Thanks, Its getting there, in fact all of the 2 man needed hardware is ready to go on when company gets here next month.
it should be in the water this spring and is turning out to be good practice and learning for the next project !!!

it's looking very nice thanks for taking the time to share.

shot it on sunday, might get to knocking it down and filling/fairing/swiping this weekend.
Just gonna thicken up about 8 ounces of gel to use as filler.

Looking fantastic! Thank you for posting your progress.
For fairing compound I have used vinyl-ester resin mixed with microballons, it makes a very light sandable mix that does not clog up paper

Thanks, yeah i like that sandable stuff. Reason i went gel was to expose all the imperfections, using thickened gel as filler should pay off in the end because the box is 16-18 sq ft approx so 1 qaurt covered it. After the touch up i'll spray on another qaurt, since its all round, curved and so on if i sand thru while boarding it wont expose filler and need to be re shot.
got the gas tank in today, temperature dictates what happens day by day now and curse the bad luck, dog box wont fit in the house or i could be sanding and filling right now

final shape on dogbox hatch and flush hinges installed

Gap looks pretty good all around

Front and rear hatches got ground down underneath, bedded down on glass, doweled and glassed over. It'll look better this way, and she needs all the fit finish help it can get



More than enough room to access the shaft log and packing gland



Cut the back off the seat frames. Sent them out to class6 (oso member). He tig welded them together beautifully.

He can fab and weld anything, his beads are artwork, look him up if you need something repaired or custom built.
Big thanks Dan !

Bought this 8 years ago, used to sit next to the Skater in the garage, sold the Skater still have this thing.....The kids love it, so simple to maintain. Best money I've ever spent on a boat! Your project looks awesome!!

Adjust forward and back




Passenger seat 180 to observe skier

Looks like driver will clear to 180 as well. Wont mount till steering wheel is back in to make sure it can.

Ahh lounging with beer cooler center console

Final grind on interior hullsides and floor. Initial knockdown dog box and back seat gelcoat.

Seats all the way forward fit perfectly, i'm 5'9"


Seats turned around 180 and slid all the way towards stern clear the dogbox. There was no floor in the boat when project started, seat placement was a guess, good to have dumb luck i can tell ya


Slid all the way to bow

wet sanding started, this is 800. My worst thing body work.