Nate's 200 Osprey Rebuild

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Well, I finally talked my buddy Nate into giving his 200 Osprey some love. If you've ever been around the 59th St boat ramp in Bradenton, chances are you have seen ol Caught Looking before. We have caught more fish out of this boat then I could ever count. In fact, my avatar picture was taken while pulling a tarpon up over the side of her. But with a soft floor and a flexing transom it is finally time. Nate admittedly is not much of a blogger so I told him I would get a rebuild thread going for him.

The plan is to keep is relatively simple. Strip it down, replace the transom with coosa, new nidacore floor panels, re-core the front hatches and the cap where needed, new console, rewire everything, and repaint. Oh, and the original console and tower are for sale if anyone is interested. Possibly the livewell too, but he hasn't completely decided on that yet.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Some more pics of the damage so far.

Un-rigging everything. Livewell gone



Tower and console next. Rats nest anyone?



Barely had to unscrew the fuel tank hatch. It was so rotten I could just pry it up.



The tank was just sitting in there with some foam around it...



Floor cut out.



I think the foam is wet!





All cleaned out.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Got started on the transom next. Someone had raised it 5" at one point in the past and I am betting that is the only (semi) solid wood left in this thing.



We made some openings in the cap to get access to tab the new transom in.



These liners are a pain. We kept the cutouts for now in case we decide to tab it back in, but we may end up coming up with something different when it comes time to put it back together.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

So that's where she's at now. Next up is breaking the skill saw back out to finish off the transom and then the back ends of the stringers will come off so we can start prepping for the coosa.

[RickK]

The stringers look to be solid.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

The stringers look to be solid.

Overall they look okay.  There is one small crack on the starboard side where the fuel tank coffin was screwed to it, but that should be an easy fix.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Been chipping away at the inside of the transom little by little this week. Anyone have any miracle tips besides the tried and true skilsaw checkerboard and chip method?

[mshugg]

Tried and true works.  An oscillating  multitool is good for tough spots.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

The oscillating tool sounds like a good idea to try. Thanks

[RickK]

Air chisel after the circ saw.

[Crives92]

Nice. I have flashbacks from a few months ago. Enjoy and wear plenty of talcom powder or tyvex suits 🤣.

[Tampa Bay Mike]

Nice. I have flashbacks from a few months ago. Enjoy and wear plenty of talcom powder or tyvex suits 🤣.

Haha, yup, me too. Luckily for me he's doing most of the dirty work.

[Dano]

Nice work.... following this rebuild.

[McAllgeyver]

Hey.  Cool your doing another one and this time for a friend!
Great lookin' boat!
What price does he want for the tower? It should fit my original console too
And can you find out if he thinks the 115 has plenty of power for the boat?  Top end?  Average MPGs?

[Nates 86 200]

Tower is availiable $600
The 115 has plenty of power for my needs. Not a speed demon  but enough to help me cut through the chop on a bumpy day. I dont know the actual speed or MPG's I was getting. I would estimate  in the 30's for speed.  And for a full 8 to 10 hour day of fishing around 6 gallons of fuel. If your interested in that tower send a PM.
Thankyou,