The Game Plan

Here's my game plan...

1. Spend the remainder of the summer scraping and sanding (probably a good chunk of autumn as well.
2. Paint the hull before it gets too cold out.
3. Spend the winter working on mechanicals (steering, motor controls, electrical), as I am changing the steering back to standard placement. Clean, buff and shine all of the chrome.
4. Winter/Spring finish up the seats, make cushions, and put all of the chrome pieces back on.

Here are a few more pictures of the boat at the time I bought it.

The transom obviously needs to be refinished and repaired where some of the seams separated due to dryness and age. The boat has been out of the water, in storage since 2000. So there is definitely some wood shrinkage that will hopefully be remedied when we do a "soak-up" next year. The engine turned over and has compression, but I haven't been able to run it yet.


Here's the center console that I am not too fond of. The previous owner changed it to center steer. My brother thinks I am nuts to want to move it back to it's original position. But since I'm not much of a fisherman, I could care less about having a stand up console.

I plan on re-using the mahogany, as it is in fantastic shape. Moving all of the cables and steering is going to be a pain in the neck (and wallet).


This is the rear bench seat. The seat back is in great shape, but the bottom could use a little sandpaper and varnish.

The driver seat just in front of it will be gone. I plan on building 2 rear facing seats out of mahogany.