1984 31' Excalibur Project update
 

OK so I haven't posted in a long time.
Here's a photo of the transom as it is today.
drilled but not cut yet for the bravos
"X" dimension is at 17 inches.
Blue needs wet sand and buff (badly)

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Here's a "during" photo:

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Here's the engines. the red is the same red as the stripes, but taken with a different camera and with a flash.

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Looking dude! :cool: Did you repaint the transom or just clean it up a bit after all the glass work?
And you still have that bravo template? I'd liek to grab it off ya for a few days if you dont mind :)

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Hey Wally,
I reshot the whole back of the boat.
Shot the whole transom from the rub rail down in snowwhite awlgrip.
The red and blue stripes are imron.
Also painted the whole deck in snowwite awlgrip and reshot that blue panel above the rubrail (also just the transom).

I will be done with that fixture soon, then you are welcome to borrow it.

Here's my whitetrash spraybooth, and my scaffolding for painting the cockpit and bilge surround.

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holy cow dude! that looks crazy! how do you move around in there!!??

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I painted in sections
For the cockpit and bilge surround there is scaffold stretched between an 8 foot ladder outside the boat and a 6 foot ladder in the cockpit.
Climb up another 6 foot ladder, crawl on hands and knees to step ladder in bilge.
crawl down small ladder in bilge, spray bilge surround and deck around bilge.
Back on to scaffolding, crawl to cockpit.
Climb down, paint cockpit.
Crawl back out on scaffold, and down ladder.
Refill spray gun.
repeat (3 times).

With a spray mask, gloves and a tyvek suit!

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It came out suprisingly dust free (almost)!

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Wow, looks like you are moving right a long. How long before rigging?

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Wow, looks like you are moving right a long. How long before rigging?

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Hey!
I bought a new camera!
Here's how things looked about 2 weeks ago.
Dan

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VERY VERY NICE!! I cant wait to see it done. I have a 31 here at the shop that we are working on right now. It is getting a pair of 511" 750's on #3 drives. Ill take some pictures.

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I'm still plugging away.
Here's the new dash. Notice that the font on the dash matches the font on the autometer gages.

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That looks great!

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It's alive!

1 month short of 3 years!
I posted some dash photos in the general section.
I installed the stainless rails around the back after these photos. The inside of the hatch will get painted this winter.

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Thst looks fantastic!! Looks like your hard work paid off! Congrats!!!
She's a beauty!! :D

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AWESOME!!!!! Congrats GREAT JOB :drink:

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That looks really nice. Bring it to the Shootout!

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It carries the nose much better with the bravos.

GPS took a crap right before we sorted out a fuel delivery problem.
Before fuel fix, when the GPS was working:
67.9 MPH @ 4600 RPMs

Fixed the fuel problem, lost the GPS:
4900 RPMs speed unknown.

Turning 26 bravo 1 4 blades

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Wow! She looks great! We talked 2 years ago when you first started the project about TRS verses Bravos. Hadn't talked since but looks like it was a success. Sit back and enjoy your flight! Awsome.....

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Wow ..nice job zanie :drink: