What have I been up to on my '89 2001

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Well it has been quite a while since I posted on here about my '89 SN 2001.So what have I been up to lately...?

First of all I did some stringer repair. Yes, repair versus complete stringer job. Tim Benjamin advised me last year not to do this one month before beginning of the season, but I totally ignored his advise 
So last march, as I got the boat out of winter storage, I wanted to investigate the weak floor between the co-pilot seat and the skipole.
After research and calls, I knew it had to do with the wood planks in this part of the floor. I thought to myself: "what the heck, lets check this out, even if it is one month before the season, ignoring TRBenj's advise" 
So my buddy and I took the plunge saw and very VERY carefully cut into the layer of fiberglass to investigate. As we peeled off the section of fiberglass, we did indeed find the rotten planks beneath it.

Call me the lucky idiot, but beneath this, I found bone dry foam and the stringers only affected for the top 1 cm (less than half an inch) on the length of that rotten plank. Stringers were still rock solid. And yes I did investigate all the way through the whole boat with the very scientific Tim Morfoot tapping method (great YouTube video BTW Foot   ). Even the bluckhead was still solid (minor damage on top made by the plunge saw). Oh FYI, I do not have one single soft spot anywhere on the floor...

So I spent the next few days soaking the stringers with very thin epoxy (CPES?) and fixing that top 1cm on the small part affected.
I know, redneck repair. Yes, I am a redneck that way. I always avoid extending repairs more than needed ("If it ain't broken, leave it as is" is my creed). It is how I maintained my BMW for the past 15 years and it is still running like a champ with 475.000 KM (295.000 miles) on the clock.
I did spend quite some time researching about products and materials for this. Called and visited specialist companies over here for it.

Next I poured some epoxy foam. This stuff I got from one of those specialist companies is awesome. When cured, this foam is hard as concrete, yet weighs next to nothing. Even hit some spots with a rubber hammer (hard!). No dent whatsoever. 
After that cutting away bulk excess with a multitool and sanding untill it was a nice and even surface.

Poured expoxy over the whole area to seal everything. Then three layers of fiberglass mat and epoxy.
After that cutting some marine plywood to size.

Then I covered this ply with three layers of fiberglass mat

Mixed some thickened epoxy and "glued" the board in place, making sure the epoxy oozed out everywhere to make sure the whole thing is sealed. Next sanding and flattening everything out.

Next, glued the carpet back in place and fitted the interior back in.

I know it is just a repair, but I am convinced she will hold with no issues for the coming decades... She sure feels rock solid again.

Mid season, while driving the boat to my waterski club, she died on me. Had to be towed back to the marina and trailered her home to investigate. We found out the ditributor was the culprit. Shaft broke clean in half. Checked in the engine if there were problems with the cogs, but all was fine. Ordered a new electronic distributor and she ran fine again for the rest of the season.

The past few weeks, I repaired and refurbished the tower speaker box I made back in 2013. 
My favourite part about this was the sanding and fairing and sanding again and fairing again and... NOT!
But it looks the part again. Ready for next season.

What have I been up to on my '89 2001

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