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  1. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I'm happy with how my mount turned out. I think it's enough. I don't build boats for a living, but I think it should be good. I remember being surprised how the 3.0L MerCruiser mounts in my Holiday. It mounts to the transom assembly and one forward mount screwed into one rib. So, going over the...
  2. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I got the engine mount installed yesterday. Now I can only hope and pray it works out. I'm pretty confident in everything except the height. It might be too tall. If it is, it'll still work but it'll mean potentially a lot of sanding. I was going to silicon caulk the countersink holes at the top...
  3. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Yesterday I installed a cross member for my engine mount. It's mahogany and the brackets are 316 stainless. I got the cross member installed and then I modified the stringers to accommodate the Y-pipes. I was nervous about the modification because it was unforeseen, but I didn't end up having to...
  4. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Thanks! I think it's going to be a great trailer for the boat! I'm very happy with how they are coming out so far. However, I just realized that there is going to be a conflict with the Y pipes and a piece of the bell housing and I'm going to have to cut out a bunch of material. My big concern...
  5. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I finished up building my stringers today. Right now I'm just waiting on some hardware so I can get them mounted. It appears that my Y pipes are going to be in the way so I'm probably going to hack out a chunk of the rear of them yet. Then I'll have a little sanding to do. My goal was for them...
  6. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    After getting the boat home, on its new trailer I could focus on my engine mounts again. When I stopped work on them I had the coosa laminated and cut out and the teak cut. The next step is to mechanically join it all. The plan is for each stringer to get two grade 8 steel bolts, each bolt has...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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!
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    These are the pictures that go with building the horse collar, transom installation.
  20. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

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