Day 1 of Restoring a 1974 22-2 Aquasport

[Gapple9]

My son, his fiancé and myself picked up the boat from a private seller about 50 miles away. It has been a while since the trailer has been serviced. The 50 mile drive back home was uneasy due to the grinding of the bearings and my car almost over heating. My car is rated to tow 8000 lbs and boat and trailer should only have been 5000 max. This was an immediate indication that we have waterlogged wood on board.

One we got home, we began stripping it down right away. We removed
-bow railing to polish
-2 stern rotted live wells
-the leaning post behind the center console
-the center console *note - we had full intentions on saving the center console. However, everything was rotted and nothing electronically was salvageable. So instead of using 2 days to take everything off the center console, it will only be 1 day to buy, reinstall and hook all the new wiring back up. *
-the plywood over the fiberglass flooring
-all the cleats and side fishing pole holders
-we were able to cut through the fiberglass and expose the large fuel tank along with the port side stringer. There is some moisture in the stringer.

We have a lot of work ahead of us but it will all be worth it in the end.

*note - we are documenting the process video highlights. Check it out on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9GcJk_NqmU *

[RickK]

  aboard G. We look forward to watching the progress.

[Ulysses485]

Welcome! Looks like a great start from the video!

Thanks for sharing

Ulysses

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Good luck with the build. Looking forward to watching along.

[dakota]

 hi, just to put my knowledge in. You never move a trailer w/o checking wheels first!! you can in extreme circumstance get into a bad, bad situation!! 1-bearings get rusty with time when not lubed correctly. every trailer should have "BEARING BUDDIES" or a seal that keeps out water! when the bearing assem."freeze occurrs and you are on a highway getting you boat&trailer home is a problem! I have learned to ALWAYS carry spare hub assembly or at least brand new(grese packed) bearing assemblys. without these change of life savers you will know $$$$ & time you have saved yourself. every trip check bearing caps over wheel bearings. sometimes the entire "bearing buddy" can fly off!! I have been trailering boats & other items since 1973. 2 caps were gone,1 bearing freeze,& never happened again!! In my vehicle or on trailer storage is always a chisel&hammer, 2sets of bearings, saltwaterproof grease, large greasegun w/a tube of grease in it. you can buy a hub assembly and carry that allready prelubed & ready for instalation if needed. of course a locked spare tire or 2 if tandem. I once came back to port& had my "powerwinch"brake washers stolen!!! saftey chain on trailer to bow eye &rope got me 40 mi.home..heed these words "be prepared".   dakota

[RickK]

Been there done that on the wheels   

[dakota]

  HI, i NEED ADVICE AGAIN! I am about to remove old & wrongly installed hull drains @ lower transome. I know now that they (brass tubes) are put in with a tool that crimps the straight end. so the question is"how to get the old ones out?? seems a previos install put thick wall pipe in 2 holes(1.275 dia.) next a jam job of pipe maybe 1" into old brass liner,and another hole with nothing but transome material which I measured w/a vernier I use for hole sizes. I will check w/a knowledgeable person somewhere. can I place a piece of wood or such in inside against the exposed ends of existing 1" that is visible in drain trough. then hit block of wood w/a hammer?? marine store say peel out old brass tubes w/a longnose pliers. I bought "4200"adhesive to coat new tubes before final crimping. is anyone have a better method? I will grind bottom paint off transome around holes on outside before any installing..Please change my moves if wrong!!! thanks, dakota

[dbiscayne]

hard to recommend the best way to get the old out without pics, but taking a hacksaw blade and cutting lengthwise from the inside usually helps convince them to come out.
To replace, best method is to oversize drill the hole, brush some resin on the exposed transom core then completely fill the hole with thickened resin. Come back the next day and drill the proper size hole then install a threaded garboard drain. Use epoxy resin way better at sticking to wood and old fiberglass.
This way the transom core won't ever be exposed to moisture.