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Pardon the photoshop but tried to keep some personal details, personal. 2nd maiden voyage tonight went great. Made roughly a 38 mile round trip voyage down the local river to go out for dinner and back. A good friend came along in his boat incase of any unforeseen issues with mine but very glad...
A video of the engine idling on muffs with the new diaphragm, don’t have one of the before but it’s definitely much smoother sounding. Disconnected the oil injection port to test the flow and it was flowing, it would increase the flow when I sped up the motor and decreased as I cut back. Seems...
Had an eventful test run the other day, boat was great in the water and very stable/balanced.
The motor was still giving me some issues, it had always started on the very first turn of the key and would run strong briefly and then stall out. When i go to restart the motor it starts up again...
Heading down to the river tomorrow to let it run in the water without muffs for a bit and let it really run to get hot and clean up and residuals left in the motor while it was on my stand for a year. Hoping that and some fresh gas will help to clean the motor and get it happy. Had it on muffs...
I’ve managed to get it in the water, doesn’t leak a drop and quite well balanced. I’m suspecting some dirty carbs in the motor so I’m going to have to pull them and clean them. Engine starts well but doesn’t like to run too hard as the fuel bulb won’t stay firm. Not surprising as it sat for a...
Waiting on my toggle bolts to finish the front two seats, got all of the wiring done to all the systems in the boat. Glued cable clips with 5200 under the gunnels to secure the wiring and clean up the look of that. Only have the corner caps, steering, and pedestals left to do and it’s ready for...
Captains console in, ready to start hooking up wiring to the dash with the switches and gauges. Leaving the port console out for the time being as it’s easier to climb the ladder into the boat with tools if it’s not installed yet. Also got 21/24 of the snap togglers installed on the main deck...
Floor installed finally, really solid feeling after getting all the pour foam in. Onto running wire and getting everything ready for the final install of consoles and seats. Got the fuel tank set in place and all the hoses connected. Got the fill/vent lines to the cap on the gunnel and the pea...
Foam is complete for the main deck, I used pink board foam down the middle in the front where the fuel tank is not at to keep a space beneath so any water can make its way to the bilge if it were to enter.
Got the fuel tank in place and the hold downs done so the tank can’t shift, with the...
Made good progress so far on installing the foam, I underestimated how much I would need to complete all the compartments needing foam. I was able to finish the bow area which is nice as I can put the floor in up there and slowly make more space around the garage as floor sections begin going...
Yes its all wrapped, if i was doing a glass boat id be securing the floor and then pouring foam. I'm going to use some plywood with a release agent after i pour it and then some batteries for weight to get the foam to cure flat and minimize trimming it up later.
Boat is 100% leak free as far as I’m concerned from the hour I had it sitting in the water the other night after rebucking the few rivets.
I started installing closed cell foam board in the hull and used spray foam to encapsulate the areas where I’ll be pouring foam to keep it out of the centre...
Got the last big job for this boat restoration done, welded two bungs onto my fuel tank for the pickup and a vent. The existing pickup was pointing the wrong way with me changing the orientation of the tank. Washed it with degreaser and then rinsed multiple times. Filled with water so minimize...
I plan to get new tires for the trailer as these ones are beyond overdue for a replacement, extremely balded lol. I’m not quite sure why I painted the rims black the first time around but I’m going to redo them rims to match the grey of the hull and make them look a bit nicer/cleaner. That can...
