Restoring 61 compact skier
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Printed Date: November-15-2024 at 12:38pm
Topic: Restoring 61 compact skier
Posted By: Thomasn
Subject: Restoring 61 compact skier
Date Posted: April-15-2019 at 5:15am
My son and I are restoring a 61 compact skier. When we took up the floor boards it became apparent that at one time there was fire damage to the surfaces of the stringers and the battery box. No real structural damage but but ugly. I will sand and paint, but my real question here is we found a very large bilge blower mounted up underneath the bow, air supply by a scoop located on top of the bow just ahead of the windshield.. Now, could this blower be stock, it looks large enough to be used on a residentual home and 6 in sq. metal duct facing the engine compartment?
From my knowledge of inboard boats the bilge blower should be an exhaust, not intake. Looks like if it was on, it would be an air intake to supply in a fire situation. It aint going back in, I bought a new blower and figure to mount it next to the fuel tank.
I would sure like to know what really happened to this boat, as we also found a repair on the bottom with a very well aplied patch. Somebody had a very scary situation at one time..
It would sure be interesting to find out what really happened. I can only guess??
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: April-15-2019 at 6:44am
Tom,
The blower under the bow is not original. In fact, none were back then.
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Posted By: Thomasn
Date Posted: April-15-2019 at 1:51pm
Thank you, I was pretty much sure of it not being original and your confermation is appreciated.
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