What's on my agenda from now till next season...

Thanks Kristoph.

That's the encouragement I was looking for to try a DA sander.

On my last boat I did it all by hand starting with 320 grit. Needless to say I'm lOoking for anything to speed up the process and save my arms a little

Kristof, I have really enjoyed this post,and proves like most of the posts on here you can teach an old dog new tricks, thanks for taking the time to post

Roger.

Marty and Roger,

Thanks for the kind words .

what happened to the "Bassmasters" decal and rod holders?

or was that assmasters? i think i wouldve for ***************s, if i lived near you, pulled the "M" off in the middle of the night

Time to revive this thread...

Season is almost over and plans are made for the winter.

First: how well I try to keep the red on the boat shiny, it starts to fade again. Buffed and polished her last winter. And every time I get her out on the water to clean off the brown smudge on the hull bottom, I give her a good coat of wax... But alas, no deal, she keeps fading.
So, this year we have a solution: the red will be wrapped! No more fading. We have two great companies that are specialised in boat wrapping. The boat will look exactly the same as she does now. The decals I have will be incorporated in the wrap. And I get a five year warranty against fading .
Oh, and as far as original goes: it's completely reverseable. Take off the wrap and put back the original decals
Another plus is, that the gelcoat underneath the wrap is protected from fading even more...

Second: my custom made speaker pod (see two pages back) has started to crack. Cause: wrong wood and a few shortcuts that have come to bite me in the butt
So this winter version 2.0 is in the make. This time I'll use the right wood for the frame that will be CPES'd, I'll use epoxy resin instead of polyester resin and finally, better clamps to attach it to the tower.
Needless to say, the speakers will be upgraded too, little bigger and little louder hehehe...

A few teasers on this project:

My list of things to do:

Replace broken Tach
Install depth finder
Finish re-wiring boat
Strip Poly-Glow and wet sand/buff
repair cracks in gel coat
replace bilge float switch
replace Protec ignition with DUI

I think that's it.

JPASS wrote: My list of things to do: Replace broken Tach Install depth finder Finish re-wiring boat Strip Poly-Glow and wet sand/buff repair cracks in gel coat replace bilge float switch replace Protec ignition with DUI I think that's it.

You forgot one--- attend SJRR 14,it's almost in your backyard

Gary S wrote: You forgot one--- attend SJRR 14,it's almost in your backyard

Definitely, but that's not until March right?

Some more work done on the tower peaker pod:

CPES'd all the wood yesterday and put the frame together today. Test fitted the speakers.
I'm gonna put a threaded rod through the wholes in the brackets and secure it with bolts. It will be quite strong enough to withstand some beating on the wakes
Ready for the fleece and epoxy









The speaker pod is 35,83 inches (91 cm) wide, 6,3 inches (16cm) deep and 7,87 inches (20 cm) high

Doctor up my gel.
Cut and buff entire boat.
Sand blast trailer
Send trailer out to be powder coated white ( trailer currently spray bomb black)
New bunks and carpet.
New guide poles. ( already have them made from the cnc bender)
Find and I stall correct rubber to slip over guide poles.
Make new crash pads cover with new carpet.
Refurbish springs and bearings.
Also pondering fold away tongue and two piece platform brackets.
Powder coat original wheels white.

MartyMabe wrote: forvicjr wrote: Find and I stall correct rubber to slip over guide poles. Others will chime in- but personally I would not put the rubber hose back over the guide poles. Put a capped pvc pipe over the poles- and then some foam with covers on that. The cap allows the pvc pipe to float up when you back down the ramp.

Marty, that would be nice, but the hard PVC wouldnt be long enough to be useful on the older style guide posts with the additional bends. The upper section is only about a foot long. I agree that a soft walled material is the way to go. Im going to add some flex PVC over our BFN guides this winter, which is what I believe CC was putting on the trailers in the 80's.

Now that the second coat of epoxy has dried... I kinda like the texture it has right now. I managed to apply the coats of epoxy thin enough and rolled them out to an even coat.
The texture of the cloth comes through and looks great in my eyes.
So I decided to sand it and coat it with satin black to keep that texture.
Then put some red accent striping on it and have a friend make custom red "Ski Nautique" decals for it...

Some more work done on the speaker pod.
Sanded down the epoxy filler and put on a few coats of spray putty.
Then sanded down to a smooth surface.








When it was sanded smooth and ready for the first coat of primer, I drilled the holes for the LED lights and for the bass reflex tube... And disaster happenend
The hole saw went too deep and cracked the other side open...




But, out came the epoxy and some mat... The hole is closed again.
Now some epoxy filler and some more sanding and it will be forgotten soon enough




Oh, and since I had some resin left, I coated the inside of the holes for the LED's, where the wood was exposed... No half measures

Like I posted in my other topic (She's back out in the open), program for the coming period:

- remove exhaust manifolds, valve covers, intake mainfold and heads
- put new gaskets in between all the mentionned above
- install two new breakers in the dash
- install LED underwater lights under the swim platform
- after that, hang my finished tower speaker enclosure in the tower:





So, what are ya'll planning on your boats?