1987 Aquasport CCP222

[fishinonthebrain]

Just bought this 1987 CCP222 and started to go through it. Pulled the rub rail off starting to clean it up to see what i am in for.

I am planning on using this boat for fishing and diving and would like to put a  armstong engine platform with a swim deck. What is the transome angle on this boat?

I will keep posting pictures as I go along.





Here is some more pictures taking hardware off and stripping boat down.







Here is the worn console. Have a lot of work to do to it.



Removed console and have a huge mess of wires. Lol.



Started Stripping console out. The prevous owner must have cut the livewell out. What a shame!





Started to sand holes and get ready to re-glass and fill.

[fishinonthebrain]

Just got in my new guages and switches for console. Motor shouls come in next week.

[fishinonthebrain]

I was able to get some to work on the boat this weekend. Here are some pictures.



Rigging up motor to remove. I brought a small boom truck home made it easy work by myself.



Got the motor removed had a lot of sand buildup behind the aluminum plate on the transom.



after pressure washing all these holes popped up. Are these water blisters?

[Blue Agave]

Progress!

There is a guy here in the Tampa area that has been advertising a bracket for sale that he bought for his 222 CCP.  He abandoned the project and got rid of the boat and now he is tring to sell the bracket and fuel tank.

[fishinonthebrain]

The splashwell is real soft so i reached into the hatch cover and felt around. The plywood is all separated. I am going to cut it out.



Take a look right next to the white bilge hose. There is a square cut out of the top one of the stringer. Is That common? I didn't notice the cut out and washed the bilge area down real good with water and soaked the foam ontop of the stringer. :cry:

There is a hole on both stringers in the same place. I drilled a small hole in the base of the stringers on both sides and the foam didnt seems too wet. No water came out. Since I drenched the holes on top of the stringers i can't tell if I dampened the stringer or its was a little damp already. Crap!

[Blue Agave]

Here is the link to the guy I described above ^^^^

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/boa/3111672524.html

[fishinonthebrain]

Thanks I was just going to pull my tank and see how it looked.

[gran398]

You are in rarified air, rebuilding a CCP.  Looking forward to seeing the stringer and transom condition. Keep up the good work thanks for the pics.

[gran398]

The livewell loss is actually not a loss. The owners aren't happy with them, for many reasons.

Add an above-deck oval well later

[fishinonthebrain]

Both access boxes in the transom and floor plates have a lot of rotten plywood in them. I planned to close in transom so i will cut a lot of that out any way.

 

[fishinonthebrain]

The livewell loss is actually not a loss. The owners aren't happy with them, for many reasons.

Add an above-deck oval well later

I was maybe going to make some dry storage area out of it.

I ran accross a picture of a guys boat he rebuilt and he got a oval livewell built in to his transom. Maybe from hammerhead. I am real interested in doing that.

Any suggestions.

[gran398]

If you are going to stay with an open transom....keep the water weight forward. Under the leaning post is ideal.

Closed transom, bracketed engine....different boat, nice touch.

[fishinonthebrain]

If you are going to stay with an open transom....keep the water weight forward. Under the leaning post is ideal.

Closed transom, bracketed engine....different boat, nice touch.

Closed transom, live well in center of transom, access door to one side to access swim platform/engine bracket from armstrong.

[gran398]

There ya go...good deal

[fishinonthebrain]

Did some fiberglass work on console weekend before last since it was raining. Wanted to work on transom but it has been raining and wanted to do something.



Patched some holes with 1.5 CM.



Sanded down CM and mixed up some West System epoxy and some 407 filler.