1987 Sport with keel, rub rail and bow eye damage. Initial weight with motor bracket still attached but without seats, rails or rubrail insert was 768.5 pounds
The plan is to
strip interior,
flip hull,
weigh hull,
remove through hulls, bow eye, stern eyes, motor bracket
clean out all holes to fresh core/wood,
compound, polish and wax hull,
use heat lamps, fan and dehumidier to dry core while weighing hull
patch keel damage,
repair bow eye damage,
flip back up,
drill, dry and fill interior holes,
compound, polish and wax interior,
sand, epoxy seal and varnish wood interior,
reinstall interior,
mount engine, battery and tank,
launch for sea trials.
17 Sport Restoration blog!
Follow the restoration action here and ask any questions you like
Dec 26, 2015
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| Date | Hours | Project | Comment | Weight | |
| 12-15 | 8 | transport from IL to MI | |||
| 12-17 | 2 | switch trailers | 768.5 | ||
| 12-18 | 2 | lift and flip hull | 761.5 | ||
| 12-24 | 1 | test gelcoat spot with 600 grit, compound, polish and wax | Removed paint off small spot on hull to verify gelcoat. Looks great! | 759.1 | |
| 1-3 | 1 | Remove motor bracket off stern and cleaned holes | 27.5 lbs of steel removed | 731.6 | |
| 1-3 | 1 | Start 2 150 watt heat lamps under and 2 lamps over the keel damage | 731.6 | ||
| 1-26 | 3 | Fill hole with epoxy/light weight filler mix (about 8 oz of mixture) | 725.5 |
This is the intended interior.
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