1996 200 osprey rebuild

[Aswaff400]

i plan to build up the top of the stringers, then lay the deck on top of the remainder of the old deck, ill take a pic tomorrow of a 24 morgan at work that has the deck the way i plan to do it....

edit:
heres a quick drawing what i kinda plan to do which was done on the morgan hull we have... raise the deck some, coring of some kind on top of the stringers for support...

[Aswaff400]

today's work: dig out foam.




got most of the foam out,  



the partially hidden rigging tube, need to cut it out so i can get to rest of the foam...




my work space:

[RickK]

Nice workspace  
and nice work so far  

[tru]

did you install the stereo in the sides of your gunnels?

how difficult was it to run wiring there?

[Aswaff400]

did you install the stereo in the sides of your gunnels?

how difficult was it to run wiring there?

it was fairly difficult to run the wires on the port side as there was no access to that side of the boat, the starboard was pretty easy

[Aswaff400]

got the rigging tube cut out, got the most of the foam ground out, and got the motor pulled...



surprisingly, i only filled the shop vac one time today lol

[wingtime]

Looking good!  Hopefully I'll have time to swing on by tomorrow morning and get a look at it in person!

[fabuck71]

what year is that 200 and how does she run?

[Aswaff400]

what year is that 200 and how does she run?

she runs great. its a 1990 has somewhere around 1700 hours on her. bought from original owner a couple years ago who was anal about the maintenance.

[fabuck71]

btw, I PM'd you back :)!

[Aswaff400]

got a good amount of the foam out, enough to be happy with, started digging-er, more like, vacuuming out the transom i mean mulch... pics to come!

[Aswaff400]

heres the pics from today

whats that brown stuff on the bolts?! lol








i expected to find rotten wood, but holy crap, im surprised/lucky the motor hadn't ripped of the transom.

[louiefl]

You rebuild is going well - I'm learning as you go along.

I have a 175 Osprey and realized I'd like something a little bigger for more room, better seaworthiness, etc and have had my eye out on the 200 Osprey - same layout as the 175 but wider, longer, taller, heavier. I stumbled across this listing and thought this might be a good starting point:

http://keys.craigslist.org/boa/3206284078.html

Your mulched transon and soggy foam made me a little lightheaded - maybe I should be happy with what I have for the moment...

[Aswaff400]

You rebuild is going well - I'm learning as you go along.

I have a 175 Osprey and realized I'd like something a little bigger for more room, better seaworthiness, etc and have had my eye out on the 200 Osprey - same layout as the 175 but wider, longer, taller, heavier. I stumbled across this listing and thought this might be a good starting point:

http://keys.craigslist.org/boa/3206284078.html

Your mulched transon and soggy foam made me a little lightheaded - maybe I should be happy with what I have for the moment...

i like the hull, drafts fairly shallow, very easy to handle alone(loading and unloading from trailer)... sometimes i do wish i had that extra couple feet of a 22-2... ill sell you a nice stripped hull lol   the transom cap on mine wasnt sealed one bit so water just wept right in... the foam wasnt bad, the last 4-6 ft on the starboard side was wet, but not completely saturated like the transom lol

heres a video from a couple months ago running in the bay, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFQgLbjFwnM

[tru]

what size motor do ou have and what kind of speeds were you seeing with it?

took mine out this weekend and ran 42 with a 150 2stroke, curious if i should see more. i also dont have a functional tac...so not sure my rpm's yet.