1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

[BLU LUNCH]

My recently acquired Wellcraft. The boat is a good project and a solid starting point. Structurally sound a solid original transom, stringers and deck good, cosmetically it is trashed, it need's topside paint, fill about 150 holes, replace all the teak, it's all missing, replace windscreen, new console grab rail it's missing also, rewire entire boat, sand and repaint bottom and repower. I plan on a 3 cylinder OMC 70HP for the power. There is 30 gallon tank under the console. Look's like from the hull s/n this is close to one of the last V-17's produced this is the final year of production.
A few pictures of the boat.

 

[BLU LUNCH]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

We stripped out the boat in less than a hour, first the boat will be cosmetically fixed. We filled all the holes with Marine-Tex and sanded it down, A lot of the fittings and hardware are badly pitted those will be replaced, Next the entire topside will be sanded and dewaxed in preparation for primer.
The 1st picture is a factory ad

 

[BLU LUNCH]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

Some of the hole filling before

 

[singinout]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

Nice fishing rig! You hava thing for Wellcrafts?? Couldn't help but notice the big brother!

 

[BLU LUNCH]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

It rained most of the day but managed to try to sand the bottom paint from the transom, there is three layers that are very dry and powdery and to my surprise the paint easily sands with 120 grit and the gelcoat looks smooth and shiny, so now we are going to remove all the bottom paint and sand down to 600 grit, compound and polish the gelcoat back, I have a nice Milwaukee variable polisher.

 

[BigBoatinOkie]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

Cool little project. Good luck.

 

[BLU LUNCH]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

It's been a while but work is progressing, I decided to keep the trailer it's in nice shape no rust anywhere just a few small light surface stuff light sand will take care of it. The trailer is going to get a couple of coats of Rustoleum Royal Blue, extend the bunks by 3 feet and 4 keel rollers and a centering roller on the back and a pair of new hubs. And replace the rotted thru winch post.

 

[BLU LUNCH]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

We been also working on the bottom paint, the previous owner went up with the bottom paint 4 inches on the side, we been removing what excess we could in preparation of the new bottom paint.

 

[BLU LUNCH]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

It was real hot here today so I started to work on the console it's full of holes, I sanded the entire console so I can start to fill them with Marine-Tex, I also bought 10 bft of new teak lumber to replace all the teak trim that was missing, and Wednesday I bought a 1977 Evinrude 70HP new powerhead 8/08 complete with wiring binnacle control, rebuilt carbs and new waterpump from the dealer that did it. Console after sanding.

 

[BLU LUNCH]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

I decided to replace the deck it had several soft spots. Got in there today it's tropical here, removed half the foam and it came out easy, found more damage the entire center stringer is gone and need to replace 3 feet on the port side stringer and the same where the tray goes for running cables and the rear bulk head bottom 2 inches is marginal. Need advise on wood for the stringers, the center 110x9.5x1 can I use 2 pieces of marine plywood glued or resin and encapsulated in 9oz cloth and resin. And the bulk head I hate to tear it out it only has a very small amount of damage can I just add to it. Something interesting the center stringer at the bow end is attached to a bulkhead only and the bulkhead is not attached to anything and never was, no sign of it ever being glassed. I plan on encapsulating all the new wood, the glass the new stringer with 24 oz mat a single layer. That's what Wellcraft did with the bare wood.

 

[Fosters]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

looking nice, any progress with this one? I just got a V-17 myself and have started going through the restoration process

 

[paintdude96]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

hey man nice rig. i picked one of these up in march of this year 2011 and i started working on it in may. mine did not have any HULL number on it but i got it taken care of with the DNR. i am just about finished with it. now i do have like 2 soft spots in the foot but nothing big to worrie about right now. i powered it with am 1986 evinrude 60 hp runns real good. i have pick of mine on here just click on my name and u can see all the pics i have . o by the way i did not know what kinda rig i had until i seen ur been trying to find out what i had now i do know thanks and keep up the good work

 

[ImperialV184]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

Are you going to keep any of the stringers, some of them look OK. I am working on a imperial, trying to assess the stringer damage, i want to reuse what i can but don't want to take the easy way out and then regret it later. Looks real goo so far.

 

[paintdude96]

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here is mine i have been working on for the past couple months and seeing yours lets me know that i have a nice wellcraft i had no clue what i had good luck

 

[alligatorgars]

Re: 1975 Wellcraft V-17 Fisherman

Nice looking lines on that wellcraft. Is it self bailing? Are you going to raise the floor and add self bailing? New fuel cell in the floor? You gonna do the transom? Raise the transom and add a motor bracket? Coosa board the whole rig? Regel coat the top and bottom?