Anyone have any projects started yet??

[Sheer Insanity]

Nows the time,...:thumbsup:

1) My plans this cold season is 5 new DEM stainless 8" pull up flush cleats.

2) Polished stainless oval port window on side of console.

3) Fix all minor gel coat flaws.

4) Buff/Polish all glass back to new shine condition.

5) New folding under platform hide away ladder.

6) 8 Fusion 7" speakers. (More amps??)

I plan to take before, process and after pics and post them.

Got my thru hulls done & finally took pics. Turned out sweet!!

Before

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After



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[Storz]

Got my interior and motor almost all stripped out of the boat, its getting a new floor and seats over the winter. Interior painted, and the motor freshened up!

[Mr. Demeanor]

Started....they never end!

Consider using Infinity Kappa speakers. Mine have held up better than any marine speaker I have ever had and mine get sprayed with fresha nd salt water in the fishing boat every time. The ones in the back of my boat are near the floor right above the scuppers where we are constantly washing fish blood out and get covered with salt spray all day. 5 years and the sound GREAT.

The powerhead comes off the little Yamaha after the Suwanee trip. Solid motor mounts, new bushings, and a new steering arm go in. I hope it comes apart easily!

[XstreamVking]

Today, I am taking off the 3.0L merc and putting a 2.5 back on. Doing some improvements to the 3L, solid mounts, lwp coned lower, injectors calibrated, new reeds, ex.tuner, shaved hds and re-flash comp. Merry Christmas to me.. Should put my V-King well into the 90s @ 6200r's.....

[rankink]

The HST is getting a new floor and rear sub-floor, foam removed from sponsons, new radio and some gauges as well.

Just started ripping the carpet and main floor out this weekend.
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[Karsten]

Complete makeover on my 21' Stilletto. Going from Original finish and interior to custom frame up reconfiguration of the seating, new carpet, 2x2 Balsa floor, adding a storage space behind rear seat, custom paint and a few other things.

Hope I don't run out of money:eek:

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Karsten

[JUPITER PULSARE]

I'm in the midst of another Checkmate Pulsare 2100 rebuild. So far the seats, rear bench, rear backrest and seat box have all been removed. The jackplate has been removed. The bilge has been derigged of all wiring/harnesses/hoses/etc. The bilge has been scrubbed and sanded so I can begin the prep work for a new coat of white BilgeKote. I'm going to tidy up all the wiring/rigging after the bilge is painted. Add a new hyd. jackplate with 12-16" of setback. Replace all the gages with new Livorsi gages and anodized bezels. I may replace the cockpit carpet and the entire hull will get aqua buffed and waxed. Here's a few nasty bilge shots. I'll post some after shots once the bilge is finished!

[JrCRXHF]

Rebuild the V8 due to a 1/4 20 nut and finish putting the Stinger 75 on the 10.5 cat which means a full rig on the little cat.

[MDevrow]

Time is near, Project started in March 2011. Purchased from screamandfly members, 1994 XR2001 Allison Drag,1998 15" SS mid., 2005 280, and just received a fresh 15" merc.200 lower jc cone.Have hyd. steering now--will have to see how it feels.Will be heading to Crown Leisure Marine in Biloxi this Friday to complete rigging. Thanks to all involved everything has gone smooth so far, have really dealt with some good people.

[patchesII]

Time is near, Project started in March 2011. Purchased from screamandfly members, 1994 XR2001 Allison Drag,1998 15" SS mid., 2005 280, and just received a fresh 15" merc.200 lower jc cone.Have hyd. steering now--will have to see how it feels.Will be heading to Crown Leisure Marine in Biloxi this Friday to complete rigging. Thanks to all involved everything has gone smooth so far, have really dealt with some good people.

You oughta consider racing it next year with DSRA. Several races that aren't too bad a drive from South Mississippi

[pantera24]

Well sold my 24' Pantera and got a 24' Carrera SS7M.
Closing up the transom as we speak and ordered a twin engine o/b bracket but
for now only going with a single. Here is a pic of the ride and a "sneak peak" at
the motor which Shaun Torrente is working his magic on.
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[Sheer Insanity]

[QUOTE=pantera24;2247450]Well sold my 24' Pantera and got a 24' Carrera SS7M.

What??? All the sudden??

[Capt.Insane-o]

Burgess, HST, Vixen, 2 Vipers, a Vector and a customers Vector... I think I'mma just going to go shoot myself....lol

[282]

Nows the time,...:thumbsup:

1) My plans this cold season is 5 new DEM stainless 8" pull up flush cleats.

2) Polished stainless oval port window on side of console.

3) Fix all minor gel coat flaws.

4) Buff/Polish all glass back to new shine condition.

5) New folding under platform hide away ladder.

6) 8 Fusion 7" speakers. (More amps??)

I plan to take before, process and after pics and post them.

Got my thru hulls done & finally took pics. Turned out sweet!!

Before

http://i39.tinypic.com/b54hs1.jpg

After



http://i41.tinypic.com/35jwje0.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/123oao3.jpg


http://i42.tinypic.com/2mfzmtz.jpg

Is this a Pat built Active Thunder? I had an A/T Savage, did not know they made a performance fishing boat. Very nice looking boat.

[pantera24]

[QUOTE=pantera24;2247450]Well sold my 24' Pantera and got a 24' Carrera SS7M.

What??? All the sudden??

Yea, it was just old school cool and it has a useful cabin unlike my Pantera Sport.
Looking to be able to overnight and this fit the bill just right.

[Sheer Insanity]

Congradulations then. :thumbsup: Cant wait to see it on the next run.

[Sheer Insanity]

Is this a Pat built Active Thunder? I had an A/T Savage, did not know they made a performance fishing boat. Very nice looking boat.

Yes, Built 3 of these built in the late 90's by pat. The 28 savage mold is supposed to be my boats mold cut down. Sweet boat, I love it!

[JUPITER PULSARE]

Yes, Built 3 of these built in the late 90's by pat. The 28 savage mold is supposed to be my boats mold cut down. Sweet boat, I love it!

Yup..the Active Fish mold was used for the 28' Savage until Active Thunder sold the fish boat molds. The newer 28' Savages are built from the original Active Thunder 32' V-bottom molds. By the way, a bunch of Active Thunders are heading to Key West this week for the races and Florida Power Boat club poker run.

[Sheer Insanity]

Update!


Nows the time,...:thumbsup:

1) My plans this cold season is 5 new DEM stainless 8" pull up flush cleats. <<<<ORDERED

2) Polished stainless oval port window on side of console.

3) Fix all minor gel coat flaws.

4) Buff/Polish all glass back to new shine condition.

5) New folding under platform hide away ladder. <<<<ORDERED

6) 8 Fusion 6" speakers. (More amps??) <<<<ORDERED

I plan to take before, process and after pics and post them.

Got my thru hulls done & finally took pics. Turned out sweet!!

Before

http://i39.tinypic.com/b54hs1.jpg

After



http://i41.tinypic.com/35jwje0.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/123oao3.jpg


http://i42.tinypic.com/2mfzmtz.jpg

[mastertrax]

Superhot weather, love bugs on the Neches river and a busy schedule have kept me from playing with my LTV

Raise engine to top holes on jack plate
Replace one trailer light (on order)
Fix temp gauge
Fill a few small chips in the hull
Try out a 30" cleaver

[dnr78]

I'm having the 2.4 resleeved in 5 holes
(did on earlier this year)got much chrome peeling
Install 24v trim
Put a 410 CI ,425 horsepower sbc in my '84
S-10(motor is already done)
Then patiently wait

[jerry book]

We are doing a complete resto on an LTV pics of it can be seen on our face book page Book Brothers Marine. Got 2 SST 120 powerheads to build. Restore a 15R Allison and Put a 15 inch mid on my SS2000 Allison gonna be a busy winter

[rkmirage]

Redoing the Mirage, how come projects always take 4 times as long to complete then originally planned?

[cooperider]

I'm building a new boat.

[dnr78]

We are gonna need pics of the boat building

[Sheer Insanity]

Pull-up Cleats installed! Unbelievable quility and cheaper than Accon. :thumbsup: Undermount ladder installed Pics when light out. <<< Also better quility than any I have seen. Have 6 of the 8 Fusion 6" speakers installed. I will updtae with better pics. Got dark....

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[timmc6]

got my winter project today 87 stv mod vp,2-2.4 efi bridgeport efi,s out of mothballs ,been in storage 12 years,will post pictures when i can figure out how to.gonna be fun,great barn find got lucky,tim

[Sheer Insanity]

TTT Post pics!

[rude tim]

Jumped into it big time. Took the V8 Erude off the back of the deck boat. Took off the 25 inch mid and installed a 20 inch mid with a 1.5 spacer. As for the V8 I have hade sleeves made to put DBR 3.3 liter pistons with my port specs. I am getting close to having it all done. This motor should be a reliable animal, 4.4 liter all behind the liner V8. Should produce 450 to 500 hp on pump gas and not need to spin over 7k. I had Racer (Al Stoker) install the sleeves and do the boring and it came out great. Thanks Al. Now it is all about finishing the porting and getting it on Al's dino and put it on the back of the boat. Hope to be finished and on the water by Feb.

[Bdusted440]

Well putting new teak in swim platform and cleaning up gell on the checkmate ambasador. completely restomoding the glastron ultra gx-239.

[MrBigBlockDart]

I'm new to this as of 9/1/11 I have a great advantage banshee with a 225 yamaha on it. I picked up a entire sidewinder, and took the rigging so I can put on the jackplate, and re rig the boat with the 3.0 liter johnson. I'm so excited!

I've been making list after list on this. Right now its at Bottoms up having some EXCELLENT care taken of it,

http://www.performanceboats.com/pb-open-water/96307-advantage-boat-setup.html

[Capt.Insane-o]

ugh.. 9 hours in... I f****** hate yellow..

[socalstone]

Re-did everything on my jetboat this year. new motor is in, going to try to fire it up later this week to see if I have any issues.

[Hot Shot Merc]

Im redoing my 20 Action Marine. Gutted the boat,stripped all the carpet and rubrail too. Going to fill some old rigging holes and dings ect then have Jack Barsh at Full Throttle Power Boats prime,paint and clear the entire boat. The boat will be Viper Red and going with white gell coat for the interior floor w/red and grey webbing. All new gauges,fuel tank,jack plate and rub rail.Have a 2.4 carb merc getting rebuilt. Heres a before pic. I'll start another thread soon with pics as I go.

[Fish]

Im redoing my 20 Action Marine. Gutted the boat,stripped all the carpet and rubrail too. Going to fill some old rigging holes and dings ect then have Jack Barsh at Full Throttle Power Boats prime,paint and clear the entire boat. The boat will be Viper Red and going with white gell coat for the interior floor w/red and grey webbing. All new gauges,fuel tank,jack plate and rub rail.Have a 2.4 carb merc getting rebuilt. Heres a before pic. I'll start another thread soon with pics as I go.

looks good rob, looking forward to seeing you back on the water.

started sanding the 13 whaler and cant seem to get down to good glass without cracks; this restoration for my daughter is going to take longer than i thought.

pulled the motor out of the grandwagoneer, need to get around to putting it back in.

have not started rewiring the euro or getting rid of the *&%$# POS Livorsi gauges and find something that works, and not gotten around to figuring out exactly what the gremlin is in my motor before river ranch.

almost done replacing failed AHC parts in my tow vehicle.

hoping to enclose the splashwell in my 23 donzi this winter, but since yesterday was the first cold day (yeah, 60 is cold in fla), it may not happen this winter.

and... seriously considering another new project that i came across...like i have time for it. yeeeup, i am an idiot.

[Fish]

socalstone, you did an amazing job on the interior, looks great!

[socalstone]

socalstone, you did an amazing job on the interior, looks great!

Thanks Fish, I think it turned out great. New buckets are Mcleod "Intel" - Absolutely beautiful design. I designed the rest of the interior around them.
Problem is they are way too firm, bottom is too tall and back has a center pad that juts too far forward (I'd rather slouch lol). So have some tweaking to do.
But at least have a few months to get it right before we get warm again.

[jerry book]

I just finished converting my 225 Super mag to a 15 inch from a 20 inch. Yes if anyone asks that is the boat on the Allison page with the Honda on it Gonna be an open exhaust summer here in southern Ohio248939248940248941

[Sheer Insanity]

Ordered (3) Blinglights 2700 lumens under water lights today. Installing this weekend. If all goes right, pics Sunday! Also, bought gel repair kit to fix chips, scratches and cracks this weekend.

[rchevelle71]

Well sold my 24' Pantera and got a 24' Carrera SS7M.
Closing up the transom as we speak and ordered a twin engine o/b bracket but
for now only going with a single. Here is a pic of the ride and a "sneak peak" at
the motor which Shaun Torrente is working his magic on.
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Went to visit Angel this weekend, and saw the Carrera, this is gonna be a badazz 24x7 single when complete, I am probably gonna have to do some motor upgrades to keep up.

[Sheer Insanity]

Went to visit Angel this weekend, and saw the Carrera, this is gonna be a badazz 24x7 single when complete, I am probably gonna have to do some motor upgrades to keep up.

Were are the pics Rick?? Congrats on selling the Pantera! New boat sure looks like it would have save you from the beating you took crossing the Charlotte Harbor. I saw the bottom of your Pantera more than any part! :eek:


Can't wait to see your new boat wet in the Key's this year..

[rock]

I decided to do a couples projects this winter one of which is fairly normal for me and the other is way off base. The normal project is a 200# 13' Checkmate splash with a 150xs on a t2 mid with a speedmaster and nitrous. Boat is excellent but I want to change 15" mid to 12". I want to move the seat back a little bit and the nitrous rigging under the cowl is getting corrected. I am building a manifold that will mount behind the carbs and have the nitrous and enrichment all contained without hoses running all over the place.
Second project is way different than I am used to. Bought a 21' Seebold that needs major help. It is getting a new rear seat, transom, core, and floor. Splash well is going away and an aluminum support system to tie the motor directly to the stringers. There will be a new transom but it should never see any real stress. The striping and parts of the interior are getting a color change to bring this thing into the correct century looks wise. I have also purchased a 300xs that had a bad cowling on it. It has ben repaired and looks like new. The new decals should be here in a couple days. Other than my pontoon this will be the first boat in many, many years I can take more than one person for a ride.
Rock

[rchevelle71]

Were are the pics Rick?? Congrats on selling the Pantera! New boat sure looks like it would have save you from the beating you took crossing the Charlotte Harbor. I saw the bottom of your Pantera more than any part! :eek:


Can't wait to see your new boat wet in the Key's this year..

Wife had the camera at the in-laws over by you, I didnt sell mine, Angel sold HIS Pantera. Should have both my pantera and Angel's Carrera in the keys around June/July, you up for the run?

[Sheer Insanity]

Wife had the camera at the in-laws over by you, I didnt sell mine, Angel sold HIS Pantera. Should have both my pantera and Angel's Carrera in the keys around June/July, you up for the run?

Sorry read wrong..

Looking forward to this years run. Bigger & much more enjoyable boat capable of dealing with the chop. Staying multiple days this time. I'll be sick of snorkling this time and not mad I have to leave. Last time we only spent one night.

Someone (>you<) :rolleyes: should get a 2012 Key's run thread going?? Give everyone a chance to make plans.:thumbsup:

My woman ( yea, got back together....) and I would still be up for another East coast getaway and intercoastal tour if you guy's get time.

[Sheer Insanity]

Now back to the topic. Not originaly on the list but installed 3 under water lights. Bright as he-l but wanted to make a statment (the way I am) with them so bought 2 more.

I will bost pics as soon as I get boat from shop and install them and find some clear water.,


Here is some pics with 3..

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Took this with phone. Water was nasty...

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[rchevelle71]

Sorry read wrong..

Looking forward to this years run. Bigger & much more enjoyable boat capable of dealing with the chop. Staying multiple days this time. I'll be sick of snorkling this time and not mad I have to leave. Last time we only spent one night.


Someone (>you<) :rolleyes: should get a 2012 Key's run thread going?? Give everyone a chance to make plans.:thumbsup:

My woman ( yea, got back together....) and I would still be up for another East coast getaway and intercoastal tour if you guy's get time.

Keys run, at least mine will be after river ranch, unless someone puts one together first.

[Dd24skater]

Here's my new project.......for the summer!