So Here She is

[tartuffe]

Yeah, It had a 60 gallon, I was able to get a 72 gallon in there since the cap was off and realistically probably could have gotten 100 or more if I gone the custom tank route.

[Night_Sailor]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

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something else you might want to consider, adding 2 pieces of 3" on the outside of the stringers, below the deck and using them as freshwater storage tanks. i have 2 6' pieces on either side of mine, below the rodboxes and it gives me 5 or 6 gallons of fresh water. i plumbed them to a pump located in the center of the hull, by the transom.

I stumbled on this old thread. Lots of interesting stuff here.

This one is a clever idea. That's only 4.4 gallons, but still nice to have some fresh water. Fresh water is mighty important to have offshore.

[Night_Sailor]

Originally Posted by tartuffe

For large scratches I used interlux watertite epoxy filler but for the small scratches is was multiple coats of epoxy primekote primer. Each coat was sanded down with 220 grit. I did quite a bit of longboarding but I started with an orbital sander to get the major imperfections out then longboarded until I was through the primer...repeat

I know this is an old thread, but wanted to add my complements. I know how long it took you to do that fantastic bottom job. I've done that sort of work. Lots of sanding is an understatement--it's lots of sanding, over and over again. Sweet job. I have been thinking about doing something like this on my boat, but I know how long it will actually take and I have other obligations.

I have one question if you still follow this thread and read this. How fast is it WOT with that perfect bottom on flat water? What does it weigh? and what is your motor?

[Night_Sailor]

Originally Posted by tartuffe

Thanks guys, it is actually Interlux Perfection Flag Blue, but it does look black in the pics. Looks like I'll be stripping and sanding the deck AGAIN....NOOOOO, that damn Petite Easypoxy is as soft as Boy George in a strip club. I can scrape it up in spots with my fingernail. My guess is that I put it on too thick.

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.

[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.