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Originally Posted by Islandtrader
He is right just ask me  |
Yeah, yeah, yeah.....I know, this is a "marathon" not a "sprint". But this is a 5 year project for me, so I've got lots of time to inhale fiberglass dust. LOL. I'm taking one restoration item at a time. Next is the inner liner repair and top cap redo. (winter 2011 and into Spring 2012)
Kinda like...
Q: "How do you eat an elephant?"
A: One bite at a time!.
Lots more resto (and fairing) to do on the hull, starting in the spring of 2012. I just wanted to get the hull/bottom done so I can "float" it off my trailer and leave it in the lake for an hour or two if I need to pull my other Sceptre out to work on it. The hull is now water-tight.
Surprizingly, the rest of the hull and bottom are in very good shape. No bottom paint, no barnicle scarring, and the gelcoat is in relatively good condition. This boat was obviously stored on a trailer most of it's life. You can see the wear marks on the hull where the rear trailer bunks slightly wore down the gelcoat. The transom has been redone before too. I plan on redoing it anyway, as I want to close it in and add a bracket.