77 Hydra-Sports Hydra-Flight 170 rebuild/mod

[77sportz]

The boat has been sitting since 2005 when hurricane Katrina came through. Notice the trees growing.
I picked it up from my parents' old house last Sunday and began cleaning it out.

Katrina mud


Wood was a muddy paste. After some grinding, its almost ready to go in the shed. To be continued...Stringers, transom, and cap modification .

[77sportz]

More pics soon. Starting on transom this weekend.

[OFFSHORE GINGER]

77sports , Wow .you are off to a great start , deck pulled , etc , etc , and with that in mind ....you just might want to consider adding a little more support to the hull structurally ,along the transom , keel , & chime , etc , etc to keep the original configuration ( shape ) of the hull or everything straight with less work in the long run .......

[200VEGAS]

Angle grinder will take care of that trailer eye

[77sportz]

O G, thanks for the reply. I leveled and blocked it up before I started repairs. My dad started hacking away at it back in early '04, so most of the deconstruction was already done on the trailer before I started working on it. I would have liked to had it in my shed on a jig before removing any of the original stringers,braces,ect., but it wasn't possible this go-around.

[77sportz]

Center in.
Stringers complete. 3/4" PVC for bracing
Transom made up
Ready for glass.

[200VEGAS]

Looks good i have an old 17' 1979 platmate that met a channel marker next door. It was built like a tank lot of fun in that little boat

[77sportz]

Is that playmate a kevlar hull boat too?

[200VEGAS]

No its not