man, you guys are coming at me, saying i know everything? with all due respect yall should read a little more before posting.
1. i said the 46 skater im trying to get which lil red told me to have him give me money to buy... was 60 grand... i never said my cafe would pull ANYTHING near 60g LOL
2. the PPG and exalta systems weve used before have worked fine. maybe you got a different mixture not sure what you used. awlgrip is another possibilty. i havent bought the paint yet.
3. where did cheaping out on my interior come from? its fully rebuilt wood/foam and complete custom cockpit with livorsi gauges?
4. yall think im going to sell the boat just stripped? and motors just stripped? not sure with the people posting what they actually have knowledge of doing it themselves and what it takes.

SO! ill be happy to post up many many high res photos once its done. and **** ill even take whoever wants out on a ride if they come to the river. until then, keep saying what you want. this boat is just shy of nut and bolt build. i have an engine builder who's built all the motors in the area for the last 35 years. i think the motors will be "tight" like you guys are saying. the drives have ZERO slop and surprised my motor guy to excitement on how tight they were. the stringers and transom are fine. but hey, i know ill catch hate until the boats on the water. so on that note, ill talk to you guys in a month.

i thought the destroyed and not in paint boat was the cafe...

No. My cafe is not destroyed. The mixed emotion skater is destroyed. My boat had old paint and old interior and I got it for a song. My cafe hopefully will be in paint in 2 weeks with the paint drawing I posted most recent

well keep up the hard work

I base my opinions off the Facebook post way back when.... and the fact that I seen some threads about restored jet skis you did and had not to satisfying buyer/buyers.... so lets see what happens... not sure about skimping out though.... I know when I redid my interior there wasn't any wood used....

yes, because a $1000 jetski thats going to get thrown into a truck bed, is different than a 50k boat.

Buisness is buisness...... And you won't get 50 for it either sorry to burst your bubble...

Being that the last 3 of us posting have done these projects time and time again, I'll say that you will shock all of us if this thing sees water in a month.

Don't worry J, he's honna show us how it's done for no money ...

Man, you guys are brutal. He's what, a 19 year old kid? Who didn't have pie in the sky get rich quick ideas at that age? He may have a rather tenacious grip on powerboat reality, but he does have ambition, drive and determination, all admirable qualities. In all reality he is probably going to end up taking a pretty good bath over this venture, but its those early experiments and failures that set use up for success as we get older and wiser. If any of you think you knew it all at that age, your currently more delusional than a 19 year old with dreams. Give him advice, tell him straight up something isn't going to work but don't be the class bully that stuffs the new kid in a locker for trying.