boat rebuild few pics
gday all with the recent posts on boat rebuilds I thought I would share my own rebuild story.
after having ongoing problems with water in the fuel and draining the tank dry several times I finally bit the bullet and cut a hole through the deck to inspect.
my hunch was right there was water sitting around the suspect tank. Ok so the tank must have have holes in it and the deck was soft in two places.
Not so bad I thought, repair tank, put a new floor in .
WRONG
all the timber under the deck was waterlogged and rotten. this was a major, so for 8 months I dedicated every spare minute to rebuilding the old girl.(sorry wifey and kids)
I was nearly broken on numerous occasions (especialy the 9 days straight of grinding fiberglass over my xmas break).
I must say a big thanks to my bro inlaw Jason for his help and knowledge (ex boat builder) and a few friends that helped along the way.
anyway I am stoked with the end product and proud to say I did majority of the work myself .
all up it cost me roughly 10k and numerous items of clothing and a lot of beer.
the last pic is of the maiden voyage , we bagged out in 3 drifts .
I will let the pics do the talking .
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Massive project that. I may
Massive project that. I may have reported my boat burning to the ground if I was in your shoes. Don't have those sort of skills. ripper effort
Peko
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Well deserved congratulations
Well done mate, you have every right to feel proud of your effort. Good luck and enjoy. Hope to see you out there one day.
Ben Derecki
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Love seeing pics like these
Love seeing pics like these even though I'm with gilly in that I'm completely devoid of this skill set.
Cheers for sharing.
big john
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Epic
That's an epic re-build nackers, well done.
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Veitchy
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Great work mate. Nothing
Great work mate. Nothing worse than grinding fibreglass for days on end. Can feel the itchiness just thinking about it.
hope you get many good years out of her.
ChrisG
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Great work mate and no doubt
Great work mate and no doubt very satisfying
nackers
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Date Joined: 23/10/09
thanks
thanks guys it is very satisfying knowing I should get a few more years out of it.
congrats on yours too chris looks good mate.
opsrey
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Heck that's a big effort.
plenty of skill, love the result.
jamey ford
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Date Joined: 25/05/11
Top effort there well done
Top effort there well done mate , a great result .
Far Quirk!
out wide
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Nackers congrats
Shite load of hard work there. End result top outfit. Are you still married ? LOL
jigsaw
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Date Joined: 30/07/11
Top post
Every picture tells the story. Great reward at the end.
nackers
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Date Joined: 23/10/09
Only just
yep only just still married I reckon out wide ha ha ha I took a shed load of photos along the way but could only post the amount I have and they don't do any justice to the amount of work involved as most would know .
cheers