Perch's 222 rebuild

[perchman97]

Finally bit the bullet and started my first rebuild this week. Boat has been rebuilt prior to me purchasing it but the quality was far from acceptable. After the tower pulled out of the deck and the continual headaches it was just a matter of time before it needed to be done. So far I’ve removed about 3/4 of the hardware/accessories, tower, some wiring etc. I’m hoping to get the console out this week and start to remove the deck. Planning to go composite on the floor/stringers. I’ll do my best to keep this updated with progress pics & questions. Any input is very helpful, as I said I’ve never done a rebuild before so it’ll be a long road till the end. FYI pics are what I started with, I’ll get some better ones of the work I’ve done to it soon.

Also wanting to extend the front deck and remove the first two hatches which will gain me 1.5-2 ft of lower deck space. I’ve seen one boat with the entire high deck removed but not sure I want to give up the large front fish box. Anyone have suggestions on this?

[perchman97]

Well, the pics won’t upload off my phone, the file size is too big.. I’ll upload them off the computer tomorrow.

[RickK]

From your PC "upload" the pics into your free photo gallery here and the gallery will size them correctly - "attaching" pics is limited by file size.
Read through this topic on how to use your gallery. http://classicaquasport.com/smf/index.php?topic=12725.0

[perchman97]

Heres the progress as of today, still needing to get the gas tank removed. Stringers have all been cut and im working on removing all of the foam.. not a fun process.

[RickK]

Picture tip: When you take pics with your phone, hold it like a camera, with the lens to the left.  Then they'll be oriented correctly when you upload them.
Yup that foam sure looks a little soggy.

[wingtime]

Wow thats some wet foam there.  With the wet foam and all that weight on the stern the scuppers must have been WAY under water.!  good luck with the build.  You going to raise the floor height a bit?

[perchman97]

Floor was raised originally a few inches since this is now going to be the 3rd deck in the boat. Thinking to keep it at the 2” raised height and removing the front deck / hatches then installing in just one large hatch upfront. Guess I’ll cross that road once I get there, for now I’m on foam removal duty

[Marcel4t]

Not sure what method youre using to get that foam out, but I used a "Drain Spade", basically a long thin shovel.  I even sharpened the end with a grinder and it got the foam out easy.  Good luck!

[Fish Head]

I noticed in one of your pics you had a couple speakers mounted on the vertical wall that supports the casting deck and are facing rearward. Was that a good position for them? Seems like a great place as far as projecting sound across most of the whole boat? I am considering mounting a pair there. Interested in your opinion.
I used a small hand saw for wood to remove foam,worked well also.
Cheers T

[perchman97]

I noticed in one of your pics you had a couple speakers mounted on the vertical wall that supports the casting deck and are facing rearward. Was that a good position for them? Seems like a great place as far as projecting sound across most of the whole boat? I am considering mounting a pair there. Interested in your opinion.
I used a small hand saw for wood to remove foam,worked well also.
Cheers T

Yes those speakers there were nice & sounded great there. The only issue I had was items in the hatches bouncing around and pulling out the wires. If I do it again I’ll make some sort of barrier to prevent it.. the foam is 95% our so far, shovel did the trick.

[perchman97]

Just some progress from yesterday, removed the majority of the foam from the stringers. Found some rotten wood on the little stringer that runs up the center of the boat.. Once I can get this gas tank removed I'll start on re-glassing the stringers and pouring foam. Nothing has been too bad so far during the tear out just time consuming. I'll also start taking horizontal photos so you everyone's not tilting their head sideways to see the boat. Still holding off on the front deck removal until I make up my mind if I want to fully eliminate it or not.

[Fish Head]

Thanks for speaker recommendations. For me who uses my 19’6 mostly for fishing the casting deck was one of the main features why I bought the boat. I actually cast from the casting deck a lot...for small mouth and muskie! Great platform. Also works great jig fishing for walleye on the Detroit River with a bow mount motor. Seems like most of the new bay boat designs the bow is a after thought for fishing IMHO. Nobody really wants to sit in bow unless your slow cruising anyways. Maybe that’s what customers are asking for?? Good Luck

[perchman97]

Made some good progress this weekend on the boat, tear out is near completion as you can see in the pictures. The gas tank should be out today too then I can really get moving on it. I have finally decided to eliminate the front raised deck and go back with one level deck. Not too sure how I'll lower the liner sides to make it look normal but we'll cross that bridge when I get there. Any input is appreciated!








 

[RickK]

Good progress Perch.

[Capt. Bob]