1981 Aquasport 170 rebuild in Sweden

[larsli68]

We had the coldest May since 200 years this year... My center console is hardening inside. I had to bring it in to my hobby room for it to harden...
I applied the Aquasport stickers today! Small but fun job. We have strong winds here right now, but it brings warm weather. I hope to do a lot this weekend.

[RickK]

Looks good Lars - keep it up, the light in the tunnel will be in your face soon.
I washed the boat down last weekend in prep of spraying primer but the weather was spotty rain most of the weekend. I sprayed bleach on the roof of the house instead and let the rain wash off the mold.
Looks good this weekend so far.

[larsli68]

Thanks Rick!

I can't wait to install the rub rail. Hopefully on Saturday. It is warming up here finally... I will also finish the fuel tank install and prepare to install the center console.

It is fun to see it come together again.

//Lars

[larsli68]

Spent a few hours sanding the center console today. Will paint final top coat tomorrow. I will also paint the area around the bow hatches grey tomorrow.
Finalized the fuel tank installation today. Getting the center console ready for assembly will be really cool.
I hope to start the assembly on Saturday. Once the paint has dried.

More pictures tomorrow.

//Lars

[CLM65]

Great progress Lars!

Do you have many airborne critters where you live?  Around here we have many, and love bugs arrive in swarms in the early summer and fall.  They make painting outdoors rather interesting.  I think Rick had to deal with them when he painted his console.  Hopefully they don't show up again when he paints his hull.

[larsli68]

Compared to Florida, I would say very few. It also depends on what time of the day I paint.
I might go ahead and paint inside my hobby room today to avoid just that.
I plan a afternoon off today. Finish sanding the console, and painting the final coat.
I also plan to paint the grey area in the bow. It is supposed to be raining tomorrow, which means, painting today and I can install stuff tomorrow.
More pictures to come after today's work.

//Lars

[larsli68]

The day started pretty bad for me... I took the new Baystar hydraulic steering out of the box, just to realize the old hole in the freshly painted console was way too big...
The new hydraulic steering box went straight through the old hole... I thought these parts where standard, but I learned something new today.
Took my bike down to the marina, just to realize that it's the Swedish national day today, and everything is closed... I had no polyester resin at the house...
 Went home and called my buddy who has the company where I spent Christmas and New Years, and man, was I lucky. He was working. I drove to his company and he gave me 5 pounds
of resin for free!
Things where looking better. I went home and fiber glassed the hell out of the backside of the console. I built up 1/2" of laminate.
Took a walk to the harbor with my wife to look at some of the festivities. It started to rain, went home, took a nap, and then installed the rest of the parts on the console.
I'm happy with the day, even if I had hoped to do a lot more. There are two more screws holding the windshield now. I had to wait for my nephew to come home and help me.

[RickK]

Looks really good Lars.   
I know how you feel - I washed the boat off this morning (and the console) and it dryed nice and clean and right after that it started to rain - so no spraying for me today (I need a warehouse....)
I did make up some "pads" that I will glue onto the bottom of the transom on each side to screw transducers and whatever else might need to be mounted so I don't have to screw into my transom.  So maybe it was a good thing it rained....

Check out the new Sales Books I uploaded to the gallery - one is a 80/81 and another is a 81/82.  Front page of the gallery all the way at the bottom.

[larsli68]

Thanks Rick!

I will check it out.
I'm sorry it rained for you too. I got a nap, and that felt good. I slept really bad this past week. Loads of stuff at work, and I might have a shot at a new job within Schneider Electric.
I hope I get a call on Monday.

We are planning a trip to the US in November. I would like to drive to Florida to meet my mothers Aunt that I have not seen in 7 years.
It would be cool to swing by and meet you.

Tomorrow I will install hinges on the bow hatch covers, try to get the hydraulic hoses from the center console to the rear of the boat.
I should have installed two conduits, but screwed up... I think I can solve it, time will tell.

//Lars

[RickK]

We'll keep our fingers crossed for you getting the new job!!
As for November, looking at my calendar, I should be here.

[larsli68]

Hello Rick,

If I can get the two weeks off work, we will try to do Florida too.

I installed some hinges today and latches.
Nothing big, but it takes time...

Something on the boat every day is what I'm trying to do.

[Callyb]

That console looks really good!

[larsli68]

Thanks!

It is getting there. Depending on how much I can do this week, I would like to install the engine within the next couple of weeks.
There are still a lot of things that needs to be done before the engine install.
I would like to finish the boat before July 10th.
We have good friends visiting from the US, and I would love to have the boat ready by then.

//Lars

[larsli68]

My brother came in (he lives next door) and helped me move the center console close to where it will be installed.
The picture is taken at 9:54 PM... It is a lot of daylight here in Sweden right now.

[RickK]

Looking like a boat again