What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?

[Reel Time]

My turn to blow money. Boats away getting new canopy and plastic glass windows, lexan up front. Bought 2 captain chair tempress seats and 4 new trailer tires. What RRSP fund?

 

[Squire]

My turn to blow money. Boats away getting new canopy and plastic glass windows, lexan up front. Bought 2 captain chair tempress seats and 4 new trailer tires. What RRSP fund?

Haha, I just talked to a guy yesterday about replacing my sloping back canvas and plastic side windows.
I got the boat un-tarped, washed and gear loaded this week for a weekend transfer to the marina.
Winter springs here I come!

 

[Brando]

It's over in my books. Fired her up today. A few upgrades over the winter: new prop, new isen glass, some new Bimini stitching, new fuel tank, and a 500 hour service. Cant wait to splash it this weekend.

You should run a bead of sikaflex around the areas he didn’t weld on your mounts this is where corrosion will start as moisture gets between those 2 pieces

 

[Bearded wonder]

Got it delivered to Nanaimo today, mounting is Wednesday. Taking off the faithful 2 stroke this weekend. No motor pics as I didn’t want it at the shop with no protect

 

[kaelc]

I’ve been going through my boat trying to tidy up a few things .
-New tires / bearings on trailer.
-New coat of bottom paint.
-Installed new usb chargers at the table inside.
-Cleaned up the teak cabinets .
- Used up some of the Amazon flooring that I had left over from Inside and installed in a few places.
- Replaced some rusty shackles on my anchor.
-Raised my engines up.





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Looking really good! I’m glad you kept her, I would have been pissed if someone else had bought it and I didn’t. Did you get tickets for the loggers derby?

 

[Thunder21]

Looking really good! I’m glad you kept her, I would have been pissed if someone else had bought it and I didn’t. Did you get tickets for the loggers derby?

Yeah I’m going to keep the old cruiser for now. Haven’t tracked any down yet.

 

[Stizzla]

Got the ol’ Gal back from Bottom Paint. Time to dunk it in the boat house this weekend!!!

 

[pescador]

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Got the ol’ Gal back from Bottom Paint. Time to dunk it in the boat house this weekend!!!

What paint did you use and why did you select it? Just curious to understand the process. There seems to be so many options

 

[Aquaholic]

What paint did you use and why did you select it? Just curious to understand the process. There seems to be so many options

Yes, please, I wonder if anyone is going silicone yet?

 

[Stizzla]

What paint did you use and why did you select it? Just curious to understand the process. There seems to be so many options

It was my first time getting bottom paint on this boat so I took it into the pros. Sherwood Marine…
They did a sandblast on the bottom, then they did four coats of epoxy followed by two coats of antifouling. Total cost was around $2k, which was well less than half the price of two other quotes I got.

 

[pescador]

It was my first time getting bottom paint on this boat so I took it into the pros. Sherwood Marine…
They did a sandblast on the bottom, then they did four coats of epoxy followed by two coats of antifouling. Total cost was around $2k, which was well less than half the price of two other quotes I got.

That seems really reasonable based on my limited research. Do you know what brand and type of paint? There so many.

 

[Stizzla]

That seems really reasonable based on my limited research. Do you know what brand and type of paint? There so many.

I do not know the brand and type they used.

 

[Sir Reel]

I’ve been using Interlux Micron CSC for 8 years with good results.
Had the bottom sanded, epoxied, and 2 coats CSC in spring 2023. Still looks good and no growth.
I might put another coat of CSC at haul out this spring but will see how it looks first.

 

[Bearded wonder]

Got it delivered to Nanaimo today, mounting is Wednesday. Taking off the faithful 2 stroke this weekend. No motor pics as I didn’t want it at the shop with no protect View attachment 114854

Old faithful Yamaha 115 sold and removed from boat.

 

[chris73]

Was this always a belly tank and you just got a new one, or was it a conversion? I've considered doing a conversion in my Arima, but not sure how to quite make it fit without some pretty invasive fibreglass work.

I don't think the Arimas are deep enough below the floor between the stringers to fit a reasonable tank. Unless you have the 22' Legend or you get rid of the fish box in the center.

 

[chille51]

I don't think the Arimas are deep enough below the floor between the stringers to fit a reasonable tank. Unless you have the 22' Legend or you get rid of the fish box in the center.

Yeah that is the standard move on an Arima. Cut out the fish box and replace it with a tank. Works if you put your tank connections on the end of the tank instead of the top but that's not legal by my read of the relevant regs. On my boat at least I figured I'd have to cut out the fish box and extend the tank to below the splashwell to get the clearance for fittings, which would take cutting a chunk of deck out. Way more cutting and alterations than I'm interested in, but by all accounts the belly tank does balance out the boat better.

 

[Rayvon]

Finally got my new tank in the Skipper. The old one wasn't leaking but it was 30 years old ,so not much life left in it.

 

[N2013]

Finally got my new tank in the Skipper. The old one wasn't leaking but it was 30 years old ,so not much life left in it.
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Is that green wire a bonding wire?

 

[MRWood]

Finally got my new tank in the Skipper. The old one wasn't leaking but it was 30 years old ,so not much life left in it.
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Nice. Looks very familiar . Did you go bigger than the 49 gallon?

 

[Rayvon]

Is that green wire a bonding wire?

Yes,connects to the filler for static electicity.

Nice. Looks very familiar . Did you go bigger than the 49 gallon?

No ,I didn't want to move the back blkd,to give me more room aft for batteries,fish tub,fuel filter etc.. The tank has 2 vent hoses front and back,so it never burps,fills fast,good idea from Seasport. All fittings are stainless and I used stainless lag bolts to hold it down.