bluewavecaptain
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2013
- Messages
- 31
Well...I've put it off long enough. It's time to give my old girl some new life. I've posted a few pics of my boat here. The link to the full album is below. So here's the story. This boat belonged to my grandfather, so please don't tell me to scrap her or sell her. She's family. 
Anyways, she hasn't been in the water for over 10 years. Unfortunately, for a long time, my finances didn't allow me to invest any serious money. When I got the boat, I started the motor and it ran great. That was 7 years ago. Since then she has sat (let the tongue lashings begin). Unfortunately, last year a raccoon got inside and did some damage and managed to crap all over the boat (seen in the pics). I pulled the outdrive a few years ago to restore it. There was no water in the oil, but oil had leaked into the the gear bellow. The prop had a crack in it on one of the blades. I have the outdrive in my garage awaiting a rebuild.
So here's the plan. FIRST, it will get a thorough CLEANING! I will be using bleach too. Stupid raccoons... The hull is solid. I went over the hull with a large wrench (thank you, Friscoboater) and everything is solid. No hollow spots. The stringers are solid and there's no signs of delamination. The bulkheads are solid....but they are bare wood, along with the engine mounts. They are covered in gelcoat though. I will address those at some point. The cabin is another story. All the wood framing underneath the fiberglass cabin shell is rotting or rotten. The plan is to remove the components of the flybridge, lift the cabin roof, and rebuild all the structure for the cabin. Of course, thanks to Friscoboater's videos, I'll be using resin soaked marine grade plywood, fiberglass, and PB to rebuild the cabin structure. The other plan this year is to pull the engine and go through it. I'm thinking the gaskets in the exhaust risers are bad. There was never water in the oil when the engine ran. However, if you let the engine sit for a couple days there would be a "layer" of water in the oil. My thought is that water is seeping back in through the exhaust valves when the engine isn't running. When the engine is ran, the water disappears. No grey oil. The oil is black as night. Any other thoughts? Oh, and I have to drain the gas tank. I don't think she'll run on 10 year old gas. The dang thing is full too...
Sorry for the rant. Just thought I'd bring everyone up to speed on my restoration plans.
Anyways, she hasn't been in the water for over 10 years. Unfortunately, for a long time, my finances didn't allow me to invest any serious money. When I got the boat, I started the motor and it ran great. That was 7 years ago. Since then she has sat (let the tongue lashings begin). Unfortunately, last year a raccoon got inside and did some damage and managed to crap all over the boat (seen in the pics). I pulled the outdrive a few years ago to restore it. There was no water in the oil, but oil had leaked into the the gear bellow. The prop had a crack in it on one of the blades. I have the outdrive in my garage awaiting a rebuild.So here's the plan. FIRST, it will get a thorough CLEANING! I will be using bleach too. Stupid raccoons... The hull is solid. I went over the hull with a large wrench (thank you, Friscoboater) and everything is solid. No hollow spots. The stringers are solid and there's no signs of delamination. The bulkheads are solid....but they are bare wood, along with the engine mounts. They are covered in gelcoat though. I will address those at some point. The cabin is another story. All the wood framing underneath the fiberglass cabin shell is rotting or rotten. The plan is to remove the components of the flybridge, lift the cabin roof, and rebuild all the structure for the cabin. Of course, thanks to Friscoboater's videos, I'll be using resin soaked marine grade plywood, fiberglass, and PB to rebuild the cabin structure. The other plan this year is to pull the engine and go through it. I'm thinking the gaskets in the exhaust risers are bad. There was never water in the oil when the engine ran. However, if you let the engine sit for a couple days there would be a "layer" of water in the oil. My thought is that water is seeping back in through the exhaust valves when the engine isn't running. When the engine is ran, the water disappears. No grey oil. The oil is black as night. Any other thoughts? Oh, and I have to drain the gas tank. I don't think she'll run on 10 year old gas. The dang thing is full too...
Sorry for the rant. Just thought I'd bring everyone up to speed on my restoration plans.
