Not a Aquasport... but look what followed me home...

[wingtime]

Lookie what followed me home today.  It's a 1999 Sea Rayder jet boat... made by,,,,  Sea Ray.. LOL  This one is the model with the 175HP 2.5L Mercury V6 Inboard jet drive.  Get this it only has 56 hours on the tach.  I bought it from a friend of mine.  It's been sitting for some time in her back yard.  Unfortunately her sons dog chewed up the seat cushions but I can fix that.  As you can see it looks much better after a quick cleaning.  Now I just have to see if I can get it running.










Furry friend hiding in the engine cover:


Some cleaning action pics:


Much better:

[gran398]

Cool deal!

Like the ride, like the burn barrel, like the squirrel!

Excellent

[seabob4]

Wing,
There was an article MANY years ago in Boating Magazine, one of the writers took a Sea Rayder up the Tennessee river for a big chunk of miles...pretty cool, wish I could find it.  Probably about 12-13 years ago...

[wingtime]

Bob you know the girl I bought the boat from...  It's Stacey's

[seabob4]

Bob you know the girl I bought the boat from...  It's Stacey's

Get out!  Wish her well...Stacey, and the boat!

[wingtime]

Cool deal!

Like the ride, like the burn barrel, like the squirrel!

Excellent

Lol thats not a squirrel!  Its a fruit rat!  The boat was parked under a citrus tree.  On the way home my buddie was following me when a couple of rats bailed out of the back of the boat!  Btw does anyone have a suggestion on how to clean off rat poop?

Here is a video of him :-)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtxAo-AIEnY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[wingtime]

Made some progress on the jet boat.  More cleaning and I removed all the seat cushions and bolsters.  This was tricky since Sea Ray bolted them in BEFORE the cap was installed on the hull.  I ended up cutting three 4" holes to gain access to the bolts.  I'll install some pie plates and no one will be the wiser.  Here's a few pics:









Notice the hidden HIN number that was under the captains seat back.

[gran398]

Nice!!

Just now caught the video link....your cat...was funny

[wingtime]

I went and bought a Harbor Freight variable speed polisher and a good wool bonnet.  I wet sanded the faded gel coat on the jet boat with 600 & 800 grit paper then polished it with compound and wax.  This is the results so far:









I must say I was pretty happy with the results!

[seabob4]

Stacey's gonna want it back!!!

BTW, a guy I know at Sigma Marine said Stamas has built 2 production boats in the last 2 years...boy, am I bummed!!!

[gran398]

Doll Baby!!



Net giving probs my way tonight.

[wingtime]

BTW, a guy I know at Sigma Marine said Stamas has built 2 production boats in the last 2 years...boy, am I bummed!!!

I know Stacey used John as a reference for a job recently and I heard they are only doing service, warranty and repair work there.


The Sea Rayder actually belonged to her ex husband (you know what happened to him right?) and her Son Josh.

[seabob4]

BTW, a guy I know at Sigma Marine said Stamas has built 2 production boats in the last 2 years...boy, am I bummed!!!

I know Stacey used John as a reference for a job recently and I heard they are only doing service, warranty and repair work there.


The Sea Rayder actually belonged to her ex husband (you know what happened to him right?) and her Son Josh.

Yes, I do...

[RickK]

Wat a difference  

Did you get rid of Mickey?

Is that an old Willys I see in the background?

[wingtime]

Wat a difference  

Did you get rid of Mickey?

Is that an old Willys I see in the background?

Mickey??  OH duh!  LOL  yeah Mickey, Minnie, and Mighty have been evicted or are pushing up daisies.

That is actually a 1942 WWII WC53 Dodge carry all truck.  Here is a link to a little web page my buddies and I put together of  pictures of our project vehicles:  http://50newtmotorclub.shutterfly.com/