I have a set of stainless and they are heavy ! As you know the whole Jackplate is not stainless , only the angle that bolts to boat , the rest of it is alum . I need them my engines are 505 and dont want them falling off . My plates are brand new and i'm going to take them apart and ship out all alum parts to get hard coat anidize

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I thought about that too, hats off to you for going extra mile, I'm sure it will pay off

Do you know what your boat weighs fully rigged ?

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It was 6,000 rigged with the triples and old rigging. It will be interesting to see what it tips the scales at with the extra engine, battery and assorted rigging and weight gain from the bulkhead repairs and two gallons of paint that Dave applied.:popcorn:

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Bill at Diamond Performance was nice enough to find and send me this polished steering shaft bezel for the dash of my Skater. It's a beautiful piece. He also came up with a connection for the rigid carbon fiber dash panels (in colors). This has been a great project to work on. There is alot available when it comes to parts and accessories out there, the internet is helpful but we need people like that who can steer you in the right directions.
Thanks Bill! :ernaehrung004:

Hey that thing is cool, gonna look good on there. :cool:

Thanks Dave!

I like a lot of the high end parts available to the performance oriented markets...not just for the bling but also for their abuse-capacity and ease of use.

That helm is awesome!!

Another one I personally like is this:

Next up the trailer,we will be lifting the boat of the trailer and sending out for sand blast.

more pics to follow

put the skater on skates today

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was there enough room left over to shut those doors on the paint booth:party-smiley-004: John?

plenty of room, booth easily holds a 42 :drink: although i hope i dont bump my head when i'm working on the deck :D

the 36 looks hot just sitting there.

She fit just fine and has plenty of head room too,the sponsons are just 3 inches off the floor ..........post up the pics/movies you took Dave

Nice jobs guys . But my floor looks like chit!!!

Ya it was muddy out,the best part of the new floor is it moped right up :coolcowboy:

Work fascinates me, I love to watch it:drink: (especially when it's on my boat!

The trailer is striped and heading to the blaster in the morning

trailer

shes in white epoxy and going in the booth for paint

wow . . . . . . that sounds like a lot of work . . . . . :cool:

oh . . . btw Dave i got your message the other day. Correcting that tank drain is on the list. Thanks

it appears that you are miles away from ordinary

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I decided to go ahead an update the wheel/tire situation on the trailer. Stopped in to check out new paint job and see how new wheels look on trailer. The new paint job turned out fantastic, and I like the new wheel tire combo. The center chrome plated bearing caps will be added after the ends are cut out for maintenance access.

wow!

Awesome job :)

When will the cat be cradled by this georgous trailer again?

David, how about a pair of these on your transom:



http://www.seven-marine.com/

two wouldnt be enough Noli, 2 pairs maybe:drink:

Dave, Are on on Safari to stay??? Now I see why I havn't had a call from you.... You must be out of town... That definately does not look like the intersection of Bancroft & Secor....

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he did make it back, I don't know if its official though:party-smiley-004:

Let me know if you want to sell your 36. I have 4 2.5's laying around and would love to finish the project.

JR

Thanks but no thanks, I've come this far, the finished result is kinda in sight now, but how much do you want for those 2.5's?:ernaehrung004:

pyhsically yes . . . . . mentally . . . . still in the Caribbean :drink:

I want to save these for some future project. These were built by Alex Hledin so they're somewhat rare. Good luck on your project...looks awsome.

Thanks, you too, i know that quad 2.5's have worked well on skater 32's also.

Trailer progress

Looks great !!!

awesome job, what a difference! can't wait to get it all back:drink:

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While the boat and trailer are getting tweaked I wanted to plan out, and purchase all of the necessary items to redo the cockpit dash and console area.
To start, I had to trace out patterns to match the left and right side as well as the center section of the dash for the purpose of getting carbon fiber panels custom made to match.
after that, I used polished bezels to trace the positions for all of the guages using the appropriate sizes. This also helped in eyeballing everything to see how it would fit together.

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I want to use a Garmin 5212 GPS but do not have one yet. I contacted Garmin.com and they sent me the 5212 cut out template for the dash so that I could include that in my patterns.
Also needed to come up with a plan for the switch panel that mounts at an angle between the console and center section.

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Bill at Diamond Performance found a company for me that makes the carbon fiber dash panels for many big name boats. After cutting and marking the patterns He directed me to send them to Steve at Innatech.
After the technical/design stages, tweaking, etc. my panels arrived
These pictures really don't do them justice. I'm impressed with the the quality and precision. Steve does fantastic work.