SS MAYFLOAT
Admiral
- Joined
- May 17, 2001
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Sorry no pics,,,,,,,camera ingested too much beer. Waiting for it to dry out but I think it is a gonner.
So far I have all the glassing done, My water storage tubes/tanks and plumbing to the galley/head is in. According to the calculations, it was figured that 60' of 4"PVC would equal 40 gallons. Don't know what happened, but was able to pump out 47? The boat is now sitting back on the trailer and off the jack stands.
Tonight if it doesn't rain, I'll start on putting in the shore power lines. Then hopefully before the weekend I'll have the 12 volt wiring back in and hooked up. Then I'll use this coming weekend to install the drive/engine assembly. Air condition will have to wait for late fall or early spring.
All that will be left is putting in the carpet/seating/cabinets and it will be done (for the time being) Just maybe the old Mayfloat will be back in the water again. I sure didn't expect to spend half my summer working on it instead of playing on it.
One thing is for sure, the hull is so much stronger than before. When jacking it up to level and get it up off the trailer, it flex'd and twisted. Now with the bow on its stand, I can jack up one rear corner of the boat and the opposite side will lift off the jack stand along with it. So that makes me happy that it is very stout now.
Thanks for the help and encouragement to help me get this project moved along. I'll get some pics once everything is done.
So far I have all the glassing done, My water storage tubes/tanks and plumbing to the galley/head is in. According to the calculations, it was figured that 60' of 4"PVC would equal 40 gallons. Don't know what happened, but was able to pump out 47? The boat is now sitting back on the trailer and off the jack stands.
Tonight if it doesn't rain, I'll start on putting in the shore power lines. Then hopefully before the weekend I'll have the 12 volt wiring back in and hooked up. Then I'll use this coming weekend to install the drive/engine assembly. Air condition will have to wait for late fall or early spring.
All that will be left is putting in the carpet/seating/cabinets and it will be done (for the time being) Just maybe the old Mayfloat will be back in the water again. I sure didn't expect to spend half my summer working on it instead of playing on it.
One thing is for sure, the hull is so much stronger than before. When jacking it up to level and get it up off the trailer, it flex'd and twisted. Now with the bow on its stand, I can jack up one rear corner of the boat and the opposite side will lift off the jack stand along with it. So that makes me happy that it is very stout now.
Thanks for the help and encouragement to help me get this project moved along. I'll get some pics once everything is done.
(JK!)