'76 22 Osprey re-build

[Que Pasa]

[Que Pasa]

[Que Pasa]

[Capt. Bob]

 

[mshugg]

Your boat looks awsome!  Congrats on getting her done. 

Earlier in your thread you mentioned that you fabricated your windshield.  Do you have any pictures of the process. 

[Que Pasa]

Shugg, no photos, but, it was pretty simple. I first had the windshield fabricator give me a price of 490.00. Just to much coin. So, I went to home depot and got the thickest lexan I could find.  I measured the dimensions of the console, added a 1/4 inch on the length on either side. I cut to length with a sabre saw with a plastic cutting blade. Struck a line on the center of where the curve was going be on the angle I wanted. Then I clamped the windshield between two pieces of 3/4 inch plywood sheet and centered the line. I clamped a 2x4 on the very end of the lexan running the length of the piece, simple. Then I heated where the bend was going to be with a heat gun. I took my time with the heat not getting to close as to melt the plastic protective layer., applied heat to both sides. If you do it right the weight of the 2x4 will cause the lexan to fall naturally, that's when you'll know its time to use a little pressure and make your final bend. Pretty simple and saved me four hundred bucks.

[Que Pasa]

I discovered a couple of pretty cool little ad-ons. Notice the antenna mount, its a quick connect mount, there is a b&c connector inside the mounting bracket and the antenna screws into the mount, pretty clean and removable. Screw less rod holders from GEM and the rub rail Led's from taco.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Man that turned out really nice! I like the look of all the stainless with the white motor. I am planning a similar look. Good job

[Que Pasa]

Mike, I took a peek at your rebuild, looks awesome. Just remember be careful on your placement of the scuppers. I didn't think Mine would sit so low in the water with all the light weight coosa. But it did, one recommendation I would give you is the float bracket, don't know what your plans are back there, but it should help a little.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Thanks! I am raising my floor 2 1/2" and plan to mount the scuppers as high as i can so hopefully it will help. For the bracket, I am still undecided between a porta bracket or an Armstrong. They both have their pros and they are similar in price. Luckily I still have a little time left before I have to make that call.

[theFunsmith]

Just remember be careful on your placement of the scuppers.

You've mentioned the scuppers and draining a couple times, but I must be blind. I am having trouble locating yours in the photos for comparison. Also, I was going back in the build, it looks like you added 1.5" of height to your deck from factory, with two sheets of coosa on top of the stringers, is that correct?

[Que Pasa]

That's right, 2 layers of inch and a half reinforcement stringer tops. Then 3/4 inch coosa on top of that so it's actually 2 and a quarter inches. You don't see any cause they're not there, yet. The reason I keep mentioning it is there is no real way of being sure where your deck will be until AFTER everything is added. I haven't added mine yet because, I want to know what my best option is going to be. For example, will I be standing in water if I go with the old style, or will I be needing to seal them off with some kind of trickery. So, they can always be added, but not really taken away unless you feel like patching glass and your beautiful paint or being depressed cause you made a big error. I am very close with mine and want to be sure what I'm putting back there before I put inch and a half holes in my transom. All good though just one major thing to be carful with.

[Que Pasa]

Just remember be careful on your placement of the scuppers.

You've mentioned the scuppers and draining a couple times, but I must be blind. I am having trouble locating yours in the photos for comparison. Also, I was going back in the build, it looks like you added 1.5" of height to your deck from factory, with two sheets of coosa on top of the stringers, is that correct?

Fun, just offering some thoughts through experience with mine. I'm glad I went with the float bracket. I think had I gone with the porta and no buoyancy back there I would have had a problem. I'm super happy with the way mine rides with the bracket. Heck they are all going to different with weight distribution.

[theFunsmith]

I caught that. I was just wondering where your scuppers were since I didn't see them in the photos.

[RickK]

If I had to do mine over, I'd add a drop pocket for the water to collect in with the scupper at the bottom of that. Even with my scuppers right at floor level, I still get standing water where the scuppers aren't. That is called "experience" unfortunately.
Makes you realize why the original designers added a trough along the transom.