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dead out of the water
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:46 am
by trojanmanXS
well its happened. since I'm in ny along the Canadian border its the off season here , Ive made alot of progress since I bought my boat in late summer but have run into a major problem here. Ive removed EVERYTHING that I could from the boat and brought it either down cellar to rebuild or fix up "which the wife likes" or Ive parked it in the living room to stain and poly "which she HATES!!!" but Ive run out of parts to work on. It looks like I'm on a hold pattern until the weather breaks . now as Ive become obsessed with this project its been hard to not have something to do on it so to all of you that are in better areas that allow you in your boat start telling me stories / updates and mod's your presently working on!!!!!! I think I now know what a crack head goes through when his dealers are in jail . anyone doing anything to their boats lately????
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:04 am
by aaronbocknek
right now not much. but, she's in the water at parkside marina, ice eaters underneath, but, thank the maker we have not had to use them. temps have been not too bad, a few days of 30f degree (-1.1c) weather , but, for the most part, they have been hovering around the 50f (10c) degree mark and have even hit the low to mid 60's. (15.5c) so, i pop on down to the boat.... it's only 10 miles (16.09km) away, if it's chilly i warm the cabin up w/ a marine heater, sack out on the salon sofa and watch some sci fi. its my great escape!!
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:09 am
by jefflaw35
this saturday the wife and i are gutting the cabin, i mean everything to replace the floor and joices if needed, we will be storing in shed, garage and game room to stard sanding wood, looks like this bathroom is an easy disassemble, ill find out. i have the new wiring format all designed so rewireing the cabin for tvs, lights etc should be easy, im also installing a tow eyelet while its gutted. sunday i hope to start building the scaffling to remove my motor, should be a large project
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:26 am
by vabeach1234
Jeff,
Sounds like fun.
Check out his beauty on ebay for some inspiration.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/?cmd=Vie ... MEWAX%3AIT
Re: dead out of the water
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:35 am
by Commissionpoint
trojanmanXS wrote:well its happened. since I'm in ny along the Canadian border its the off season here , Ive made alot of progress since I bought my boat in late summer but have run into a major problem here. Ive removed EVERYTHING that I could from the boat and brought it either down cellar to rebuild or fix up "which the wife likes" or Ive parked it in the living room to stain and poly "which she HATES!!!" but Ive run out of parts to work on. It looks like I'm on a hold pattern until the weather breaks . now as Ive become obsessed with this project its been hard to not have something to do on it so to all of you that are in better areas that allow you in your boat start telling me stories / updates and mod's your presently working on!!!!!! I think I now know what a crack head goes through when his dealers are in jail . anyone doing anything to their boats lately????
I don't live far from you, and I too am playing the waiting game. Nancy is over near Burlington/St Albans, VT, and shes doing the same along with us. Seems we have a glut of impatient boaters in our little corner of the world.
Hang in there, it won't be long!
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:36 am
by Stripermann2
Very clean looking...
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:36 am
by jefflaw35
holy frank!!! he stole all my ideas, thats a great looking ride, almost exactly what we are designing, although black wood trim inside and green neon lights!!!! i like that!!! thanks for showing it
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:37 am
by jefflaw35
i still dont like where everyone puts there batteries tho, seems tight and i need 4 or 5 anyway, im building a battery box below deck
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:03 am
by aaronbocknek
jefflaw35 wrote: holy frank!!! he stole all my ideas, thats a great looking ride, almost exactly what we are designing, although black wood trim inside and green neon lights!!!! i like that!!! thanks for showing it
WOW... THAT IS FRAKIN HOT LOOKING!!! there you go jeff, something to aspire to when all is said and done. these boats can be give new life with some imagination and patience. oh, and $$ does help too!! but wow do i like that boat.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:49 am
by trojanmanXS
jeff if you find yourself in need of pieces "wood trim work" needing to be done get ahold of me , my retired buddy does outstanding work and is "CHEAP!!!" he matched every piece of teak on my boat with cherry..I did see that ebay boat up before must not have sold, yeah I stole the led light idea from him too, Wife got me a 24ft to go around the cockpit and another 8ft to be placed somewhere unknown at the moment.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:50 am
by trojanmanXS
maybe put that 8ft light strip on the other driving area the{ upstairs)
sorry I couldnt resist
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:41 pm
by jefflaw35
that sounds good
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:28 pm
by prowlersfish
Jeff why are you going to need 4 or 5 batterys ? I just Got to ask as you must be planing something BIG
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:36 pm
by Allen Sr
prowlersfish wrote:Jeff why are you going to need 4 or 5 batterys ? I just Got to ask as you must be planing something BIG
Inverter for a/c for tv's or such?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:39 pm
by prowlersfish
Allen Sr wrote:prowlersfish wrote:Jeff why are you going to need 4 or 5 batterys ? I just Got to ask as you must be planing something BIG
Inverter for a/c for tv's or such?
maybe just wondering