Waiting in anticipation
 

Well the glass shop that will be finishing my boat is waiting for another customer to receive his gas tank so he can take my boat and start. I almost volunteered to go get the gas tank and get it done.

Been waiting for a week each day saying today is the day.

So they called .e on Friday and the gas the gas tank arrived and he installing it Monday. So when they pickup the boat mine goes in. Should be Tuesday and the work begins

Going with matthorn white bottom. Aqua mist on the sides and mattahorn white on the insides

I did my interior in Matterhorn white also. This is a pic of the newly painted console, minus the forward seat and moved forward 7”.

Vezo

Well my brother in law will be here Saturday morning to take the boat to get it finished.

Can't wait till I drop it and imagine when it gets done.

Then the fun begins with outfitting it and get it in the water

Dropped boat 2 Saturday's ago and have only gone by once. He finished a hewes and now he's getti g ready another seacraft 20 for paint and then I'm up.

Meanwhile I'm getting a list and taking inventory of what I have and what I will be needed.

The 2 biggest items are the trailer and getting the engine from a 20inch shaft to 25.

Oh did I forget the hydraulic steering, the t-top, the electonics,the electrical wiring and panel, etc.........

Well time to break out another thousand x 5

Yeah Jorge, like Tom Petty said, "The waiting is the hardest part". My boat has been sitting at the dealers for 3 weeks waiting on a new engine. The fish are biting and I'm..........sitting.

Well I went by today and its was being worked on.

Looks like he sprayed some primer on the outsides and he was working on getting the floor level

Lots more to do but it's on the way

Went by today to see the boat. Not ready yet but he said sometime late next week. The rain has slowed him down some but I'm getting closer

Well I went by today for a look. The rain has slowed him down quite a bit but he was able to lay down the 1st coat of the hull sides and was prepping the insides for paint. Says with some luck and the rain stopping some I should be good for end of next week. Here are couple of pics. Can't tell since it was inside the shop and it had poor lighting but it's looking good

bonito,look good:)

While I wait I took care of most of the bright work and the rails with some flitz and some elbow grease.

Wondering where to buy the stanchions like the contender have?

Anyone know of a source?

Tomorrow I'm going to get my boxes of all the things i took off the boat and take inventory

Went by today to check on progress. I felt like a kid the night before Christmas.. He was working on the console and leaning post and 1 final spray to the interior. He said come by on Friday

TOMORROW IS THE DAY!!!!

Could have been today but work got in the way

Pictures to follow

So its finally at home!!!

It looks better in person than with my crappy phone camera. On the way home I got a few thumbs up while I. Traffic.

Now the fun begins in putting it back together.

But it's so hot here in South Florida that is either early in the morning or late afternoon

She looks great! Congrats Jorge!

Between work, the 95 degree + heat and the rain I’ve managed to do a little to the boat.
Mainly I’ve been putting back the rod holders, the front hand rail and front light and other things back on the boat.
Tomorrow I would like to get the console screwed down.
I have an original console that had the lip used to screw it down. I took a saw and took it off and to hold it down I bought some 1inch aluminum angle secured it to the console and then to the deck, a bit of caulking and I think it will look better.

Sunday is gas tank day. Plan is to get some 85 ethanol gas since it has a way of cleaning the insides of gas tanks and let it work. My tank is in very nice condition and a little cleaning and coal tar and it’s back in. What I do plan on doing is placing some glass strips with 5200 in order to keep it off the bottom of the coffin and let it breathe

Jorge, my MA is not actually complete, but I have been able to run her since refurb.. Best result so far, after removing front seat from console and sliding console forward 7”, the ride has improved markedly. Quicker and easier to plane, and mysteriously takes on waves with less pounding. When passing an oncoming boats wake perfectly perpendicular she used to pound hard in the front 1/3 of the hull. More weight forward seems to have significantly changed this. Like the bow is able to cut better. Hope this helps.

Vezo

It maybe too late to cut off the front seat and glass it and painted now. Below the seat the prior owner took out the cooler part so I’m thinking of placing the batteries ther. Not sure but thinking it’s going there for now

THANKS

Agreed. My two group 24 batteries were mounted under the seat. Now I have two group 27’s mounted forward in console. With a full 50 quart cooler in front of the console, as a seat, is helping improve the ride.

Is your forward hand rail stainless steel? Mine is Aluminum, I guess lowering production costs before Mr. Potter sold in late ‘79. So was the old bow rail. The bow rail on my ‘76 project Seafari is the nicest quality stainless and doesn’t even need polishing.

Michael.

Mine is stainless I was mentioning to a friend that fittings and railings on her are in very nice condition and my idea of buying it all new went away. A little Flintz and some elbow grease made it look new.
They don't make them like that anymore

I kinda wish I had the cooler seat up there now I have to buy another cooler and find a place for it


Now if this heat would come down I could get back to work