My 1974 AS 22-2 Refurbish Job is a GO!!

[Undertow2]

After 6 months of research, 300 miles on the truck looking at 22-2's, 100+ hours on this website and so on and so forth my job was officially started yesterday!!!!  
I operate high-volume restaurants and don't have the time to complete the work myself, so after speaking with MANY people in the Tampa area and those on this site, I have decided to allow Mr. Will Leslie @ Bayside Marine Services to perform the overhaul.  With my business experience I consider myself to have a fairly decent ability to assess character and I feel very strongly that Will and his team were the right choice.  Plus, speaking with Will amuses me as much as a good Guy Ritchie film with his thick UK accent!!!  He's a pretty cool cat..
I will begin posting week-to-week pics very soon, hopefully you guys can critique as I go.  This website rocks.  I look forward to spending much time here and maybe all us Florida AS guys should look into getting together for our own boat parade of some sort...
If anyone would like to ask me about the current 22-2 market in Florida I am very much in the know right now.  Someone should grab capnjfran's project, for example.  It wasn't right for me but wow what a deal!

Anyone interested in Will's shop it's:

www.baysidemarineservices.com

Stevo

[RickK]

Congrats Stevo - looking forward to seeing the pics.

[JimCt]

Ditto's what RickK said!  Have read good things about Bayside.

[capnjfran]

Stevo,  I'm glad you found the right hull for your project.  I'm sure Will will do a great job after having met him.  We had a beer together when he was up to look at my boat and I got a good feeling he does class A work.  I guess I was wishing my efforts would have stayed here in my Palm Harbor neighborhood.   You are right, this site has a wealth of knowledge and is an inspiration to all of us who frequent it.

Best of luck in your project.

Jim

[Undertow2]

Had to test the picture procedure anyway!  Here's a few shots of my other love.  This girl does 35mph in 3" of water and can handle 2ft seas with a dry ride, mostly...   2006 168 Ranger Banshee Extreme.  Remember, I needed to test the picture procedure, ok.  ;)


50hp Yamaha  4s on a box transom, creates its own water:



Look at those lines!  Rounded chines totally silence chop!



Darn near 8' of beam!



Redfish and snook hate this boat.




...and my AS is being built.  I am truly a grateful guy right about now.

Stevo

[RickK]

We all have to start somewhere before we get an Aquasport
Nice looking little boat - no picture of the transom?

[John Jones]

That's great Stevo.  We will be looking forward to the progress reports.

That Banshee is a nice ride.  I inspected one thoroughly at last year's boat show.  We will not hold that against you.  Quite a few of us have "other" rides also.  

[Undertow2]

Had to scan this off the Andros catalog, sorry Mr. Andros boat guy.

This is the configuration I am going with.  I consider it to be one of the biggest decisions for several reasons; cost, structural concerns and useage.

PLEASE COMMENT.

 

[Kaczki]

That looks really cool, go for it if you can afford it.  Just make sure that it's bolted down real good, we don't want you falling in.  

[71flatback]

looks great!

[LilRichard]

Nice.

Only question I have is do you want a half, or full tower?  There's only about 2-3 ft of difference... but I like not feeling like I am going to pull a header into the base.  I like my teeth.

I was pretty sold on a half-tower until I saw James C's full.  Check it out in the gallery.

[wiler55]

where did james c get that tower from and does anyone know about how much installed

[LilRichard]

James' tower came from Quality.  I think it was around $5k, but keep in mind aluminum has gotten more expensive lately.

[slippery73]

James is a quality tower but it doesn't look like it folds, this makes a big difference in price. They recommend on a folding tower to do the electronic controls which add around 3k to the price at the min. You can do cable controls but you cant run it through the tower pipe as the bend is to sharp. Give them a call and they can explain everything for you and cost differences. Might be able to get a better deal right now as they are slower than usual.

[GoneFission]

I don't get this one - looks like you are standing about 2-3 feet higher than if you were standing in the bow.  If you want a real tower, you need to get up higher.  If you look at the tower that Aquasport offered as an option on the 22 and 24 foot CCPs, you can see the difference:



That tower gets you up high enough to make a difference.  I think a poling platform over the motor makes more sense than the just over the console tower, but that's JMHO.  

Anyway, my $0.02...