New Member - New Project

[FLexpat]

At least you probably don't have to wear a respirator and tyveks to get it apart.

[GrumpyDuck]

More demo today. Starting to rip the rest of the deck off, took the rub rail off and got a better look at what's left of the gunwales. Finally have all of the fuel drained as well.

[FAS]

yikes!

[GrumpyDuck]

Did you know that SC 23' also make excellent icebreakers? Neither did I!

https://youtu.be/Oen931zW14k

I've been a total slacker with updates as far as the rebuild goes. I don't have many photos of the process and fewer of the results.

Things done since my last update include:

- Rebuild gunwale port/starboard
- New deck with hatches, many mistakes made to be fixed NEXT summer
- New console
- Poly 52g tank
- New motor (Honda 250 during the middle of the season, DOH!)
- Paint
- Patching, everywhere
- Lenco 9x12 tabs
- New dog ladder/ramp
- Lights, lights, lights

About half way through the season the already temperamental Evinrude FICHT 225 decided to go full-persnickety and failed to start one morning. Oddly enough I had already decided to replace it with a 4 stroke since the motor cutting off all the time while maneuvering a low speed was getting old. Timing is everything though and it didn't last as long we hoped so the new motor hustle had to be done in between bookings. The new anvil on the back makes all the difference.

Since the Honda on the the wet, rotten miserable transom mean she sits a little low aft that's going to have to get fixed. The plan is to fully enclose/rebuild it and install a bracket of some sort. Also a side console turns out to be great room-wise but terrible if you have to run the boat with the blind up. So I'm going back to a more traditional center console as well.

I also learned that my jigsaw approach to rebuilding the deck was flawed and led to some problem spots, so that will be addressed as well. As much as I hate to redo it that's my intent, rip everything out and start from scratch with Nida-core bonded together to form one large deck-plate rather than one piece at a time.

This has definitely been a learning experience for me and thankfully an enjoyable one at that.

Here's some photos plus a couple of bonus dog-shots.











First splash after repairs, she didn't sink!

[otterhound]

That has to be the ultimate duck boat
Rod