what are your winter project this year.

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what are your winter project this year.
Sep 27^th, 2012 at 11:14am

due to my got time no money, or money and no time problem in my buisness i spend the spring summer and fall months stockpiling project parts.

Boat
new bronze through hole fittings, brass ball valves, new pumps, new ballast bags, amp 2 more subs, $2000 set aside for gel coat work, $ 2000 set aside for vinyl.

truck
new seat covers, HID headlights

just thought i would start a thread we could post to on new winter project.

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Re: what are your winter project this year.
Reply #1 - Sep 27^th, 2012 at 5:07pm

I gotta rebuild my stern bench seat base. Wood structure has gone soft. I also have a soft spot on my floor where the seat base went rotten.

I'll use 3/4 " Aquatek marine grade plywood from Fine Lumber company. Put it together with stainless steel screws and staples. I'll paint it all some resin and maybe glass in the seams.

Cover it with marine carpet from Capitol City Upholstry.

Fingers crossed that my foam is dry. If dry then I might get new vinyl on my stern seat back. Ski rope took a notch out of some of the roping a couple of years back (it's the last piece of vinyl I haven't replaced).

I noticed it lwas going soft ast summer and should of got after it last winter. But I put it off and now I got a soft spot on the floor. Lesson learned....it's not going away....it's only going to get worse.

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g Veteran Austin Boater Offline Posts: 338 Banished to an island	Re: what are your winter project this year. Reply #2 - Sep 27^th, 2012 at 7:29pm 1. Full up annual service; oil change, drive service/alignment, filters, impellers, etc... 2. Chartplotter install 3. New trailer bunk carpet And, of course, off-season boating as much as possible
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: what are your winter project this year. Reply #3 - Sep 27^th, 2012 at 8:18pm 1. finish what I can on the boat to enjoy it. 2. redo the seats 3. win the lottery and buy a newer bigger boat!! (maybe I should do this first!!)
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Re: what are your winter project this year.
Reply #4 - Sep 30^th, 2012 at 10:09am

Hi, new to the forum.
Winter plans are to pull up the carpet, investigate potential moisture trapped in the foam under the floor, and if all is well under there fill any seams, seal the floor and do a skid-proof liner (still investigating this). If I do find wet foam then i'll pull up the floor and dig the foam out replace any rotted stringers or bulkheads and re-floor and re-foam it. The boat has really plush carpet everywhere including the ski locker so she doesn't dry out very quickly and this has me worried about potential rot.

Also going to pull the Bravo 3 outdrive and check engine alignment and re-lube the coupler etc.

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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: what are your winter project this year. Reply #5 - Sep 30^th, 2012 at 4:26pm welcome!
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Re: what are your winter project this year.
Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 8:46am

Lets see, I am going to redo the sunpad.. have honestly thought of going solid white back there versus the green and black stripes that reach about 3,000,000*F. I am going to pull the back bench out and do my stereo install on it, clean up the entire hull really well. Maybe LineX the trailer in white to keep it from getting any rock chips and such. Powder the wheels, and that is about it. I think...

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g Veteran Austin Boater Offline Posts: 338 Banished to an island	Re: what are your winter project this year. Reply #8 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 4:11pm Jay Gadsby wrote on Oct 1^st, 2012 at 8:46am: Maybe LineX the trailer in white to keep it from getting any rock chips and such. ... Love that idea! Can't wait to see the project. Wonder how much rust prevention you would gain from the Line-x....Tubular trailer or I-beam?
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Re: what are your winter project this year (Updates?).
Reply #9 - Dec 6^th, 2012 at 5:38pm

Hey, where is everyone on Winter projects?

Here is an update for me:

Boat is fully serviced and lake tested. Drives are redone. Those silly skeg guards are long gone. Boat runs and handles much better than before all the work.

I completed the Chartplotter install. I removed my passenger guage panel and sent it off of Livorsi as a pattern to have a new piece made to fit the Garmin as a flush mount. Livorsi also made me a blue bezel ring for the device which cleans up the look quite nicely.

Here are some pics of the parts and the install:

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Re: what are your winter project this year.
Reply #10 - Dec 6^th, 2012 at 6:21pm

Man! That looks awesome. You have to be so pleased with that.

Right now this is left on my list:
New carpet snaps
Tune up for port engine
Oil change for both
New bumpers (my old Monterey ones don't do it)
New LED lights throughout

Jay, when you get a quote on your sun pad let me know. I HATE the colors on mine.

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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: what are your winter project this year. Reply #11 - Dec 6^th, 2012 at 6:26pm I looked closer at your screen, wow that's cool how it shows the contour of the lake.
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: what are your winter project this year. Reply #12 - Dec 6^th, 2012 at 6:37pm that looks great!!
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