After some time this winter passing and with spring in the air I decided to finish up the little 20'sceptre. I got out there this weekend and spent 3.5-4 hrs tapeing off the deck to get the original plank strip design back painted on. I used 2 part polyurethane interlux perfection with alw grip medium griptex non-skid mixed in to do the planks. Finding the right width tape to match the original spacing was not easy or available at the big box stores so I had to search around to find some but finally did. It was a very titious process getting the lines taped in straight and true but slow and steady four hours latter I was ready to roll the grip paint on. I took several coats to get the grip additive consistent and even but it looks good now that it is down and the tape removed. I didn't get any pics of the tape off but here are a few of the final floor. Up next is pulling the too heavy 3.0 225hp and installing a 2.5 that will be more what this boat needs weight wise. With the weight forward of this model it floated the bigger motor but should preform much better. I have a 2001 200hp that has a like new 100 hr 2007 drop on power head on it to try next.
These are not good pic's, took them at dark and they are low quality images but it turned out much better than it looks!
