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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    Hey Everyone, I haven't updated this in awhile. Another summer in the books with the old Ray. Not too much done to it this year. I made coaming cushions and I decided to remove the second steering station because I don't need it with the auto pilot. As these projects so often go, now that...
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    It was only one factor in the equation, But my experience with the alpha 1 style outdrives is that they are old technology and in most cases not water tight. Mine got saltwater inside the bellows and seized up the gimbal bearing. Not being able to trim the drive out of the water is a problem...
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    Let's put it this way, I couldn't imagine not having hydraulic steering. It's the only way to go, you won't regret it !
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    No problem. That does sound similar. I think having the weight of the bracket distributed across the entire transom is really super important. I look at regularly, checking for signs of fatigue or anything out of the norm because my boat is 43 years old and not designed for a bracket. I don't...
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    That's correct, on this boat there are no stringers that run to the transom. Was I concerned about not being able to tie into them, absolutely! There are a lot of things I'd do differently given the chance, but how I mounted the engine bracket isn't one of them. I have about 10,000 miles on it...
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    Hey Sea Ray'ers, I thought I'd post an update on my old Remod Ray. I did the Key West trip with her this past winter. Almost 3000 miles round trip. That's the 3rd, and hopefullly last time she makes that trip because I bought another boat while down there to keep in Key West full time. (not...
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    Sorry, never saw this until now. No, I don't know the dimensions off hand.
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    1976 Sea Ray SRV 240 Project Boat

    Looking great ! You'll have one heck of a nice boat when you're done.
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    We took the old girl out ocean fishing off northern New Jersey on Black Friday. It was 8 degrees when I left the house and 15 degrees at the dock. The cabin was nice and warm though with a heater and the fishing was good !. This was her first trip out since the recent mods and all went well...
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    If I am understanding you correctly, I was not able to separate the bridge from the hardtop at the seam hidden behind the aluminum trim. I believe it was bonded somehow If I remember correctly. That was 8 years ago, so I don't remember clearly. I had to cut the bridge off, and I know that...
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    Here are some pics of the finished back deck. Would you guess it's a Sea Ray ? The seat to the left is for a generator or just storage. I have a portable A/C unit in the cuddy and need a gen to run it out on the water. I'm just planning on a Honda 2000 so I can just have it onboard when I...
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    Here is a video of outboard pulling a tube. I never went wot, the rope was short and I don't like to go too fast with the tube, but you'll get the idea.
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    76 Custom Sea Ray Restoration Almost Complete

    Thank you very much gentlemen, I truly appreciate the kind words. The old girl, as we affectionately have called our SR through the years is about done and going in the water this weekend. I'll get some pics of the deck and interior up soon. Someone had asked about the outboard specs in a...
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