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09-19-2011, 02:23 PM
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'74 Tsunami Pilothouse and Rehab
This was a '74 Tsunami donated to a community college that I purchased early last year with plans to rehab the boat and add a fully enclosed hardtop. The process is nearly complete and it's time to post some photos. The comments and info avaiable in the CSC forums have been of immeasurable help.
   
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1974 23' Tsunami, fully refurbished, custom pilothouse, Hermco Bracket, 250 Etec 1977 23' Sceptre fully refurbished, soft top, I/O 
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09-19-2011, 05:24 PM
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Re: '74 Tsunami Pilothouse and Rehab
The first step was putting the boat where I could work on it out of the weather. With the top removed, it fit into the garage under my house, which would create some significant issues later. The boat is on a dolly I made to facilitate moving it around.
 A good friend did some photo editing to see what a metal supported hard top with soft enclosure would look like. The proportions in the following mock-up are off as there is inadequate headroom. The real top would have to be much taller.  After too many iterations to present here, this is the final mock-up and became the guide for the end result.  Bill Potter was kind enough to offer an opinion, and actually sent a plan with a hard top superimposed on the standard layout. He suggested acrylic windows for less weight, but I opted for glass for better durability. Weight should not be as much of a concern with the I/O being replaced with an OB on a bracket. 
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1974 23' Tsunami, fully refurbished, custom pilothouse, Hermco Bracket, 250 Etec 1977 23' Sceptre fully refurbished, soft top, I/O
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09-21-2011, 02:26 PM
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Re: '74 Tsunami Pilothouse and Rehab
With a plan decided and the boat inside, the next order of business was to strip it. My wife named it the "hole-y boat" for obvious reasons.
     The little boxes were a mess inside, and I decided to make them disappear. More later on that decision. I love a good grinder. If only you could put back as fast as you can take away!  The boat area in the garage was isolated with a plastic wall and fans exhausting out a window to keep the dust out of the house above, and my marriage intact.   There must have been 50 lbs of wire removed, and boxes of old parts and fasteners. I don't think anything installed had ever been removed. 
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1974 23' Tsunami, fully refurbished, custom pilothouse, Hermco Bracket, 250 Etec 1977 23' Sceptre fully refurbished, soft top, I/O
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09-22-2011, 08:13 AM
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Re: '74 Tsunami Pilothouse and Rehab
Are you going to be redoing decks?
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1976 Seacraft CC(Pilot House) Inboard Yanmar 315 1979 Septer I/O no power Sold 
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09-22-2011, 11:55 AM
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Re: '74 Tsunami Pilothouse and Rehab
Yes. They are solid and did not require tearing out. The original plan was to cover the interior deck and the top of the front consoles with a synthetic teak (NuTeak, PlasTeak, or similar), and I may still do this at some time in the future. The cost, with so many other things competing for my dollars, was too high for now, so these areas are being sprayed with a white/tan spatter finish gel coat, which hides minor flaws well and reduces fairing time.
I would be interested in hearing if anyone else has any experience or knowledge of those synthetic teak products.
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1974 23' Tsunami, fully refurbished, custom pilothouse, Hermco Bracket, 250 Etec 1977 23' Sceptre fully refurbished, soft top, I/O
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09-22-2011, 08:53 PM
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Re: '74 Tsunami Pilothouse and Rehab
Cool, looking forward to the progress.
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May all your deadrise be variable. My 1973 SeaCraft 20SF Parker 2530 DVEC Boston Whaler 15 1984
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10-03-2011, 08:30 PM
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Great work. So now you have a mold for the house? I think you might have a couple people pm'ing you when you're done if it's the case. Btw, what's her name gonna be?
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Thank goodness that in the scheme of things you are broke, powerlesss and inconsequential, because with the shortsighted alternatives and idealogy you have you'd be much worse than those you complain about.
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10-04-2011, 08:47 AM
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This is a great thread, please keep us up to date with more pictures as you progress.You are doing a beautiful job.I can't wait to see the finished product.I look at rebuilds like this,and at Stricks amazing work,and am awed by them.
I thought that I did a lot,but it pales in comrarison to the incredible scope of work and the quality others like you are doing. Keep up the good work. BTW, any idea of how much the weight has changed from this addition?
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All this,just for a boat ride Last edited by bigeasy1; 10-04-2011 at 08:51 AM.
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