Well, I have been digging back into this thing. After trying to get the ol' evinrude running right, shifting right, and behaving, I have given up. I Stuffed the boat in the shop on Thurs while the motor was sitting on CL waiting for a buyer... well of course it sold on Sat.
This is what it the boats getting instead.
http://marine.honda.com/products/modeldetail/BF250
I am bound and determined to get this thing in the water before JUNE! So the pace is going to go quick the next couple weeks, and the pictures may not be as plentiful as they were before.
So far, I have scuffed down all the nonskid on the cap, sanded the inner hull to about 80% and chopped out all the rotten core around the old rod holders, cleats, lights etc. My plan is to back up all new 'jewelery' with some little Penske scraps so this will never happen again. Overall I thought the rot was going to be worse than it was. I was VERY surprised that the core was in decent shape.
Smooth rails
Core removal
Dishing out all the spots Ill have to lay in glass after the core is in.
End of the night, pretty satisfied how much BS grinding and sanding work I got done in 2 evenings. This should be the majority of the grinding until I start doing the body work. I am hoping to have the gellcoat shot in the next couple weeks, then roll the nonskid on and rig the motor after that.
Yes it really was that dusty in there, the dam chain flipped off the door opener, only one big door would open.