The HiLiner GYPSY 222 Restoration

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I purchased what appeared to be a well maintained vessel, the owner had told me the boat was dry docked for seasons, and had maintenance done frequently. So I gave the boat a best of my knowledge look seeing that I never purchased a boat I watched a few videos and tried following what to look for. The floor was solid she started up but had old gas so it wasn’t run long, upon trailering the boat home one of the leaf springs popped and the trailer tire started rubbing against the wheel well. I won’t bore anyone any longer the boat was towed to my house, and now I begin to correct the neglected vessel.

The first thing I tackled that I could afford was some gel coat work the hull had a bunch of deep scratches along the port side they weren’t down to the glass but deep enough I didn’t need to dremel them out, the starboard side looked like there was some gel coat patch work done, the gel coat was dotted on and never sanded down and buffed out these areas were sanded down and then wet sanded.

The seats had appeared to be in a folded down position but were just broken and the wood underneath securing it to the brackets were totally rotten. As a closer inspection of the dash area I noticed a few spots that were showing fiberglass so those areas were filled with bondo glass and gel coated. As soon as I’m able to upload pictures I will.

Here is a question or two for anyone that has any knowledge about the Gypsy 222 there isn’t a capacity plaque on the boat and I need one so any information or pictures would help so I can make one, second question is the windshield wiper is missing, what can I replace it with? I would like to keep the windshield wiper on the boat.