73 Skier Restoration

That makes sense because in the picture below you can see where the battery box was moved and put under the passenger seat. Then under the carpet there was a SS metal plate bolted to the floor that covered up the front of the bilge. It was in the way of the seat mounts so they were simply not screwed into anything towards the pylon. Sighhhhhhhh! At least I know when I get finished there will not be anymore skeletons in her closet to discover. Well hopefully!

That guy only has 5 feet left and I am not sure that will be long enough to run from my manifolds to the copper pipes. Since I don;t have the engine here It is a difficult thing to measure.   That woulod be super sweet though to have stainless pipes instead of the black hose!

Anybody know off hand how long I need the exhaust hose lengths to be running from the manifolds to the coper pipes??

storm34 wrote: I can measure when I get home tonight.

Thanks! I am thinking it is just over 2 feet. Stainless hose would look good coming off the manifolds.

Nice!   Love that Blue!


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I have made a lot of progress since my last update. The ports are finished and the SB's are 2 and 4 inched in already. I wanted to clean up the burs from the biaxial and a few high spots here and there on the 4 inch tape so I got the grinder back out. Suited up even though I did not think I was going to need to and got busy. By the time I had finished grinding that there was enough dust in the boat that I was going to have to do a very thorough cleaning before I resumed glassing so I decided to hit the lip from the old floor and see how it went at least long enough to burn up that flap disc. Well before I knew it I had completely removed the lip. Now there is about 2 inches of dust in the boat, on my car, my neighbors car and I was glad for the miracle of tyvek. SO then I decided to remove the gelcoat above the lip so I can glass the new floor in. Got most of the way finished with one side and then mangled my finger with the grinder. Merely a flesh wound but I wont be playing my guitars any time soon. 24 grit flap discs remove skin really fast.

Yesterday I got back out there and removed the rest of the gelcoat I needed to and decided since the boat was already trashed, now would be a good time to address the rotten wood under the transom deck. Laying on my back fully suited up grinding and picking away at rotten wood was not a fun afternoon. I am about halfway through with that demo, but am realizing that by the time I finish this new can of worms I will have lost another week. It had to be done though so I do not regret getting into it. MAjor PITA and I am surprised more folks have not had the same problem with all those water entry possibilities. I had to do it to have no worries.

Biaxial is some cool stuff. It feels like granite when it cures.


10x10 Eazy Up was the best $100 I have spent yet. Allows me to glass in daylight.


The mess under the transom deck. All torn up.

Here is the work I did up under the deck. The letters are just for reference because it is hard to visualize what this is.
A. This is the line where the back seat cushion snaps screw in. This strip was in bad shape all the way across.
B. Bilge vent
C. Sight window
D. Lift Ring


This is above


This is why I did it.

looks good!! Bet your ready to get on the water!

My floor is all cut and I am trying to finalize the battery box, air supplies, and conduit. My air supply consists of 2- 2.5 inch hoses and I cant find anything in 2.5" other than really thick walled electrical conduit. I have seen posts about this subject and cant find them. Please Help!

Thanks Tim. One more trip to a different Home Depot yielded my precious pipes.

I have done a lot so here are some new pics.

I had to repaint the stripe before putting the platform back on so here Brian is lining it out.


Painted


Pulling the tape


Before


After


Floor is cut






Still have to make the bulkhead and battery box. I am rethinking my battery box situation. There is so little clearance I am not sure how I can put a drain in the battery box.

Thanks for the help guys. For the sake of getting her done, I went ahead and bought the thick walled stuff. Not what I wanted but I can't wait weeks for an online delivery if I am going to ever see the water.

One the problems I am working around right now is that I bought the cold weather CPES back in February for my stringers. This morning it was already 80 at 8am- too high for the cold weather formula. So I have been keeping the CPES in the fridge and apply it first thing in the morning. Seems to work well. WHat I found using the cold weather at higher temps is that the solvents evaporate quickly and leave a sticky finish. Keeping the stuff cold has eliminated that problem. It still has time to soak in before it evaporates.

SNobsessed wrote: Keegan - You are going to have great boat when you are finished. Keep up the pace - you are on 3rd heading for home plate. Where did you find true red carpet? I haven't found it on any of the marine carpet websites. Most of them have maroon but not red.

Thanks! I am really excited at this point. There is light at the end of the tunnel!

I ordered my red carpet from Home Depot's website. It is an online exclusive item so don't bother asking at the store- they cant even order it for you. It was $145 delivered for a 6x20 foot roll. Here is the LINK

Looking good Keegan! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Keegan, your flooring job looks very familiar to me. That is pretty much exactly how I did mine on my 78 martinique. Except I glassed all my plywood, it looks like are going to CPES it right?

It's a lot of work, but you will be on the water very soon now.

Tom

Hey, it's more original with polyester resin than epoxy.
It appears that CCF was not around in 2002 when I redid my boat, or I would have used epoxy.

That epoxy (US composites)was simple to use when making my 200g in wall saltwater reef tank last spring. Way easier than using polyester resin.

Maybe, but unless you are in the biz, you would never know of that.

8 years later and it's 100% solid still.

I'm taking the martinique out tomorrow. I need some pics of the interior on my digi cam.