1992 - 370DB major project

very nice work... Precision of a dentist...
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Raves from Simon!

I don't know if I'm more in awe of the job or your ability to keep the cost less than, say, $50K!! WHITE BILGE!!! I LOVE IT!!

If you get a chance, could you expound on the other $56K spent on her?

Truly a labor of love.
 
The thought has occurred to me. Mine would be a re-power though! Hell, I'd like to pull the engines just to get to paint the bilge!
 
rondds said:
The thought has occurred to me. Mine would be a re-power though! Hell, I'd like to pull the engines just to get to paint the bilge!
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It would also be an opportunity to rid yourself of those gate valves.
 
nah, I'd just shine them up and put them back in.
 
Thanks guys. Your feedback means a great deal to me.

Ron, My final count puts this project at just around $15k. The savings were to be had by scouring the internet for deals on parts for over a year and by doing the vast majority of the grunt work under the hatches myself.

As for the past projects... this will take awhile and I'm sure to miss quite a few...

All of the following are new:

Starboard engine rebuild
Installed 9Kw Kholer genset - Kohler w/sound box
free fall rope/chain Windlass
35 lb. Fast set Delta anchor
250' anchor rode
Nav lights - all
led lighting - cockpit & bridge
extended swim platform 14"
3 step undermount ladder
new shafts
new props
new cutlass bearings
new chartplotter
New radar
New digital sounder
New xm wether/radio
laser cut dash panels
all new gauges
all new switches
new fishing rod holders
new deck fills and plates
new central vac
new A/C pump
Added redundant bilge pumps & alarms
Added 100 gal. bladder for extended cruising - actually offshore fishing ;-)
replaced all wiring throughout except OEM wire harness
new canvas and Strata-Glass
new Avon 310 double hull RIB
new Yamaha 15HP electric start outboard
Limo tint on salon windows - installed by others
Fifertex 90% wrap for salon windows
new horizontal blinds in salon
new portlights throughout
new 10k BTU AC in forward cabin
new H20 heater
new pressure pump
rebuilt vacu-flush system
new Sears DieHard Platinum Marine batteries - group 31 batteries (x4)
New ceiling, valances & blinds in salon
All fixed and moveable furniture re-upholstered
New carpet throughout - with pad ;-)
New Amtico - Teak and holly sole in galley and master
New shower sump
New tools - ;-)
New throwables, life jackets & other safety gear
New carpet for cockpit, swim platform and bridge
new remote searchlight
new VHF w/DSC
10 square ft. of rot repaired on foredeck (at windlass) - yuck!
Custom davit and windlass to haul the dink to a chock on the bow
Hurley davit for swim platform
New LCD televisions
Two new stereos - one with DVD player connected to chartplotter
New VHF antenna
New FM Antenna
New Quad band cell antenna - still needs amp
New digital marine tv antenna
new docking lights
new linens and bedding
new dishes/flatwear
new sound/heat shielding on engine hatches

This boat has a solid glass hull. The only coring on the entire boat is found on the foredeck and cockpit sole.

I'm sure there's a ton I'm missing.

Future projects:

Wi-Fi range extended
Engine room camera
back-up VHF
back-up chartplotter

Before (best shot I have)
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After
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I will be putting up a website detailing this entire journey with before and after shots for each major project noted above.
 
I'm sorry, no way did all that only cost $15k. Are you man whoring on the side?
 
Not that entire list - Just the current project I am on (engines and bilge) is coming in around 15k! I wish I could have done all that list for just $15k, but I would be in prison! The total since I started is around $80k. Things are getting less expensive as I learn where I'm getting ripped off and what I can do myself.
 
$80K??? holy poo stick. you are either one OCD guy or you got that boat for "free".
 
Mike, yes and nearly yes!

Even at this expense, I'm well under half for a new bubble gum/tennis shoe looking boat with a cored hull. She should last me many many years now that she is being cared for properly.

I have thought of selling her and doing it again. It "feeds the beast" having projects like this.
 
The 3" standpipe for the crane is in a forward locker in the master. Attaches to the forward most starboard stringer.
 
well it looks GREAT. now post some pics of all the other stuff you've done.
 
Thanks mike, let me get her home and I will have some time to gather my other shots. I just organized all my "before" shots this morning. I have to get it back together 100% and back to her slip for the remainder of the "after" shots.
 
I think an appropriate adjective is "Outstanding". I even think Frank W. would give you an A++ on this project.

Seriously Skeet...I think you should get some ink in Sea Ray Living for this one.:thumbsup:

Instead of "Feeding the Beast" I'm inclined to refer to this as "sharpening the saw...like a razor"

John F.
 
Skeet.....I have been following your project on 'another' site.....It is some "outstanding" workmanship and most of all relentless "dedication"....Very nice job...!!!!
 
Even at this expense, I'm well under half for a new bubble gum/tennis shoe looking boat with a cored hull
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My sentiments exactly. This would be my argument for a full re-do of these Clinton (and pre-clinton) Era SRs, although many here would disagree. For me the issue would be the re-power, which, alone, would likely cost what your overall expenditures are to this point.

BTW, love the new color scheme. Amazing what ridding a boat of multiple stripes andteal or mauve does for its perceived age!

I can cetainly wait fo the website, but I'm very interested to see what interior decorum changes you've made. If I recall, these boats are fraught with white formica. Geriksen is famous for his interior gutting jobs. Have you done anything in that department, besides the soft goods? One other question - do your forward salon windows leak if you remove the sunscreen?
 
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