14' Sea Nymph Oh Yeah! Now 1971 LUND 14-S

[bear_69cuda]

Hey Gang,

I hope everyone had a nice holiday season... Happy New Year!

I've been making good progress on the Lund. I sanded the primer inside the boat in preparation of final top-coating, and the first coat of Rustoleum Light Machine Grey was painted over Christmas. Yesterday and today I again prepped the surface with light sanding and rolled the final coat of interior paint! I added the same texture that was applied to my casting deck and bench seats, and painted all walking surfaces inside the hull using a medium nap roller. I used non-textured paint with same nap for the sides of the hull interior.

 

[ahmincha]

Very nice Looks brand new

 

[sphelps]

Great job Bear ! The fish will be lining up to jump into that boat ! Some nice finished wood bench tops would look great ! Or are ya painting everything inside ?

 

[Watermann]

The ole gal sure looks good in her new dress! :thumb:

 

[bear_69cuda]

Thanks for the kind words doods...

I've spent today basically doing a mock-up on my layout, and actually mounted the trolling motor.

 

[Watermann]

Super nice! What a clean set up you have going there. Top notch work Bear :encouragement:

 

[64osby]

Looking great. To bad the water is hard.

 

[glnbnz]

Yes looks brand new!!

 

[bear_69cuda]

Thanks guys...

Installed the front marker lights today. I used a dremel tool with cut-off wheel to remove material for installation. I've also decided to cover all the bare aluminum walking surfaces with Dri-Dek http://www.dri-dek.com/dri-dek.html for a few reasons. Good drainage, easy for Jackson to walk around on, and insulates the hull from noises cause by moving or dropping anything in a tin boat. I only have the stern area finished.

 

[Watermann]

Looks great Bear, I like the looks of that dri dek.

 

[64osby]

She looks like a giant alien bug.

Nice lights.

 

[sphelps]

Maybe paint some sharks teeth ..

 

[glnbnz]

Looks Awesome!! I like those lights!!

 

[bear_69cuda]

Thanks for stopping Glen!

Shark teeth hummmmmmm... P-40 Thunderbolt kinda.... Interesting....

Dri-Dek Install is finished! I really dig this product!

 

[64osby]

The dry deck looks great. Did you buy sheets or the roll?

 

[Tnstratofam]

It's funny how you can be following all kinds of good rebuilds, and miss one. This has been a good read all the way from the beginning. I think you are doing a great job on your Lund, and the whole layout is looking real nice. I really like your bow lighting. I'm needing to do something similar to my Starcraft because of my trolling motor partially blocking my lights at certain angles. Great job, and I can't wait to see her on the water.

 

[bear_69cuda]

The dry deck looks great. Did you buy sheets or the roll?

1 x 1' tiles Thanks man!

 

[bear_69cuda]

It's funny how you can be following all kinds of good rebuilds, and miss one. This has been a good read all the way from the beginning. I think you are doing a great job on your Lund, and the whole layout is looking real nice. I really like your bow lighting. I'm needing to do something similar to my Starcraft because of my trolling motor partially blocking my lights at certain angles. Great job, and I can't wait to see her on the water.

Thanks man!

I know what you mean, I'm trying to keep up on 10-15 threads, so many awesome builds on this forum... I read so much and feel bad I don't comment as much as I should... I like the lights also! I need to check out your builds too! I think I have actually! Peace!

 

[bear_69cuda]

Maybe paint some sharks teeth ..

like this?

 

[GT1000000]

Brutha Bear! WOW!...
No wait...
WOW!!!
You are making this into one seriously fine fishing machine...SIR!
The mad skills you possess are definitely showing!
Beautiful paint work, clean, efficient layout, beautiful finish work!
Love it!

BTW, if you decide to do the sharks mouth, you might consider adding the P-40's V-12 exhaust...