73 Skier Restoration

Let's see, forgetting to put the plug in the boat and sinking in 12 foot of water?-- or Wedding band flying off in 12 feet of water!?


     Bye!Bye! RING!   

Keegan - Looks awesome, who cares what these guys think anyway!!

It's what you like that counts.

i think that looks great, Keegan. Cool little personal touch. I like it a lot.
I got an extra logo from BJ when I ordered my Mrs. Wakeslayer's shifter. I put it under the sight glass for the gas tank to cover the hole.

Keeganino wrote: I know some people are not going to like what I did but I love it.

Is that where my starboard emblem went?

Going to have to find me one of those, every time someone pulls up to my starboard side they ask if it's a Chris Craft. Guess that's not really a bad thing.

Keeganino wrote: Vondy I was trying to sell or trade the emblem but got this idea and decided to run with it. I got it cheap from the metal plater I used on my tailpipes and lift rings.

There's two on ebay right now. Already up to $152 and 2 days left.

I'm still not sure what happened to mine. Either it fell off to the bottom of the lake or it was stolen.

We had a great 3 days on the water. Here are some final pics.











And that pretty much wraps up this thread! A million thanks to the Correct Craft Fan community for all of the support, knowledge and friendship.

That does look nice.

"rectcra", hell, it Killed him! LOL

I put a few hours on my 78 this weekend too. Good times in a quality boat, especially one that's been redone by yourself. Priceless.

Oh no!

horkn wrote: Houston, we have tubers! LOL

It was so rough out there that was all you were going to ride that particular afternoon. We'll get them all grown up eventually. Lets face it the kids love it, but you wont catch me on it.

I think he should do a bow stripe! Not sure what years they did them, I think reid's got a few with them.

I say we need more Cow bell! I mean red stripe!

Scott - If you go to Orlando, check out the CC factory. It is a great tour. You probably will meet Ralph too - he is cool.

As winter approaches I have several projects in mind that I never got around to because I was ready to ride. The first one is to fix up my windshield. I wanted to clean underneath it and also buff the dash while it is out of the way. It was also vibrating and needed to be tightened up. I have some questions I hope you guys can help with.

First we have the end fasteners. These do not look original to me. The first clue is that the L bracket is stainless, but the lag that screws into the deck is not. Secondly notice the notch that appears to be hand cut into the rubber gasket at the bottom. WHat should this look like?
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Second look here of the bracket. Are the eye hooks available anywhere? Mine are pretty rusted below deck.


This is the big obstacle, and I need advise here. We were nearly run completely run over by a pontoon boat 3 years ago on the 4th at Badin Lake during the fireworks. The skylon bow strap literally saved our lives, but this occurred along with some gel damage. Is it repairable? I am most worried about the rivets that hold the glasstic to the frame.


A closer look at the cutout in the gasket and one of the rivets. The rivets do not go through the front of the frame. Any ideas?

Those are pop rivets. You typically drill them out using a bit sized the same size as the outer diameter of the rivet shank. I usually start small and drill increasing size until I get the one the drills out the whole thing.

The rivet gun looks like this;

pop rivet gun

pop rivets;

pop rivets

The gun pulls the head of the thing that looks like a finishing nail through the shank mushrooming it on the backside of your workpiece holding everything together. When it's mushroomed as much as it can, the nail part of the rivet will pop off, hence the name.

Oh it's fun drilling them out because they usually start spinning with the drill.