Gator Growl Rehab

[WildBill]

Here go's; This is my second Potter Seacraft,(I owned a '79 23' sceptre in the 90's) I sold my last boat a 25' CC Sportcraft about the time the economy went south. I was able to stay sane by staying away from boat stores and not watching any fishing shows. Last summer I found this website and re-caught the fever "THANKS' TO ALL". So then the hunt was on; I found an add here in town for this 1973 20' CC. I made the call and he made me a offer I could'nt refuse $600.00 SOLD! (meant to be). I'm not setting any land speed records on the build so be patient.
To date:
1) I gutted the boat and removed the interior section of the transom late last summer. The new marine grade 2" plywood transom was installed a little after Christmas. I've just finished the 3rd layer of 1708 using marine epoxy about 2 week's ago.
2) I've sanded most of the boat with my orbital sander. The boat over the years was drilled and screwed hundreds of times by every type of fastener known to man. So whenever I was done with my epoxy for the night I would add wood flour to the mix and fill some holes. I will regrind all holes later and re-glass and fair as needed.
3) Today I started to cut the top skin off the deck and found it was alot wetter than I originally thought so I popped the entire deck out in 5 pieces. It only took an hour to remove the deck and another hour to chisel the putty out. I'm going to save alot of grinding time this way.


Wild Bill, Go Gators