Converting a Race Boat into a pleasure Boat

[Offshore Ginger]

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Started 02-01-2010 Yes its a L O N G drawn out thread no doubt, not sure about a wanna-be-racer comment ? Last winter was spent working on the cat and this v-bottom. This boat started off a nicely painted boat less motor. We stripped it down, replaced the floor, replaced some bulk heads, raised the X, replaced a couple stringers and re-rigged.. The cat is fun, like I said no hurry to finish and I do take on a few to many projects.

Ha Ha Ha , its all good considering i am just busting your balls , and when you get ready to drop her in the water we all will be very interested and rooting for you , and from the looks of things to come Tawas will not be having a race this summer which to me is somewhat disappointing because it actually was a very nice event .

[Buoy]

How did I miss this thread the past two days?

[Ratickle]

Rick's going really fast compared to our BT!

[2TR]

Race harness is finished.. safety first I always say.

[Ratickle]

Is that aluminum or steel?????

[Bobcat]

Those are fine...just as long as you do not use them for climbing !

[Ratickle]

How is the project coming along Rick?

[2TR]

How is the project coming along Rick?

It's moving right along - wiring, than re-wiring, changing wiring and than doing it again was a PITA.. Now just lots of custom parts like steering wheel extenders, foot rest, arm rest, padded cock pit walls.. fabricating the hatch latch now.

[Ratickle]

So should be done about the time the ice is off the lake, mid-July or so???

[2TR]

Lots of custom parts have been machine over the past months - I'm getting better at working with the lathe and Bridge Post.

[old377guy]

Great stuff

[Ratickle]

Do you have a test target date? Maybe bring two boats to Biloxi?

[rschap1]

Bridgeport

[Ratickle]

That cockpit looks really good. WHat kind of backseat room were you able to end up with? Able to fit back there yourself?

[2TR]

The back seats (or back area) is very roomy, you could stretch out ans sleep .. I have the seats but have not installed them. I'm looking into making a system that has a quick release seat up for removing them when not needed or wanted.

Finished up the last of the wiring last night and looking to test when I have time and the lakes clear from Ice chunks, docks, trees and other crap floating down stream.

[Ratickle]

There was an offshore boat in Lake Macatawa yesterday throwing a big roost and sounding like Ilmor's according to the calls I got. They said there were huge icebergs still out there to dodge.....

[2TR]

Every once in a while I have time to be able really work some long hours and make some serious progress.

Front windows cut, drilled, sealed and mounted. I used some carbon fiber looking vehicle wrap material around the edge for cosmetic reasons.

* I never cut materiel this thick and i managed to "f" the driver side up so I now have a 1" gap right down the middle wear the two piece come together.
I'll try and get a nice sheet of 1/4" aluminum and bend a nice cover plate this weekend.

[2TR]

Side windows went in fairly easy - just need to clean up some trim work.

[Ratickle]

That is really starting to look good......

[2TR]

Now it's "wrap time" -

Matte Red with metal flake
Matte Black with metal flake
Matte Black _ (just murder it out)
Chrome red

cheetah PRINT THE WHOLE DAMM BOAT...

The rear engine room hatches, front bow hatch and 2 canopy hatches would be wrapped in matte carbon fiber on each design..