Here is a pic of the 0.90 stainless plate under jack plate . Since all holes in my CMC plate are 9/16 I decided to go with 6 stainless bolts for plate to engine as well as 6 -9/16 bolts for plate to engine . I broke down my new plates because CMC only has clear Anodize all alum parts and look like crap after a very short time . All alum parts will be Powdercoated and the stainless angle will be left alone

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I picked the boat up saturday. Check out the restored skater trailer. Big thanks to John, Chuck and Chuck. Those guys do fantastic work. If anyone out there's lookin to have their trailer rebuilt from bare metal up, I'd definately reccommend them. The trailer looks like new! new paint, bunks, wiring, led's, diamond plate, winch, wheel bearings and brakes . New rims and tires too. Sharp eyes notice a wheel/tire dimension change.
And there's glassdave lookin right at home in the bilge. He gets reccommended too. That guy takes exceptional care of his customers:drink:

You're doing awesome work with great detail, thanks for the pics:drink:

They did an awesome job on the trailer!!! Looked better than brand new in person... !!
Jr.

:coolcowboy::drink:

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In the mean time I've been trying to get some stuff done with the old 2.5 outboards that came with the skater. It had at least three seasons racing in salt, and corosion was evident on the midsections and lowers.

wow. Please keep us posted with lots of pics :grinser010:

What are your plans with the salt corosion?

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I found someone locally who beadblasted the outboard adapter plate removing the corosion then they powder coated it for me. The clamp bracket and can I sanded myself then sent them to a local painter for epoxy primer and gloss black topcoat as seen here after reassembly.

Look's great !!!! This detail crap takes forever !!

Thanks, Man you've got that right!
:ernaehrung004:

On my 32 even with jackplates I'm scared to death that someone is going to lean on trim button or it gets stuck and wipes out my cowls and tears up paint so I decided to tear down offshore ram and install limiter . Do have same concern ?

Larry

I have'nt decided where I'm installing trim buttons yet.
Installing limiters on trim rams is cool. How did you do that?

Also I'm working on the dash area of the Skater. I've got all those gauges and carbon fiber sitting around taking up space

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Here's what I'm working with. Even though the painted areas on dash will be covered with the carbon fiber, I think it's still a good idea to mask off with tape, it sure is easier to mark holes with tape there anyway

Looks great !!! I siimply removed ram from offshore clamp , removed cap and installing a alum spacer . I cant complete task until I have mids mounted on boat with cowls to see how far and can be tilted up . The reason I'm doing it I have seen damage many times before infact that is how I wound up with the cowls I have now which I repaired

With all of these great ideas you've got, I could use you over here:drink:

That guy needs a hat! Gonna burn that scalp bucko.

ohhh . . . . ouch dude! . . . ouch . . . . :angry-smiley-038:


i like to refer to it as the historical remains of a once proud society of hair follicles . . . . :picard1:


dont you have a Bahaha to fix or something :D

Here is a pic of the Alum tube and ram apart to permit installation of limit spacer

I may be asking for more details on that modification later down the road:drink:

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It felt really good to cut these holes:ernaehrung004:

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After using holesaw to cut holes for gauges, i coated the insides of each hole with clear epoxy, now ready for CF panels

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I used a product called E6000 on the back of the CF for adhesion and waterproofing, ran a bead around perimeter and dots around gauge holes. installing gauges at the same time helped draw the panel in nice and tight

Looks awesome !!!

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Had some time to work a little on the skater over the weekend. I finished installing the center CF panel and speedo.

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I finally got to pulling out the latham controls. I'm sending it to Latham and they're going to upgrade the arched base to polished, add throttle and shift lever for quad setup and new polished knobs

Cant Wait To See It When Its Finished..thats Gonna Be Bad Ass Boat!!!

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Thanks, I'd like to get it finished this year

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I pulled the boat outside today to see what the completed helm wheel and dash looked like in the sunshine. It was all dusty, but still showed the bling.
I still planning on using the Garmin 5212. Does anyone have any thought on it, for or against?

Looks great ! It's all coming together.

Looks awesome !!!! I have to ask , will you have to have KC10 overhead to refuel ? 4 of them have to be thirsty?


Larry

I appreciate your help Bill, thanks

Thanks Larry, yep I'm sure it'll stay thirsty!:ernaehrung004:

David, if it is the budget ck out the 7212. Much faster processor. Better graphics. Either one is great. Have 5208 in my 28. Might want to consider xm sat radio/wx also.

Thanks DR i'll give that 7212 a look as well as xm as they aready have me deep with four vehicles

Looks great! It was nice hanging out with you guys in St Clair! Hope to see ya'll again.

Yep! we had a great time there too. Our first time to St. Clair and we were impressed with how it was laid out and easy with walking distance. You and Ryan were great and Ru enjoyed getting to meet you also. (Harley too) Maybe we'll see you again in key west. Bring those chairs!
Hey can you keep an eye out for a set of 15x34 three blade merc cleavers for me? I want to use them on the two inside motors.
Thanks for the compliment!

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Hey GlassDave look at this, port engine turned all the way with room to spare on the custom cut:drink:

David,
Not sure what you have in the middle but it may be cool to have a camera above the lifting ring outboard the engines both sides. You would have a wide view either side behind you. Send some pics of the transom so I can help find the right cam.

Boat is looking great! Can't wait to see you guys on the water.