1981 Aquasport 170 rebuild in Sweden

[larsli68]

I managed to get hold of seacast from Denmark.

Lars

Leave it us Dane's!  My last name, Christiansen...note the -sen...

Cool! In Sweden your last name would have been Christiansson. Two s and on at the end.
I have a buddy at work who's dad is from Denmark. His name is Christoffersen.

The deck is saturated with water and weighs a ton. I'm glad to remove all the wet wood, even though the project has become quite a bit more than I originally planned...
I have restored boats before and are not too worried. My brother restored a 6mR from 1939. He worked on it for 7 years. We sailed it this summer. Check out his blog at:
http://silvervingen31.blogspot.se/
It's in English.
//Lars

[seabob4]

My grandparents came over to the states from Copenhagen in 1914.  They knew chit was about to hit the fan in Europe...

[larsli68]

My grandparents came over to the states from Copenhagen in 1914.  They knew chit was about to hit the fan in Europe...

No politics, but it is pretty bad in Europe now. Economy will not pick up. I hope the States can pull also Europe out of recession.

[Capt. Bob]

What do ya know, my name's Berlin.

Note the lin.  

I'm from Perrine Fla.(Ok so there's no L in Perrine) but rumor has it my family came to town on the Mayflower but I'm guessin' it was the moving van company rather than the ship ............still...........

Here's a great thread on pouring a transom (if you haven't seen it already).

viewtopic.php?p=66725#p66725

Good luck.

[keysguy]

Capt.Bob - You mean Palmetto Bay now..

[larsli68]

What do ya know, my name's Berlin.

Note the lin.  

I'm from Perrine Fla.(Ok so there's no L in Perrine) but rumor has it my family came to town on the Mayflower but I'm guessin' it was the moving van company rather than the ship ............still...........

Here's a great thread on pouring a transom (if you haven't seen it already).

viewtopic.php?p=66725#p66725

Good luck.

Thanks Capt.Bob!
The link was great. I have been looking for it, but not found it. Thanks!
The floor and foam is coming out. I hope to finish cutting the floor before I leave on vacation next week. Would be great to come home to a dry boat.

Thanks again!
//Lars

[larsli68]

I went by my local fiberglass factory today after work. He will let me glass the new floor panels in his factory end of this month! I'm happy for this, because this warm weather we have now
will not stick around for much longer.
Cutting the floor out tonight. Will post more pictures later.

[larsli68]

At least I'm making a good mess... Coffin and the rest of the floor came out tonight. I will continue with foam removal on Saturday. We have a Halloween party to go to tomorrow.
Happy Halloween everyone!
I'm starting to think I might convert my boat to an external gas tank. Several reasons for this. I don't have a gas station for miles from my mooring. I have to lug gas jugs anyway.
I can use that space for storage. My gas tank is Aluminum and from 1981... Probably have seen it's best days.

[Capt. Bob]

Capt.Bob - You mean Palmetto Bay now..

It will always be Perrine to me.
Whether incorporated or not.

[Aquasport Commodore]

You could always go with a tank like this one and it is a 35 gal. Vent on one end and fill draw at other. Low profile and will fit between the stringers. Use the console for batteries and storage. Heck put in the side storage compartments in/on the console. Heck even run the fill up into the console and not over to the cap.

[larsli68]

You could always go with a tank like this one and it is a 35 gal. Vent on one end and fill draw at other. Low profile and will fit between the stringers. Use the console for batteries and storage. Heck put in the side storage compartments in/on the console. Heck even run the fill up into the console and not over to the cap.

That's a good idea. What brand is tank? I just don't feel good about putting the alu tank back in.

[Aquasport Commodore]

Its a Moeller Marine, here is a 32 gal tank and the drawings for measurements for precise fit. Remember to leave a little space (Approx 2% for expansion after 1st fill)
http://www.moellermarine.com/sites/moel ... 231-R2.pdf
Here is the 35 in the photo above
http://www.moellermarine.com/sites/moel ... 231-R2.pdf

I like and am a big fan of the vent on one end and draw on the other this way you can angle the tank up, get it almost full and have access to all the fuel as it goes back to the draw.

[slvrlng]

Hey Lars, before you pour the seacast make sure and reinforce the skins on the transom. More than a few pours have bowed out the inside skin especially. They don't have to be permanent just until the material cures. You want them to act as stiffeners.

Boat is looking good and can't wait to see more progress. I have a friend that lives in Vaxjo, I bet you can't guess what his first name is!    

[larsli68]

Hey Lars, before you pour the seacast make sure and reinforce the skins on the transom. More than a few pours have bowed out the inside skin especially. They don't have to be permanent just until the material cures. You want them to act as stiffeners.

Boat is looking good and can't wait to see more progress. I have a friend that lives in Vaxjo, I bet you can't guess what his first name is!    

That is cool. Växjö is 2.5 hour drive from here. I'm one hour drive south of Stockholm. Right on the Baltic. Tonight I cut the stringers open and pried out the wet foam.
About mid ship on the port side, the foam smelled like gasoline... Not fun. I'm glad I'm not a smoker...
I will post more pictures tomorrow when I have finished vacuuming the inside of the hull.
Is your friends name Lars by any chance? I think we are 5 or 6 Lars at Schneider Electric, where I work.

Thanks for letting me know about reinforcement before pouring the Seacast. I will prepare and post pictures before I pour. All I wanted now was to remove anything wet before
I go on 1.5 weeks vacation to the States. That way the boat can sit and dry until we get back. The Seacast is sitting in my shed (heated shed) now.

I'm very excited that I found an Aquasport 170 here in Sweden. I wonder how many there can be here. I don't think I have ever seen another one.

Happy Halloween!
We are going to a party tonight. I hate costume parties, but I have to go... I'm putting on a wig. I will have the worst costume at the party...
I don't care... ;)

//Lars

[larsli68]

I have kept digging out the foam this weekend. I bet my neighbors love to hear my screaming AEG shop vac...

I have some move vacuuming to do before we have 1.5 week vacation. The boat will sit and dry out while we are gone.
It feels good to have removed all the wet foam.
//Lars