Ethan's Tank
Member
- Jun 1, 2014
- 425
- Boat Info
- 2009 Searay sundancer 350DA with twin 496 seacores
2000 wellcraft 2600 martinique [old]
- Engines
- Mercruiser 350 5.7 EFI
So, I'm moving to a new marina, where I can keep my boat in year round [bubblers in the winter], only difference between my current marina and the new one is that once the boat gets on the travel lift / blocks, I can't do any work on it due to insurance purposes.
My boat is still on blocks now before I launch it and voyage over to the new marina, I am trying to get as much work done on it so I won't have to haul out for some time...[hopefully]
-Added an extra coat of bottom paint
-wash/wax/buff hull
Now on to mechanic stuff. I plan to change out the gear lube for the bravo3, after looking at the condition of the aluminum on the drive, I'm seriously considering to sand/clean/prep/primer/paint the outdrives. I've been researching the hell out of it and it seems like everyone is pulling the drive off the boat, gutting it and do the repairs in a shop. I am wondering if its possible to do the work with the drives still on the boat, if I pulled the props and taped all the openings. This is what it looks like today.
I was thinking to sand down [no sand blaster] the corrosive parts, use some jb weld to rebuild some of the pits, aluminiprep 33 to clean-etch, alodine as priming agent, then roll on TotalBoat antifouling outdrive paint...
Thoughts or experience with this?
My boat is still on blocks now before I launch it and voyage over to the new marina, I am trying to get as much work done on it so I won't have to haul out for some time...[hopefully]
-Added an extra coat of bottom paint
-wash/wax/buff hull
Now on to mechanic stuff. I plan to change out the gear lube for the bravo3, after looking at the condition of the aluminum on the drive, I'm seriously considering to sand/clean/prep/primer/paint the outdrives. I've been researching the hell out of it and it seems like everyone is pulling the drive off the boat, gutting it and do the repairs in a shop. I am wondering if its possible to do the work with the drives still on the boat, if I pulled the props and taped all the openings. This is what it looks like today.
I was thinking to sand down [no sand blaster] the corrosive parts, use some jb weld to rebuild some of the pits, aluminiprep 33 to clean-etch, alodine as priming agent, then roll on TotalBoat antifouling outdrive paint...
Thoughts or experience with this?