'87 200 Osprey Fixer Upper Rebuild

[copacetic]

Let me introduce myself and my new girl. I'm Scott and the new girl's name is to be determined. I picked her up a little over a month ago and was going to put a 115 Johnson on and be done but the wife and I decided she would be so much prettier if we made her pretty again. I finally got to start taking things apart yesterday and so far things are looking good under the deck from what I can tell. The previous owner had replaced the fuel tank with a poly one all be it smaller than the original. I calculated it to be between 30-35 gallons. I am going to fill in all the holes in the console so I have a clean slate and the cooler seat is going to be replaced with hopefully a seat/bait well. Heres a few pics of what I'm working with.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Hey Scott! Nice to see a few 200s getting done right now. What's the plan with it?

[copacetic]

Hey Mike how's it goin? Right now everything appears to be mostly cosmetic so the plan is to fix the spider cracks, new helm, address the cap on the top of the transom, rewire pretty much everything, figure out how I'm going to proceed with the leaning post seat, and get the console filled in so I can start fresh. We have a bluish grey color in mind for the hull and keeping the inside white with the grey non-skid unless we decide to go with the blue on the non-skid. I have a 2 stroke 115 Johnson that I plan for power. There is one spot on the port rub rail that feels like its been damaged in the past that I'm going to have to repair. The floor is solid everywhere except right in the center  of the console seat. From what I've read on here its possible that could be where the floor has seperated from the epoxy that bonds it. I'm hoping thats the case at least because thats the only spot I've found. The transom feels solid with the exception of the cap. I've already started the dremeling of the spider cracks and waiting on fairing compound to arrive.

What is opinions on keeping the gas tank thats there? It's obviously smaller than the original but seems to be in good shape and I'm planning on mostly near shore fishing. What's the average mileage with this setup?

So much info here it's just a matter of finding it lol

[RickK]

A 2-stroke 115 should burn about 6 gal per hour at mid throttle - they are pretty efficient.

[copacetic]

So I should be good with the smaller tank? We only plan on one or 2 day weekend trips to savannah for the most part unless we find our way to the gulf around cape san blass or port saint joe.

[RickK]

My 170 came with a 27 gal tank and I could use it for a couple weeks for fishing - as long as you are not running at mid throttle all the time, your 35 gal should last you a weekend.

[copacetic]

Thanks Rick that's good to know and eases my mind.

Since I have room at the front of the tank I am considering putting a freshwater tank there. I have one I took out of another boat that I believe will fit but will have to figure out how and where to put the pump is the next question.  Does anyone know if the pump can be mounted above the pick up port on the tank or would it need to be mounted on the same level as the tank? I could run an RV fitting on the side of the console to add water and then put the sprayer either on the inside of the console or run it to the panel on the starboard side panel close to the transom through the wire trough. Ideas?

[Capt. Bob]

Does anyone know if the pump can be mounted above the pick up port on the tank or would it need to be mounted on the same level as the tank?

Depends on the pump.
My Shurflo advertises a 6' foot pick up. It's mounted above the raw water pick up.

[copacetic]

I found the tank I had but it's about an inch too wide fore and aft. There has never been a livewell pump installed so I guess I'm going to have to drill a hole in the transom for a thru hull. It may be easier to just do a raw water pump. I just figured that spot was there for the taking in front of the tank and it would be nice to have a little fresh water for whateveer. I did find a 10 gallon tank on amazon for $40 so I may still go that route. I'll check out some pumps and see if i can make one work. I really don't want to put the pump by the tank because once everything is back to together there won't be any access.

[copacetic]

So I finally had a little time to work on my leaning post livewell. The seat section will have a 10 gallon freshwater tank with an rv style housing that holds the sprayer and an rv fill port.  There will be a board above it so I can use the remaining area for storage.  I put an extra piece on top so that when i build the seat it will overlap and keep things dry. The plans for the seat is to have it turn down and be hinged on the front. The livewell will be somewhere around 22 gallons from my calculation. I wish that I had made it a little bigger towards the rear but I wanted to have a little more walking room. I think I'm going to put an acrylic lid and then have a cushioned seat over the top. It's a work in progress but I think it will turn out pretty good once I'm done glassing it. I was thinking a couple layers of 1708 topped with csm with gelcoat sealing it off will give me less fairing to do. As for the inside I may just apply resin until it doesn't absorb anymore. Anyways heres a few pics for thought.












 

[RickK]

Nice looking set 
I'm a little confused on where that fresh water tank will be. And also the orientation of the set, is the last pic the flow from the console?

[copacetic]

The freshwater will be in the taller side which is also the seat closest to the helm. I'll find a pic of one that I modeled it after and post it. Fir whatever reasoning cant locate my gallery from my phone unless I switch to desktop mode and then I still can't copy and paste from my gallery.  It may be the weekend before I'm at the computer and can elaborate a little more.
On another note its surprisingly light so far weighing a little over 30lbs.