ChuckW
Active Member
- Mar 6, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 2007 RoadKing Tri-Axle Trailer towed by a 2013 Yukon XL K2500
- Engines
- 496 MAG Bravo III
Last summer my son bought his first boat, a 1986 Boston Whaler 11 Super Sport. It has a 1985 20hp Evinrude outboard with power tilt and tele-flex steering.
Our winter project, is a father / son project, to restore this classic. Spring will come soon, we have our work cut out for us. I will chronical our project here for those interested. Plus I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions to boot.
So here is the boat, before we started.
Enjoying it on the water....
Brought inside to begin work. Engine, steering and electrical are all removed.
Rails and woodwoork are removed.
The woodwork will need a lot of work... a few pieces will have to be replaced. We'll see how the others clean up for refinishing. Worst case I have source online for a an entire new set of wood all cut, finished and ready to install. But don't want to cut corners and dump money at it. Rather do it the old fashion way, sweat equity.
We'll start on the bottom side....
There's evidence of prior damage and repair. We'll inspect this....
It cleaned up well with an acetone rub down. All stickers removed. We already have new OEM rub rails, new OEM Boston Whaler decals, and new registration numbers on hand. We'll be ordering up the gel-coat, resins and other materials.
Let the sanding and refinishing begin!!! :smt038:smt038:smt038:smt089:smt089:smt089
Our winter project, is a father / son project, to restore this classic. Spring will come soon, we have our work cut out for us. I will chronical our project here for those interested. Plus I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions to boot.
So here is the boat, before we started.
Enjoying it on the water....
Brought inside to begin work. Engine, steering and electrical are all removed.
Rails and woodwoork are removed.
The woodwork will need a lot of work... a few pieces will have to be replaced. We'll see how the others clean up for refinishing. Worst case I have source online for a an entire new set of wood all cut, finished and ready to install. But don't want to cut corners and dump money at it. Rather do it the old fashion way, sweat equity.
We'll start on the bottom side....
There's evidence of prior damage and repair. We'll inspect this....
It cleaned up well with an acetone rub down. All stickers removed. We already have new OEM rub rails, new OEM Boston Whaler decals, and new registration numbers on hand. We'll be ordering up the gel-coat, resins and other materials.
Let the sanding and refinishing begin!!! :smt038:smt038:smt038:smt089:smt089:smt089