcycle and truck/car building background so this will be a good change of pace. I've done alot of simple fiberglass work in my day with motorcycles and such, but never glass on wood.

Also, sarcasm doesn't translate well in text, as the "lake ready" is what the seller had posted. But as you can see, it turned out to be much more of a project than initially planned. But, I'm down for the challenge.

 

[DeepBlue2010]

Also, sarcasm doesn't translate well in text, as the "lake ready" is what the seller had posted. But as you can see, it turned out to be much more of a project than initially planned. But, I'm down for the challenge.

Good thing he did not call it "smoking hot" :lol:

best of luck to you on your project, m8!

 

[Speak]

I like the look of your new whip! Good luck

 

[TripleJGraffis]

I need an update LOL

 

[redneck joe]

Eight year old thread will not get updates.