Re: Blue Runner's...?
RAP - What's up dawg?! My work came along nicely until it stopped recently with the advancing cold weather.
I've got the hull stripped and spackled up all the screw holes with marinetex. Sanded most of em down but still got a few more, not to mention I need to go over a few of em again. As you probably saw before, my trailer is like new again!
My next step - almost did it today - is to buy a fixed position jackplate. I'm looking for the link now. I priced it before and it is $85. Its a 2 piece deal with a 4 or so inch setback and raises the motor a full 5".
Oh, forgot to mention - I got a nice 10" crack in the transom due to those heavy @ss motors hanging on the back. When the cold came along and all that weight I guess it just couldn't take it. I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to fix it myself or take it to someone. I'll post a pic and let the expert (BS) tell me what to do ;D The guy that hung the motors on didn't use any shims, so with the curvature of the transom and the tightening of the bolts it was in a real bind. I'm surprised it didn't crack sooner.
We're going to take the boat down to my dad's shop where he has a lift that we can use to take the motors off. Some decent weather is coming up over the next week or two so I think its about high time to do that!
When the crack is fixed and I get my motor mounted on the jackplate I'm going to take her out on the lake to see how she does. If I'm satisfied with the way she feels I'm going to get the spray-in bedliner deal done to my floor (Linex or GatorGuard - definitely white). Then I just gotta purchase that new Garmin 250 df fishfinder I've been lookin at. If I'm not satisfied, well I might just drive it out to the middle and blow a hole in the bottom of it. Then take my "new" trailer home and put a 2005 V21 on it lol!!!
P.S. Enjoyed readin your fishin posts about the stripers and hybrids ya'll caught!
I say it all the time, but by George this time I really wil....TRY TO POST SOME PICS of my progress (and cracked transome :-[).
Later,
Blue
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1994 Wellcraft V21
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