24 Scorpion Project

[Freddan]

Heres a project thread to show you what has been done to my boat so far.

Got the boat from miami and I never actually saw the boat with my own eyes before it got to sweden. A bit of a risky deal so to speak.

Heres a couple of pictures from Miami and then a few pictures when I picked it up a couple of days before christmas 2009.

[Freddan]

As you can see there are LOTS of work to get it in shape but that didnt scare me () so I started to tear down the boat.

[Freddan]

More... The engineroom was extremely filthy...

[Freddan]

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[Chris]

It appears you really know what you're doing.

[Freddan]

It appears you really know what you're doing.

Thanks!

[DAREDEVIL]

It appears you really know what you're doing.

[htrdlncn]

Yeah, a lot of people have tried to track down the molds but noone has come up with them, basically its a 24x7 bottom with good bit of rocker and a tall deck, the only 24x7 with a tall deck giving it a somewhat useable cabin.

[Freddan]

Transom painted white a couple of days ago.

[htrdlncn]

Did you raise the x dimension/propshaft height?

[Freddan]

Did you raise the x dimension/propshaft height?

Yes, I raised it by 3 inches. I have no clue what effect this might have on the handling of the boat but I figured if I find out that I had raised it to much I could buy spacers.

What height did you have on your Scorpion? Was it raised?

[no limits]

Yes, I raised it by 3 inches. I have no clue what effect this might have on the handling of the boat but I figured if I find out that I had raised it to much I could buy spacers.

What height did you have on your Scorpion? Was it raised?

You've got the right idea w/ the spacers. Frank's Marine Scorpion had an X dimension of 18 or 18 1/2. He had a 1' spacer in his drive which means hole was cut at 19 or 19 1/2".

[Freddan]

More work, I forgot my camera but I managed to take this picture of the transom. Hardin Marine exhaust pipes.

[Freddan]

A small update

Started to install some green ledlights, dont know what this might look like once the engine is installed but I figure I should do it before I installed the engine.
There will be atleast 7 or 8 ledlights installed.
Sorry for the poor quality of the picture but you´ll get the idea.

[paston1]

Man this thing looks good so far. Makes me want to tear my 24-7 apart and start over.

[Freddan]

Man this thing looks good so far. Makes me want to tear my 24-7 apart and start over.

Thanks

Things are moving along nicely, havent had the time to update this thread for a while... But thats because Im working on the boat.

I will update with pictures soon!

[Freddan]

Time for an update!

Decided to make the bolsterframes alot more simple. Solid like a tank
They are currently at the upholstry shop, hope to have them soon.

[Freddan]

I also made some changes to the engine hatch, made it about 40cm longer since I decided to go with standup bolsters in the back.
I also added some support to the hatch by the woodpieces you see in picture #2. More pictures of this will follow. In the last picture I have started to paint the hatch white.