1976 23 Inboard

[Kmodi9]

The vessel in question here is a 23‘ 1976 Seacraft Inboard. Currently it resides on a cranberry farm in Carver MA during its reconstruction, although generaly it can be found in Brooklyn, NY chasing fish while waving 9 feet of graphite in the air. What follows below is an account of the trials and tribulations of trying to bring SS Whale Pants to level of fit and finish I desire. The progess of this can also be followed at my site:

http://web.mac.com/ketanmody/iWeb/Si...e%20Pants.html

So here goes.......


Here are a few pics from her early days I aquired her in S. FL off of eBaylast May. It was fished until December.




So now everything has been pulled and the rebuilding begins.










I am thinking of having the entire boat soda blasted including the bilge and cockpit, what do you guys think? I was going to do this with the idea that it will be awlgripped in the end.


Right now as i look around i do not think that there is that much if any rot in the boat so most of the repairs will be cosmetic. One of the first things i am going to do is to drill into the strigers to relieve some of the water whih i believe has accumulated there. Then i will be smoothing out the bilge with some fairing compound.

What kind of sprayable bilge paints do u guys like?