23 Sceptre - last unmolested one

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After reading lots of CSC threads, old and new, it looks like every 23 Sceptre ever built by Potter has been attacked with a bunch of saws and grinders by CSC members. So now it is time for this one to follow the lead. Since I finally figured out how to attach a picture, I thought I'd throw this out for comments.
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My dad bought this new from Potter in '76. It has been run hard but never painted, sunk, or overtly abused. It spent the last 10 years covered and on the trailer. It still has the original upholstery, cushions, and seats. I will use them for patterns - they are pretty long in the tooth. No repairs on it other than Marine-Tex on various chips and dings. Starboard deck has a soft spot from people jumping off docks into it and skin has delaminated under helm pedestal from too many Miami-Bimini trips with unbedded screws (from the factory). Like all good Potter transoms, water drooled out from one area when I pulled the dive platform. 1991 5.7 Alpha with 400 hrs - engine is fine but transom housing and Y tube are toast. The pictures don't show the carnage of a recent weekend; engine is out, drive is off and fuel tank sold for scrap. I'm not sure if it would have sunk or blown up first if I had launched it.

Plan for the transom is to cut the cap and cut out transom from the inside. I will cut the transom of the inner liner for access and glass that back in afterwards. I will replace the core with Coosa 26 and epoxy it all back together using vacuum bagging.

Plan for the deck is to recore one side at a time with Coosa 26 and reuse top skin, vacuum bagging with epoxy.

If I'm not completely broke, trashed, and ready to sell it by then, I will put in a Bravo 1 and join the martini navy.

I did a similar rebuild of a '65 Bertram 20 about 25 years ago and I think I may have finally recovered from that adventure by killing enough brain cells.

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