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[OBAquasport]

Just wanted to say hello and ask for help. I have just purchased a 1977 Aquasport 246 Family Fisherman with a 1999 Mercury 250 EFI. I am the 3rd owner. The boat itself is in very good condition with the exception of the teak.  I am now starting the work to restore boat to factory condition. The first owner removed the louvered doors to the port and starboard storage compartments and cabin. Which topic should I post under requesting photos and dimensions to rebuild these doors to factory specs. Or is their any body that has some for sale no matter the condition.

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard OBA.

Start here.
https://classicaquasport.com/smf/index.php?topic=8875.0

If this is what you're looking for, start a thread showing your boat and it's refurbish in this forum.
https://classicaquasport.com/smf/index.php?board=25.0

Good luck.

[Capt. Bob]

Hey Guys,

I'm Kaleb from Savannah, GA.

Welcome aboard Kaleb.
Post up a few pics of your craft.

[OBAquasport]

That is exactly what I was looking for. I will contact them tomorrow to see if he has dimensions of doors on file. Will post pics soon. Thanks for your help.

[Woodeneye]

That is exactly what I was looking for. I will contact them tomorrow to see if he has dimensions of doors on file. Will post pics soon. Thanks for your help.

I could not recommend this company highly enough. Jim is a top bloke, professional & highly skilled.

[Beffsboat]

Ahoy!!

My name is Jeff and I have been boating all my life. I started in Ohio with a 17' Bass Tracker I saved up for all of High School. I loved that boat and did some damage to the Largemouth Bass population in the Mid West.

After college and 4 years of boating in fresh water, I started my career in sunny southern california (Newport Beach/Irvine).

I met an Ex-Navy guy off craigslist in San Diego who was doing informal fishing trips out of Chula Vista. I boarded his (now mine) 17' 1975 Aquasport 170 Custom and immediately knew it was the boat for me. After 10 trips out with him and a good rapport, he let me know he was interested in selling it to upgrade to a 22' boat.

Luckily I had sold the Bass Tracker and saved enough to buy my first Saltwater fishing vessel.

I have owned this boat for about a year now. I installed a live bait take myself and have been working on the wiring and lighting. Here are a few projects I have completed to date:

- Installed new starter
- Installed new battery and switch (2 batteries)
- Wired new switch panel
- Installed new bilge pump
- Installed new nav lights
- Wired up the bilge, nav and bait tank to the new switch panel

She is operational and very sea worthy. Aesthetically, she need needs some work. Here are some of the projects I have yet to complete and I will be reaching out to the forum members for advice on how to do these projects or what the best strategy would be.

- Replace front bench seat of Center Console (currently wrapped in canvas cover). I would like to re upholster that myself, but not really sure where to look for the materials. I was also thinking about taking the plywood seat itself and disassembling it to then apply gel coat (after epoxy resin) to make a sort of "cap" to the center console instead of a seat
- Rewire the Anchor Light and wire to switch panel (this I can do, but the old socket for the Anchor light has stripped screws and the just turn in the bold)
- I may install a bow mounted trolling motor to be able to fish the California Kelp a little more effectively (any suggestions of what models, install, wiring would be appreciated)
- Some of the areas of the boat are just really old and need to be re-gelcoated or painted. Not sure if anyone has an easy way of refurbishing old fiberglass, but I would be all eyes for that post.
- Lastly, I need to replace the cooler seat back as it has come unscrewed and will eventually fail

I'm excited to be a member and have already got a lot of ideas off previous threads and pics of rebuilds. Thanks!

[RickK]

Welcome aboard Jeff - she looks to be in pretty good shape.
To upload bigger pics use your gallery here and the instructions I emailed you - it's simple and then we get to see big pics.  The gallery will size them automatically for you.

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard Jeff.

Here's a link to a post in a recent thread on gel coat resurrection.

http://classicaquasport.com/smf/index.php?topic=14221.msg141021#msg141021

[DDMARINE]

THANK YOU FOR THE ADD TO THE GROUP.  JUST GOT A NEW TO 29 TM.  SHE LOOKS WORSE THAN SHE REALLY IS.  I HAD TO SAVE HER COULD NOT LET IT SIT ANYMORE FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER.  LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESTORATION 

[RickK]

Welcome aboard DD - a little beach and a P-washer will make huge changes to her.

[Nags Head Aqua]

Morning folks...new member from Nags Head, NC.  The new arrival is a 1976 240 side console (?) with a Honda bf150 with 72.6 hours.  She still needs some cleaning before hitting the water, transom has been rebuilt  but the trailer has a few issues I'll need to address in the next few weeks before she's put at the dock out back.

Thank you for the membership, from what I see, this site is full of priceless information and respectful members, kudos to y'all!

~Michael

[GoneFission]

Morning folks...new member from Nags Head, NC.  The new arrival is a 1976 240 side console (?) with a Honda bf150 with 72.6 hours.  She still needs some cleaning before hitting the water, transom has been rebuilt  but the trailer has a few issues I'll need to address in the next few weeks before she's put at the dock out back.
~Michael

Welcome aboard from another NC member!   

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard to DD and Michael.

[Oshkosh2121]

Hello all,
I have to say great site, we are looking at a 87 222 XF this weekend ...
Looking forward to exploring  all the resources here...

[RickK]

Welcome aboard Osh - you have a few days of exploring to see everywhere on the site and then a couple years of reading to see it all.
We've been working for a long time at providing the best of info for the Aquasport owner, no matter where they live.