Well I dropped it in the water the other day to swap trailers. Unfortunatly my photo shop is not on this computer so I do not think this is going to look all that good. :( At any rate I am VERY happy with the way it looks in the water especially. :D:D

Get the fishing rod out of there it hides the interior finish, also nice "Evinrude" dude! I see the canvas came out finealso!!!:D:D:D

:D:D

Well it has been a while since my last update. The fairing project was side lined as I had some MAJOR rot that needed to be taken care of :( :( Anyhow this pictrure shows more of the filler spread onto the inside of the fairing. This was done MONTHS ago. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

The other day I removed the rub rail off the boat for paint. I liked the look so much that I think it is staying off.

This picture shows the new bulkheads installed. What I did was glass the bulkheads in and am now smoothing them out. These used to be covered in carpet and were one of the reasons that things rotted out.

I have been super bussy at work so I have been having my brothers shop ***** sanding away on the bow. I have been having him take off all the old gell coat. He is sanding tell he can see the glass poke through in a couple spots.

Another view of the bow with out the rub rail.

Lots of progress. I kinda like the look of no rubrail, just like a Gladiators. Did you glass the void left behind?

Good luck.

Bryan: I did not remove the rubrail. I removed the deck rail. To remove the rubrail would be a job that I would NEVER tackle on a boat like this..... :D:D

can anyone give me a suggestion on what prop to put on a 1992 donzi 23' with a 454 king cobra
thanks,Chad

Chad, try
www.donzi.net
alot of Donzi fans over there

Thanks, I will try that!!

Oooh, sorry I misunderstood. I took a peek at mine as well. It looks like a real chore to get at all of the nuts. I was going to pull my bow rails and have them powder coated. That little project will have to wait for winter;)

I have not read all the posts so sorry if this is a duplicate...

i have a 79 formula 255 that I need the windshield for...is yours available for sale??

Prater I doubt it would fit. I thought that some one wanted it but have not heard from them in a while. Let me see if I can get in touch with them and I will try and let ya know.

Jon

Jon,

Formula said it is the same part numberI just recieved their email today.

Did this boat ever get finished?

:rolleyes:

Re: Making of a Race Fairing (Formula 302)
 

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Jon's boat will never be finished :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Giving him a little credit though, the fairing project part of it was finished.

Re: Making of a Race Fairing (Formula 302)
 

Do you have any current pictures of the finished project? Any reason that I could not core a fairing with marine ply? Thanks, Chris

Last post on this thread was a year ago.

A guy in Rhode Island completely re-did a 1983 302 Formula a few years ago. He pulled all the 370/TRS stuff and cut the transom to fit a pair of eggbeaters. Re-did the cockpit in mahogany with maroon vinyl cushions. The race faring he came up with looks great. Boat runs excellent with a perfect, natural running angle. Balance and handling is far superior to the original boat. He's running 61 MPH on the GPS with full fuel and water and 4 full-size adults and I SWEAR HIS PROPS ARE RUNNING TOO LOW IN THE WATER!! Needs to move the 250 Yamahas up about 2 inches.

I'll post some pics if anybody's interested.

The first post was 3 years and 9 months ago:eek::eek:

I think Jon is working on the boat with a plan of being able to actually use it in his retirement years:D:D:D

Griff it is a great plan. Think about it, when I get the boat done gas will be 20 cents a gallon cuz we will all be burning Hydrogen!! Now who is stupid!!! :D

You could use Plywood for the core, I wanted the thing to be as light as possible.

Jon,

Any finished pictures of the fairing to share?

I have a 30' scarab that I was thinking about doing the same thing to, I would love to stop by your shop and take a look at it in person, I live in NH but work in Boston, Think that would be a problem?

Nice job Though!

Thanks
Jim

finished pictures :D . . . thats a good one . . . :cool-smiley-027::p

It is still far from finished. I got side tracked on another job. You are more then welcome to set up a time to get together up there and I can show you what I am doing. Just let me know when and I will try and fit it into my schedual.

Jon

Ya.... Thanks for the help last time out :angry-smiley-038::angry-smiley-038::evilb::evilb:

what'dya mean? . . . . i helped eliminate excess alcoholic beverages on the premises there by releaving you of unnecessary distractions allowing you to continue with you project unfettered :cool-smiley-011:

Jon,

Like I said I work in Boston every day, Maybe we can set something up for an afternnoon get together. I will be attending the Miami boat show but any day next week works for me or if you want we can set soemthing up once I come back from Miami. Let me know!

...Jim

Next week should work out well. I have to pre wire a house in the area. once I get the dates of that I will let you know.

Jon

Jon,

Last week came and went and I didn't hear from you, I was actually replacing my sewer pump anyway so I was pretty busy. I leave Wednesday for the Miami Boat show. Maybe we can set something up for next week or the week after.

Jim

Give me a call when you get back. This week is tough I have a system that went down and we can not get it back up and running. I have the company coming on site to try and figure it out.

Will do, Talk to you next week. Good luck with your system!

Did you get that fairing done yet? How about some pics?

Ya it is all set. It is everything else that is around it that needs work :D

how about some pics?

I would love to see how it came out!

Maybe I can just stop by and see it in person or is it up in maine?