I'm 17 years old and am pretty well experienced with the mercruiser I/O setups and have worked for a guy in the business for about a year. Have done side jobs for friends and just from word of mouth this last summer rebuilding gimbal housings, doing bellow, gimbal bearing and u joint replacement...
Brand new 22ft runabout on the Ohio river gets punched in the nose by a tree on the bank and nearly flipped due to too many in-laws on one side of the boat. The boat comes into the dock around 25 mph and everyone goes to the side of the boat to catch the dock and the driver throws it in reverse...
1986 Larson Senza V195 With a 360 Horse 454 Big Block Restoration
After tearing the transom out I pulled up the carpet and the whole floor was soaked!! It NEVER ENDS!!! Where the wood from the floor is tabbed into the side of the boat, the glass cracked from so much flexing and let water...
1986 Larson Senza V195 With a 360 Horse 454 Big Block Restoration
Here are some pictures of the outside of the boat. BEFORE RESTORE FINISHED It is kind of like a Miami Vice boat. I always think it could be Sammy Hagars boat. It's beautiful when it is all cleaned up. These were taken after I...
1986 Larson Senza V195 With a 360 Horse 454 Big Block Restoration
Now the tear down begins. The transom, rear stringers, motor mounts and foam under the 2 side floors on the sides of the engine bay were FULL of water and the wood turned into mulch! It was a nasty and time consuming process to...
It all started when my favorite boat I sold years ago to a friend of mine who had it for 10 years and stopped loving it as the years went by. With the big block in the back, it burned too much gas for his small pocket book. So I bought it back because I recently sold a boat I had that was too...
