And got the carpet for the sides of the cockpit cut and a few more items bolted to the engine.

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Any updates?

Yep! I started the cabin! I thought my cabin floor was solid because it felt strong when walking on it.... WRONG! I pulled up the carpet and somebody previously pulled the carpet and then just set a piece of wood down on the rotted wood then put the original carpet back. So I had to cut out the rotted wood and fix it correctly.

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So then I got all the new cabin carpet cut and panels recovered.

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Man I hate it when others half ass repair stuff! Id like to punch the guy in his suck hole that lied to me about my boat drive not being lose! But at least now you know it's been repaired the right way. Lookin good man. When is your goal for first launch this season?

And then I got rid of the useless sink in the cabin. Storage is tight in a 24/7 and I always had a problem finding a place for the anchor. So I made a custom anchor holder where the sink was, still need to find a good way to strap/lock it down to my new holder. And I made a panel to cover where the sink was and I used a piece from the original side panels in the cockpit.

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Thank you!!I hear you man!! This stuff is not really time consuming, the re-rigging and putting it all back together is going to be crazy! I hope to be in the water May or June.

Brilliant!! Lol I was just talking to my father about this exact thing the other day while knee deep in fiberglass "snow". Who in the heck EVER uses a sink???!!! I mean I could sleep in my cuddy, but I prob won't seeing as it's 95-98 degrees at night during the boating season. Never once used the sink on any boat for that matter.

Realistically I'm shooting for mid June when it's Africa hot here. Also moving in July! But I will be 12 mins from the lake and wife and I spec'd a Supergarage ( can fit a school bus I s**t you not). So timeframe is flexible. You are right, re rigging is not going to be fun and definitely is the most time consuming. The way I see it, all of us on this restoration thread are constant motivators keeping things going. Lord knows I need motivation sometimes!

Are you doing all of your own upholstery? I'm thinking about doing some myself and have a friend from Mexico that does a ton for hot rod guys locally.

lol! For real who needs a sink on the water lol!! Bring some hand sanitizer if you really need it!

I love everyone's restorations threads also! It does keep me moving when I see yours and all the other threads! Good luck with the move! I do as much as I can in the garage then head to the driveway when it is nice outside! I wish I had a garage big enough to fit the boat in! Not sure how long I will be stationed here so don't want to buy another place yet (the wife and I have two rentals in MI).

I don't do any sewing. Side panels and carpet are easy. My first post has the link to my photobucket from work done a few years ago. I did all the wood and purchased the vinyl but I had a local company sew the covers and then I put them on. I have been using the same vinyl this year and need to find a local company here to sew the sunpad in the next few months.

Got some more work done I took this week off of work since weather was nice!

The new to me transom assembly had the wires for the trim senders cut since he didn't need them, my boat needs them and I was able to just pull the hinge pins and get access to the bolt and replace them with some "pull string".

Then I got everything put back on the transom and the new transducer in.

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