Back In The Saddle Again!

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Originally Posted by strick

Hermco- RIP for The Bud Man, he was a cool looking cat

Work has slowed down a bit allowing me to make a little more progress on the boat. After months of grinding and sanding I am mostly done now with all that grunt work. So I have been ordering parts. First to come in was the rub rail. Taco marine part # v21-9613 rigid vinyl. I could not wait to get it on the boat. A little bribing and I got my 14 year old son to help me out.














Next on the list was to get the bilge cleaned up and painted. I had some left over duratec high gloss additive laying around so I used it up. 50/50 with white gel coat. What a difference a clean bilge makes!






The glass was removed from the window frames and I sanded them down with 220 grit. There was a little pitting in a few spots due to some of the ss hardware that was attached to them. I filled them with some quick fair and re sanded them. Then cleaned and etched with system 3 and primed with Awlgrip 545. The next day they were ready for paint.










A diesel heater helps keep the shop nice and toasty as the temps have been in the low 50's




These are the bolts I'm waiting on to mount the windows. They are from American marine which is now owned by Pompanette. There is a new guy answering the phone and he did not know what I was talking about. First he said they did not have them and I said you got to have them! so I sent him a picture and he was able to find me a pack of 20. I dont know where else you could find these special bolts.

Home Depot has the bolts you need. They are in the plumbing section, look for toilet flange bolts.

I used them on my Mako 251 retso a few years back.