1989 Ski Nautique Rebuild

I have been following the site now for a couple years but never jumped on due to log in issue. I own an 88 BFN and a 89 SN. Rebuilt the BFN last year (floors, stringers, paint....) and now am working on an 89 that I picked up for $500 last year. Boat was complete less the engine. I have talk to a couple of the faithful memebers here like Greg who did the BFN last year as well as Eric about a transmission rebuild for the 89. One of those guys who never learns about building or rebuilding boats. This is my 7th so far. Grew up on the water and working in marinas in Palm Beach County FL so I guess I'll never get it out of the system. I love looking at Pics and reading stories so thought I should share here. I post on a site called bateau. I built one of there boats two years ago and they are A+ for knowledge and first class materials. Anyway you will see that I am not a purest but build them to fit how I like/use them. Here are some links to the two boats

89 Ski nautique rebuild==>http://forums.bateau2.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=18074
Here is a picture of the Ski Nautique

New fiber glass stingers for the SN

Mold that I made the stringers on



This is the Barefooter

Clean looking resto!

Very nice work, and yes more pics! Looks like a very user friendly set up. Let's hear a little more about that stringer mold and how you built it.

That boot stripe on the BFN looks *awesome*.

EDIT: I'll 3rd Greg's "Let's hear about the stringers!"

Good work Day_Trip hope you hang around with us.

Being epoxy resin better for bonding and strenght ..why didn´t you use epoxy over poly to do the stringers? just wondering?

Mark Mel wrote: What's that thing on the starboard side of the motorbox?

I looked at that a few times as well. Blended in so well, that, at first, I thought it was part of the boat. On closer inspection, it looks like a bottle of soap or cleaner. BKH

Glad you all like the stringers and i am happy to share anything.

The foam was there just to help hold the shape until they were glassed into the boat. I in th area of the engine (7') I used mahogany to act as a solid core. What I did then is mark the mounting hole locatation that go through the stringers and drilled them out to 1-1/2". Then I filled those holes back in with milled fiberglass and epoxy. That gives me a solid glass/epoxy media to drill my mounting bolts through. I will have access to the back side of the stringer in the engine mount area so I will through bolt only, no lags. This will eliminate the chance for rot.

The stringers are epoxied into the boat with am minumum of three additional plys of glass on the outer stringer and on the main (inners) there are as many as 8 layers in the engine or maximum stress areas.

More to come when I get home.

Jim

For making the shape the strength was not a big concern. Once it was glassed in the boat all I use is epoxy. The amount of glass I use once it is in the boat is strong enough in itself.

Polyester is much faster to mold with. Here is a bunch more pics in cse you didn't link over to the other site. Thanks for looking!

Looks sharp!!!

this is the way a boat should be built if you put originality aside, very practical and built to use, im one for originality to a point right along with Pete, on this one it was built to pull and a very clean build, to me it says one thing.....lets pull some skiers and use the boat.....if we scratch it we can fix it....i would bet your like me and dont know what a can of wax looks like...no pun, if its not broke you dont fix it.. A plus from me

Thanks

Guys,

I have posted some updated photos here ==>Link to Ski Nautique rebuild. If you are interested this is a link to all the boat photos in my gallary==>Photos from DAYTRIP

Looking good. Like the hatch idea.

Thanks Guys. The hatch will be great for anchor and rope storage.