'78 Sceptre 23 -- Complete Restoration

[PipeDreamsMarine]

Carla Dee..Making a hard top that you can remove once a year for storage is not a problem. You need to make certain consessions, the biggest one is the there will be some exposed wiring(some not much) and it will take you about and hour to take it off(undoing the wiring is the biggest part). But They do look nice and hold up just like a fixed hard top.

Chris.. no problem.. just bring their swimmies. I don't have the life jackets for the lil'ones yet.. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Otto... do you still have the old canvas?.. if so send it to me and i'll get one made and send it back to you if you want.. The only problem with Starboard is that it doesn't bend two ways at once, and when it does it makes a big bubble. Check your top for compound crown. Use a long straight egde, one that will go the whole lenght of the top. If it touches on the front and the back along with the middle bows your ok and it will work fine. If not it will still work but you may not be happy with the way that it looks.

If you go with the canvas. I can tell you how to lace it back on

[TUGBOAT]

WELCOME Aboard !!
Did I Read Right ? 6 Boats !!
Oh Boy here comes a New THEORY !!!!
You meant 6 cases of BEER !
Scream'n Reels'
"TUG"

[TUGBOAT]

Where's OTTO ??
When Ya get down Here you can have a "11" Boat THEORY !!
Lets see---Deepwater(Cruiser),backwater,CC(Seacraft), ski, air boat, bass boat, ,pontoon,kayak,canoe,cigarette & a pirogue
Year round use !
Scream'n Reels'
"TUG"
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[danielddavis]

Pipes,

Here comes one of those questions I'm sure you hate to answer...

SO, give me a ballpark (+/- 30%) on how much you think a nice hardtop with lots of goodies made to be removable would run for a 23' Sceptre.

I'd like to know so that I can make a more educated decision about where to spend my $$$$s if I'm only willing to spend $10 - $15K for a complete overhaul.

Thanks.

[PipeDreamsMarine]

CarlaDee.. $2,500.00 for the top installed at my location.. hope this helps

[danielddavis]

Wow!! That's an awesome price. Any chance that you know anyone in South Cackolacky who could do good work at a price somewhere close to that?

[danielddavis]

Just got a few pics of the boat (along with a sail that we caught Saturday).

Pass along some suggestions if ya'll see 'em.

Daniel

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[ July 01, 2003, 11:53 PM: Message edited by: Carla Dee ]