well everything Jack did was fantastic but everything i had to re-do Jack said you did . . . . . naaa just kiding you guys did a great job and i didnt have to re do any of it. All your finish work was right on and just required a final prime, the boat did need blocking but that not because any of the prep you guys did. Its cuz its a patch-ee :D

It appears that possibly the previous owner tried to do a fair repair over some stone or beached rash with either white gel coat or marine tex. All the person needed to do was D/A with fine grit. There is so much gel coat on the bottom I am using its own gel coat to fair. Its pretty true. Going to go to 1200 then buff. While here I am just sharpening the lift strakes a bit to reduce some drag...we will see. Its kind of stinks as i never ran it and don't have a base line.

Yours and Daves work looks FAB!! can't wait to see the rigging make it come to life. Hatch looks factory! So trick

Great Job, this thread is really motivating, however...i have trouble going past the times when you look at the work and think ...The hell what have i done... :lolhit:

Stunning!
 

Absolutely gorgeous. That thing will be large fun up in the big lake ;)

Hurry your ass up too, it's boatin season up there now. This is one of the very rare yrs you could have been on the islands (by boat) in March!

Unless march is at the end of the year then their is a chance. Im gonna try to fly up for a week and help with anything i can.

Well, its been some time since I posted on the project............ Yes, still working on it. Swamped at work and in Summer... Not a great combination but, work pays the bills and for it.......

This was a few months back. Glass Dave really persuaded me to put some additional knees in it.... I thought it was a good idea and went with the suggestion.....

I kept on moving along and got them glassed in... After searching on here I still couldn't decide on what to paint the front and bilge with.... I decided to go with the Valspar Enamel with Hardener............ WOW, after brushing that on I felt like the hippie from Taxi.............. :) I did wear a respirator but, that shtuff is potent.....

Once I got the center "counsol" in place I set up the dash.... Nothing like drilling fresh virgin holes...... :) It seams the past two months I have been ordering and ordering parts...... Just cant get one task done, to much dependencies... I was looking forward to rigging but, rigging in June is not fun................ Just got all my electrical wire in... Should make some head way this weekend..........

Looks good, it's coming along.

It's funny how you run into things when installing from scratch, where you want to do a certain thing, but then find there is about a half dozen other things that need done before you can.

Wow Jack, that thing's really coming along. I can't wait to check it out when you bring it to Erie. Looks great!