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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I was getting ready to haul the carpet roll up into the boat yesterday when I thought "Wait a minute. This is going to be a pain / impossible. I need something easier to maneuver." It was hard to get the plastic to stay still on one side of the boat while marking/cutting on the other side, so...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks! If we were neighbors...maybe, haha. I used a 3" wool pad chucked up in my drill with some AquaBuff 2000....very little effort to get them to shine up. I spent a little more time this afternoon on the boat. I knocked down the high spots after the glass cured: And I made a rough...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Got the captains chair bases where I wanted them today so I marked the spot on the floor and glassed in my mahogany bases that will take the screws. Hairy PB underneath the bases, one layer of 1708 tabbing, then 1 layer of CSM over the whole thing. I also polished the captains chair pedestal...
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    Glastron HPV 165 restoration

    Wait...you're already past the denial phase? Well you're ahead of the game then. Agree with @zool - being on a bunk trailer means minimal bracing is needed. I didn't use any bracing on my restoration, however I did use ratchet straps to get the shape just right while glassing in stringers...
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    Alpha One Gen 1 shift cable routing with thru hull exhaust

    Boat was built in 1987 and has thru-hull exhausts (no Y-pipe) Engine is a Mercruiser 260 hp V8 (SN 0B651656) Drive is an Alpha One Gen 1 (SN 0B612075) I'm nearing the end of my boat restoration and am ready to hook up the lower shift cable. The cable's sheath is already installed in the...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I only had one short to chase down and after fixing it, all the electronics that run on the house battery are working. Here you can see all the backlit rocker switches on the dash lit up.
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    2021 Splash of the Year Nominations

    Nominating @Reserector_ https://forums.iboats.com/threads/building-a-93-caravelle-1750-classic-bowrider.727555/
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    New gimbal bearing, can’t get alignment tool in coupler

    I pulled mine with a plate style puller. It took some force to get it moving. I don't think the slide hammer would have done it. Try the plate style puller before you start drilling.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Boat/truck storage area is complete, other than a little bit of wiring for an outlet and some lighting.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Well I appreciate the compliment. And I know what you mean - I lost my dad a few years ago too. I wish he could see this thing!
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    :ROFLMAO:
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Do they have boat shows for boats not in the water? 😂
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I set the rest of the upholstery in the boat for a dry fit and a picture - it looks great, but there's still some tweaks I'm going to have to get the upholstery shop to make. They had to build a bunch of this stuff from scratch due to missing pieces, and they didn't have the hull at their shop...
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    Mercruiser 6.2l 300 (2018 model) Gimbal bearing grease how to?

    New gasket and o-ring every time you pull the drive, correct?
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Today I got both battery boxes mounted with the tie down straps. I installed the starboard side panel and shifter and got the shifter wired up. I also installed the rails on the bottom of the captains chairs and set them in the boat to figure out where I want to glass the mahogany bases down at.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Contura V switches - they are DPDT with independent backlighting, hence all the extra pins.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Got most of the under-dash wiring knocked out. I may have to redo the wiring for the three 10-pin switches because the connectors are REALLY close to each other (maybe touching? ...we'll find out) when using piggyback connectors. I've still got to run the wiring for courtesy lights, USB...
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    Question On Changing Stringer Location

    Oh yeah, I routered all the edges so the cloth would lay down smooth. Even with a 3/8" radius router bit on both sides of a 3/4" sheet of plywood, I had to work to get the 1708 to lay down completely.
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    Question On Changing Stringer Location

    PB between the top of the stringer and bottom of the decking. I had one really bad spot on one of the stringers that form the bilge, so I filled it with PB before I wrapped glass around the top to fully encapsulate the stringer.
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    Question On Changing Stringer Location

    Be aware that fiberglass annihilates jigsaw blades. Have several spare blades on-hand. I tried your method of cutting stringer height after bedding them and found it much more difficult than getting them right before putting them in. I ended up with some wavy spots across the top when looking...
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