Here I go again!!!

[slvrlng]

I just got a new project. 1973 19-6 with a johnson 150. The trailer is shot and the boat needs a lot of work, but the transom is really solid. The cool thing is I found this site last night and I know that most of my answers are already here for me to find.

[MarshMarlowe196]

Welcome!  


sounds just like my boat back when I bought it.  It barely made the 10mile trip home on the trailer it came with....

[slvrlng]

Thanks to Ricks instructions I am going to show some pics that I took when we got back to Atlanta.








 I found this on craigslist,the the hull is actually sitting on the fenders, but we made it back anyway at 50 mph on I-85. It was an all day adventure! The guy I got it from bought it to fix but had second thoughts. I know whats in store. This site is a godsend. I also have a 71 14' Sea Nymph aluminum that we figured out was too small for what I want to do. The good thing about the Aquasport is I don't have a lot in it. $325. I have many memories of midnite runs out in a 19-6 to drift fish the edge out of Marathon. Its going to be awhile before that happens but it will happen!

[Marcq]

Hey welcome slvrlng, you got a hell of a deal there dude, she actually looks pretty good  

Marc..

[RickK]

Welcome aboard slvrlng  :!:  :!:
Great deal.  8)
(Oh, and good job on the pics   )

[allen456]

Welcome! Did I read that you are from Atlanta?  Good to see another local Aquasport!

[slvrlng]

I had to go down on the southside today to meet with a customer soooo I couldn't stand it and stopped by to check on the boat. You guys know better than me, anything obvious? Yes I know the trailer is shot!
         
     




 

 


Oh yes I live in Lawrenceville but the boat is in Conyers.

[love2fish]

Looks pretty clean, is the bilge area clean (no standing water, smells fairly dry)? What are your plans for it? What's the story with the motor?

[slvrlng]

If you haven't noticed there is no wheel or motor controls on the console. The PPO had thrown away all of it, then slid the cooler seat over to the gunnel so he could reach the controls he put in. The motor runs but I have already heard two stories about these models. Something about " high rings". It still holds in the 90s in compression. The decision I have to make is whether to sell it for parts and repower or throw money at something that might lock up anyday. My real problem is that I love the the sound of these motors when they are wound up tight! I used to go fish out of Key West With a good capt. who is now gone. He had a 256 Mako with two of these on the back. There are some weak spots here and there around the toerail but I don't know how strong these areas are supposed to be. They seem to be from dock collisions and have spider cracks radiating out from them. They all look repairable and I sell most of the stuff to fix them. The gas tank is already gone and evidently from reading the threads I was going to replace it anyway. The stringers sound really solid but of course that needs more investigation.

[flkeysaqua]

Really you use to fish off Marathon that's where I'm from and still live. And I also own a 73 19-6 small world  :o

[slvrlng]

Been trying to get her dried out. I pulled the cover off of the coffin and have been checking the stringers which seem to be in really good shape. My question is should I pull the floor or not. I read lilrich's thread and I can't see any delamination at all. There is only 1 soft spot port of the console. It is soft there due to a crack. the rest of the floor is really solid! What should be my next step? Fix the crack which will solve the soft spot or start pulling the floor? I just can't stand not taking her out. I have got to find a trailer!

[slvrlng]

Here are some pics of the crack in the deck. It is about a foot long over the whole length. I am thinking of just grinding it out and laying 1808 over it. Should I also use mat in the layers. I don't care if you can see the repair at this point. I just don't want any more water intrusion through the deck.


 I also have a question of where the water has been going. Since the crack looks to parallel the left stringer does it leak through and then just stay in there untilit eventually evaporates or is there a channel through the stringer or under it so it can drain into the bilge. Also, when I put a bilge pump in where does that pump into or out of. I know these are some really basic questions but unlike most of you on this site this is the biggest boat I have ever owned and I want to do it the right way! I have not gotten much sleep the past week because I have been reading as many threads at night as I can! The material on  them is absolutely fascinating! Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[MarshMarlowe196]

I would go ahead and get the boat to a point that you can take it out!  It's usually after you have the boat in the water that you will know what imperfections you're willing to live with and which one's you're not (or can't).  You can throw some spare tanks in the stern temporarily...  Make it a short trip though.  :)

If any water makes it's way under the floor, it should drain all the way to the rear of your bilge.  Then, when you take the drain plug out, it should flow out.  As far as the bilge pump, there's really no access to the bilge unless you make one.  I cut a hole in the floor right in front of the motor and installed an access plate so I could have good access to the bilge.  I installed 2 big bilge pumps and plumbed them into the self bailing trough and then plumbed them overboard with some thru hull fittings.  This is a pic of the plumbing toward the stern.  I can post some more pics if you're interested.  



Side note:  I've never seen anyone mount the controls on the gunwale in a center console...  What was the previous owner thinking?  

[slvrlng]

I think when they repowered in the past the motor came off a non-center console hull. The control cables were too short so being cheap rather than buying the correct length they just placed them on the gunwale. They then slid the cooler seat over and drove from that position. I would imagine they would just lean over to steer! I'm not really sure but I bet it was a trip to see this guy driving the boat from over there! They also cut a notch in the corner of the channel cover and dropped the control lines in it right below the controls. I too would would like to get a pattern of your(Badonaq) rod holders so I can make some. Once I get a decent trailer I have been planning on getting some plastic tanks and doing exactly what you said. GET IT BACK ON THE WATER!!!

[slvrlng]

This is some damage on the cap should I just grind it out and glass over it or what? The other pics are thin spots in the gel.