Well, it all started as just a new floor and interior.
06-09-2014 | 04:44 PM
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Well, it all started as just a new floor and interior.
Somehow I just knew my quick little 210 Wellcraft Elite project boat was going to turn into a whole lot more of a project than originally planned. We've now progressed from a new floor to all new stringers and transom as well. I just cannot bring myself to put a fresh floor over soft stringers.[ATTACH=CONFIG]524460[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524461[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524462[/ATTACH]
O'h boy, here we go...
O'h boy, here we go...
06-10-2014 | 05:14 AM
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That's a lot of work right there. I am part way through doing an 85 Wellcraft Nova 230XL. I have done the transom, first bulkhead, aft stringers, dash/cabin bulkheads etc etc. I have ripped out the sterndrive and am fitting a single Evinrude V8 which also needed to be rebuilt and is now somewhat modded. Yeah, a lot of work but classic old school boating.......
I see all the woven rovings glass in your photo's, and assume it is factory original. I also had that on mine but it was so poorly applied that I had assumed it must have been done post the original build. To come from the factory like that is very poor boat building. But it is a good original example and it will be one very nice Nova on completion. Please keep the photo's of your rebuild coming, I will follow with interest.
Good luck.
I see all the woven rovings glass in your photo's, and assume it is factory original. I also had that on mine but it was so poorly applied that I had assumed it must have been done post the original build. To come from the factory like that is very poor boat building. But it is a good original example and it will be one very nice Nova on completion. Please keep the photo's of your rebuild coming, I will follow with interest.
Good luck.
06-10-2014 | 06:37 PM
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]524492[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524493[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524494[/ATTACH]Yeah, it's all origonal structure. I thought the same as you, the glasswork on the stringers was so sloppy and poorly applied I was amazed. The hull itself though was done well.
06-10-2014 | 06:47 PM
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These stringers are GONE in the back of this thing! Might as well considder them potting soil now...[ATTACH=CONFIG]524495[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524496[/ATTACH]
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06-10-2014 | 07:03 PM
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Pulled the gas tank up off the hull bottom. Went surprisingly easy. Check out all the water that was trapped under there. If you could smell how stagnant the water under there smells, you would know it has been in there a while!
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Stringers all gone. Fuel tank out. Now it's transom time.
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Stringers all gone. Fuel tank out. Now it's transom time.
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06-11-2014 | 06:19 AM
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Mine was not to the same stage of decay as yours, I must say I agree with you on the hull layup, that is great. If the rest had been done to the same level of expertise it would probably be around 25% lighter....... I did all my mods and repairs with West Systems epoxy.
07-26-2014 | 10:17 PM
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Mine was not to the same stage of decay as yours, I must say I agree with you on the hull layup, that is great. If the rest had been done to the same level of expertise it would probably be around 25% lighter....... I did all my mods and repairs with West Systems epoxy.
