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[Birdoggin Baker]

Hello, everyone! My name is Chris, and since 2017, I've been the owner of a 1979 (maybe '78) Aquasport 200 CCP powered with a 1993 Evinrude 25" 200hp Ocean Pro. It's the first boat I ever owned myself. I grew up on boats, mainly $100 fixer-uppers, and we would make the best of it. Was a dock hand/launch controller from 9 years old to 17 years old. This Aquasport had some issues in it's advertisement, and I thought I would be able to talk the price down, and get a great boat. I did achieve just that. I've been planning a revamping for some time, and this site is full of great motivation. The boat was only on the water in 2019, just after my brother passed away. After that, I put it up, and haven't touched it, because when I bought the boat, it wasn't for myself, it was for my brother and I. I'll have to fill out my profile with pics. Been professionally lurking on this site for a while now. I can/have done glass, fab, and wrench, but I'm not a professional at any of that. I'm in the Western Basin Lake Erie area.

[jzechiel]

[RickK]

  aboard jzechiel. That's a great looking FF. Can you give us some info on the boat, like year, length, etc

[RickK]

  aboard B Baker (Chris). The CCP line has proven to be great fishing platforms.

[jzechiel]

Hi Rick,

It is a 1979 Family Fisherman 246.  I appears to have the original engine, the guy I bought it from said it was a 350. Boat runs great, it has been really well taken care of as far as I can tell, but this is my first boat, so take that with a grain of salt.

It has trim tabs, but other than that it appears to be stock (assuming trim tabs did not come standard?).

It has one small soft spot on the deck, maybe 12”x20” between the side of the boat and where I think the stringer must start…other than that it seems be in really excellent condition.  I have had it out maybe 6 or 8 times in the Choptank river, it is in a slip in Cambridge MD.  I’m very pleased with how it has handled the river even on days that are a bit rough, it seems to be able to handle the chop nicely.

I don’t have any plans for making and changes to the current set up as it meets my needs quite nicely.  I feel really lucky to have come into this boat…everything works as it should and it seems solid as a rock.  Super stoked to have an aquasport!

[Mmlreiner]

Good morning y’all. My little family and I (Misty) inherited a 1987 aquasport 170 with the original Johnson 90. This boat was my wife’s (yes you heard that right) grandfathers boat that he loved and cherished. He passed about 15 years ago and it was passed down to her father who gave it to one of her brothers. He’s taken it out very little in the last 12 years and it’s sat in his garage. He finally gave us the keys and it’s our first boat! I’ve got a 5 and 10 year old that are both itching to go on the water with it but it’s just now had the water pump changed. I’m mostly a DIY sort of person so almost all of the things needing to be updated have been done by me and my buddy. We put a new depth finder, radio, stereo and speakers and all new safety stuff in it. Now I’m working on sanding and refinishing the teak wood. Still got to add a new Bimini top but honestly other than that, anything else I want to do is just cosmetic. Glad I found the site and hope to learn as much as I can about boating and this boat in particular! I’ll figure out how to add pictures and y’all can tell me what y’all think!

[RickK]

  aboard Misty 

[Mmlreiner]

aboard Misty 

Thank you!  Today I worked on sanding and oiling the teakwood then gave her a bath. Ordered the new Bimini top and got measurements for the missing cushions for the front. I didn’t get any pictures but I plan to do a little work tomorrow or the next day and when I do I’ll get pictures.

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard Misty. 

[Miticus]

Hi all,

I have a 2002 - 215 Osprey Sport. Love the boat and the room that it has!

Current projects: fixing some electrical issues with the sink not working. Switch has power, but the pump doesn’t! Very tough to find any documentation that would help, but we are getting there!

Use: we mostly take it down to the gulf at out Destin, Fl, but it has seen some lake use as well. Im in Greensboro NC, so its a hike! Fishing regardless of where its being loaded into!

Future purchases: Looking to upgrade the outboard. Current has a 130 Honda. And it runs great, but needing a 200 to feel competent!

Would love to be directed to any well known threads that talk about modifications to my specific boat or ones that make sense!

Excited to converse and learn :)

[RickK]

  aboard Miticus  We have a ton of members with the DC models.

[jfoz]

Hello everyone, my name is Jackson. I recently picked up my first Aquasport, a 1980 20 foot Express Fisherman with an 06 Evinrude 150 2-stroke. It is definitely not the prettiest looking Aquasport at the moment but I do want to fix it up and upgrade to something a bit bigger after I put some work into this thing. It floats and runs, so that's a huge plus!

 I am from Boston but have run my other boats out of Boston harbor, South Shore Mass, Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay to the Vineyard, and other spots around Southeast New England.

By joining this group, I hope to find out a little more about how this boat looked in its prime so that I can make it close to original while adding my own little flare to bring it back to life.

Looking forward to connecting with everyone!

[RickK]

  aboard Jackson.

[Barryc26]

Hi guys,
I am a member of a bunch of boat forums and am impressed with the amount of knowledge and resources here at classic Aquasport

I just picked up a 1977 17 and have started the deck replacement, I have redone a bunch of 13’ and 17’ whalers a 19’ mako and a 1982 23’ sea ox, once I figure out how to post my progress with pics in a rebuild thread, I will put them up.

So far I have pretty much stripped the boat and have removed the deck, the wet nasty foam and getting ready for some grinding and re glassing stringers to hull.

I plan on cutting a 3” strip out of top of stringers cleaning and pouring fresh foam and sealing top with glass. 
I am planning on raising the deck about 3”, plugging and glassing old scuppers and re drilling and glassing new ones after the deck goes down.

Transom seems pretty solid so I’m gonna leave that alone (for now).

Question, does anyone have or know where I can get a template of the deck? Or do I need to do it the old fashioned way.

I look forward to utilizing the info and hearing comments from people who have actually done what I am doing.

Thank you all in advance

Barry

[RickK]

  Barry. You can make a template using cardboard or use the stir stick method making a template.