Re: Converting Runabout into C/C
CastawayRay,<br /><br />Thanks for the compliments! The gelcoat was crazed very badly. I spent a lot of time sanding and then I sprayed automotive filling primer and sanded some more. I then sprayed 3 coats polyurethane top coat with wet sanding in between. After using the boat all summer I wish I would NOT have spent so much time making the paint nice because I just cringe when I bump into something! Unfortunately all the pictures I have are posted. I was in such a hurry to tear into the project that I forgot to take more!<br /><br />maballance<br />Funny you should ask, I asked the same question to this forum about a year ago! The best response I got was "if it looks right, it probablly is!" That was pretty good advice. But I took it one step further. The very first thing I did was to build the console out of bare plywood and rigged the boat and took it for a test ride. I left the console loose in the boat and moved it fore and aft and did some hole shots and top speed runs to find the best place. I'm glad I took the extra step because I decided that the console was too tall and I was able to shorten it with out ruining the paint and such! Good luck with the project. <br /><br />AJY
