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  1. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    The boat has been in the shop having the gimble assembly installed while I've been getting this trailer ready. He said it went in just fine so success on the coosa transom build! You can see the final product for the ply layer installed on the transom in the picture, I don't think I had posted a...
  2. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I did some final touches on the bunks and got those installed. The PO had kind of a hodge podge for the bunk hardware, so I bought all new Grade 8 hardware for them. I put 5200 in the screw holes where the PO had the kings starboard pads mounted, the admiral helped me carpet them, got them all...
  3. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I spent the day yesterday re-working the bunks for my boat. First the admiral helped me rip them so the angle that the end the boat will rest end is angled properly. Then I spent a few hours sanding them down (ended up re-sanding the work I did the other day). I rounded all the edges. Then I...
  4. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I did some work on getting this trailer ready, making adjustments, plugged and redrilled the 1/2" holes in the bunk boards. I plugged them with red-oak doll rod, dipped in Titebond III wood glue, and coated with a penetrating oil that the gentleman who sold me the trailer gave me, Penofin, seems...
  5. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I have composite bunks on my other boat trailer. They're really slick. I imagine the king's starboard would be similar. The way he had them on this trailer seems like they'd create pressure points and they'd be bad on the rivets. I actually just carpeted my composite bunks on my Holiday's...
  6. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    The white pads are king's starboard. The previous owner put them on instead of carpet. I'm not a fan. I don't care for the pressure points they create. I am going to remove those and carpet them. The bunks he built are great though!
  7. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    New wheels for the old girl. Dual axle, brakes, aluminum I beam, this trailer checked all of my boxes, and the price was right! The frame is a 2000 or 2001 and the rest of it is only a few years old. New axles, re-wired, newer tires, etc. etc. etc. He rebuilt it and it just wasn't big enough for...
  8. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Definitely! Buying a used boat can be a challenge. It takes time and it costs to build one, that's for sure, but, you do end up with a competent, customized boat that has all the options you want, and you know what exactly what it is, you intimately know the condition of the hull, how it's...
  9. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I have to finish cutting out my stringers. I have to cut away a triangular prism from the coosa, so it will match the contour of the bottom of the boat/ribs. They are going to rest on three ribs. I plan on using a drum sanding bit on my drill to get them to kind of hug the ribs. Each one is...
  10. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Building my stringers. The base is 3.5" laminated coosa, and the top is going to be 5"x5" teak timber. I did not laminate the coosa to the timbers. They will be joined mechanically with 1/2", Grade 8, steel through bolts. The bolts will be put in through the bottom so then, after they are...
  11. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    3/4", custom cut, King's Starboard transom savers the admiral and I installed. I placed the bolts on the ends where you wouldn't put a transducer, and the middle is in line with the strakes where there would be too much disturbance.
  12. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    These pictures go with building the plywood layer to my transom from the ply template I used to make the coosa transom.
  13. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    These are the pictures that go with building the horse collar, transom installation.
  14. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    These pictures go with posts 60 & 62 painting the transom skin.
  15. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Today I cut my stringers. My original idea was to try to find somebody with a nice big saw to help me because the teak is 5"x5" and my laminated coosa base is 5"x3.5", instead I ended up making two passes for each cut with a table saw. I have to say, I did a pretty good job today. I'm giving...
  16. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I appreciate the feedback for sure. It's good to know that I'm not completely off with what I've come up with. I thought really hard about putting the downriggers on a Group 31 and doing just that. There were a couple reasons I decided on the four battery instead. 1. Weight distribution - Think...
  17. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I was kind of down yesterday, prepping for a colonoscopy (sorry if that's TMI), so I decided to spend the day thinking about how I want to outfit the boat for fishing, and the electrical system. For me, for my comfort taking the boat out it comes down to three separate onboard electrical...
  18. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Yesterday I got my custom transom savers cutout and installed. The admiral actually helped, and we had fun working on it together. I went with black king's starboard because I plan on the bottom of this boat being painted with black anti-fouling paint. A couple days ago I started work on my new...
  19. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    As of right now, I plan on running two 27 deep cycle marine batteries, but as I've mentioned, I've never set up a fishing boat so that may change. I also haven't looked into what MerCruiser says with this engine. I just secured the plywood layer to my Coosa transom. I used 9 -316 SS, 1" lags...
  20. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Per MerCruiser, my 4.3L weighs 763lbs, the drive is 85lbs, and the transom assembly is 80lbs The 3.0L Weighs 500ish and it would have the same drive and transom, so there's about a 250lb. difference. I don't know what the straight six 165 weighs. I know they were optional in these boats. The...
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