So Here She is

[tartuffe]

Originally Posted by Night_Sailor

Working my way backwards through this old thread. Do you thin that paint? I use Interlux Perfection and thin it 40% and have to lay down an extra coat, but it seems to work really well and is hard a rock.

Hi Night, I kinda lurk on the forum so if it pops up I'll see it but anyway...the boat weight, I have no idea, I know its lighter than when I started the restore. The hatches and fuel tank cover alone went from 88 lbs to 33 with the foam cores. The whole deck was probably another 150 lbs less.

The boat tops out at around 44 knots with a 200 Evinrude spinning a 15x17 prop. I am sure it could do much better if I went to a 19 pitch but I enjoy being able to pull a wakeboarder out in about 3 seconds flat as well as stand it up in a nasty 3 foot chop in a 5 second wave period.

I did thin the perfection down to 10%, max thinning per instructions, it was still too thick and had alot of orange peel maybe 40% is the magic number, after 6 tries I just went ahead and sprayed it.

Thanks for the compliments, still trying to decide if I am ready to try it again.

[Striper80]

Just went over your build thread again, great job. I was wondering what rub rail you used on your build? Is the insert stainless? I was also wondering how long you ran the boat with the heavy re-enforcement on the back? Thanks

[tartuffe]

The boat had that heavy plate on it when I bought it so it had been at least five years of running before tear down and I would guess at least 2 years prior to my purchase based on its condition. That is a Taco brand rub rail with a vinyl insert.

http://tacomarine.com/item--1-5-8-x-...-V11-9811.html

[Striper80]

Thanks I think that rubrail will be a little more in my price range than the one with the stainless insert.