1981 Aquasport 170 rebuild in Sweden

[larsli68]

Spent a fun day in Stockholm yesterday with the seniors from my yacht club.

Visited a wooden boat yacht yard, and the old dry docks where they first put the Wasa ship in the 60's.
Beautiful weather and great company.

[RickK]

Looks cool 

[larsli68]

Thanks Rick!
I took some better pictures with my Canon. I will post when I'm done in Lightroom with them.

//Lars

[larsli68]

Interesting YouTube clips.

Will Gelcoat stick to epoxi? Results are in the second video. Pretty interesting stuff.

//Lars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwS4YgoGFm8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHAbyglpp3M&feature=iv&src_vid=GwS4YgoGFm8&annotation_id=annotation_567870439

[RickK]

1 video down, 1 to go - looks interesting though.

[larsli68]

If it is true, it is not what I have been thought.

Rain and dark in Sweden. The first half of November was really nice, but now the weather is more "normal"...

Friday tomorrow!

//Lars

[RickK]

1 video down, 1 to go - looks interesting though.

Watched the 2nd video tonight and it looks like it is possible, with some confidence, that you can do it. Seems prep is one of the main success items.
Thanks for posting this Lars.  I think we'll copy this portion to the resource folder.

[larsli68]

Thanks Rick,

I stumbled on it on YouTube. I was also surprised.

28 degrees here in Sweden today. It is supposed to be a clear day with sunshine, but the days are short, and you better be out the short hours the sun is up...
I will try to take some fall/winter pics today.

//Lars

[larsli68]

Boating season is not quite over yet here in Sweden.

My brother and I took my little boat (15hp merc) to our cottage to check on storm damage last weekend. It was quite cold... If we had known that a week later we would have had 54 degrees and sunny, we
would have waited...

[larsli68]

Now it's winter here in Sweden. Took these pictures last weekend.
Swans hanging out in a still open patch of Baltic.

Spring is only two months away!

//Lars

[RickK]

Nice pics Lars 
We're getting a cold blast here in Florida - temps down to below 40 in central Florida.

[larsli68]

They are prediction a cold snap here in Sweden on Friday and Saturday. Friday morning they are predicting -7.6 degrees F... This is extremely cold for here, and don't happen every year (Luckily).
My heat pump will shut down and we will be heating with electric water heater for three days... Expensive... I will work from home on Friday and get a fire going in our fireplace to help the heat pump.

40 degrees in Florida must be cold for you guys.

We usually get a cold snap like this, and then it warms back up...

 

[larsli68]

Hello guys,

I have a question for you. Do you know if I can order a center console cover for my 1981 Aquasport 170?

I would like to have a cover that covers the console itself.

Does anyone have any ideas?

thanks in advance,

Lars

[RickK]

I think you'll need to get it made locally or maybe take all the measurements and send to your friends in the Carolinas and have them get it made and ship to you.

[larsli68]

OK, will do that. We are following the winter storm on CNN.
I hope everyone that lives in the snowy areas stay safe.

//Lars