April 12, 2005
Aquasport Specification Sheet
Our faithful member steved in Rome has been kind enough to put together an Aquasport Specification Document as an Excel file with specs from various models of Aquasports. Steved has gathered this information through an exhaustive search of pre-Genmar marketing materials, owner manuals, and other documents. While it is a work-in-progress, steved's efforts will prove very useful for those of you rebuilding your classic Aquasports to their original specifications. As steved gathers more information on additional models, we'll update this file accordingly. Finally, if any ClassicAquasport.com users have additional information to contribute to this effort, please contact steved. Thanks again steved!
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February 09, 2005
Experimenting with Gelcoat - 23' Mako
Wilson and I spent Monday afternoon spraying prairie yellow Gelcoat from Fiberglass Coatings Inc. on our 1975 23' Mako, which is profiled over at ClassicMako.com. I purchased a half interest in Wilson's Mako a couple of months ago. He has done the lion's share of the difficult work, and I've luckily come in just in time for the fun stuff. We also added Duratec Polyester Clear Hi-Gloss Additive to the mix and the finished product turned out very nice. We still need to do a little sanding and buffing, but overall we are very pleased. The Duratec seemed to work quite well.
Don't worry fellow Aquasport fans, once we finish our experimentation with the guinea pig Mako, we'll get to work on my 1976 Aquasport 222. I'd prefer to make some mistakes on the Mako rather than the Classic Aquasport!
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February 07, 2005
Fiberglass work is a joke compared to this!
Les Lathrop's story in Sunday's St. Petersburg Times of refurbishing a 1946 39' Abaco "Smack" sailboat makes the couple of days I've spent sanding down fairing putty seem like child's play. Les has been working on the boat for several years and has at least a couple of more to go. It's all wood, and the search for the best timbers has been painstaking. You've got to admire the passion of people like Les.
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February 04, 2005
Restoration job - 1972 Formula 23'3"
This afternoon I came across a blog detailing the painstaking bottom up restoration of a 1972 Formula 23'3" in North Carolina. They plan to bolt twin outboards on that sucker and throw in a 107 gallon gas tank. Sounds like she's going to be a lady killer.
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