1973 22.2 redo ===== SOLD!!!!!

[shortpants]

The color does look similar to the PL or at least close to it.  The wife and I were picking out colors and apparently all the colors I chose weren't meeting her approval, all bland colors.  I was looking at browns and blue/gray colors not so stand outish.  It does look good.  

I went ahead and had them put the old or existing rub rail on from before.  I was going to get a more usable rub rail that Shipoke uses on their boats but after deciding to do a few more things to the boat kept the $ down by using it.    The stainless insert does "bling" it out a little!

I was also trying to decide on tower or no tower. Decided on the no tower for now since I really want to put the boat on the water and see how she floats before adding any extra weight.

Ya Steve, I was thinking that I'd also like to step up to a 24 PL but after having two rebuilds will wait a bit.  That extra room would be nice though!

[shortpants]

Just a few more pictures.  The aluminum edging was installed to add more "bling."  The next picture shows how the hatches will be draining.  







You can tell by all the corners and the finish work the level of craftsmanship that Shipoke is putting into the boat!

[Blue Agave]

Where's the fuel fill?

Edit: I believe I see it now, midship port side.

[dirtwheelsfl]

Where's the fuel fill?

port side it looks like (first pic)  Ive always thought thats correct side for it, considering about all pickup trucks i know of have "port side" fills too..

[shortpants]

Ya know, that's exactly why we put it there.  But guess where my fuel fill is on my Xterra? That's right, opposite side.! Oh well, I'd buy a new truck but can's afford it after going through this, twice!

[Group W Bench]

The next picture shows how the hatches will be draining.  





You can tell by all the corners and the finish work the level of craftsmanship that Shipoke is putting into the boat! [/quote]



I am so happy that Shortpants and Mrs. Shortpants (incidentally, he REALLY married up) are getting excited about the boat after all that they have been through prior to bringing it to Shipoke.

I thought I would take the opportunity to mention a couple of tips to DIY rebuilders that may be helpful. You will notice in the above picture of the aft casting deck hatch that the front drain hole running from the forward casting deck hatch runs into the drip channel of the aft hatch, and then down the stainless 1/2" drain. The 1/2" drain runs to a brass flare fitting at the intersection of the floor and casting deck bulkhead. While this may seem like an odd configuration for drains when you can simply have recesses on the casting deck to serve as drains, think about what happens with seagrass from a castnet. Above hatch drain channels act as catch basins for seagrass, and the channels are always full of grass. That is why we prefer to run hatch drains under the deck. It is not right or wrong, just a suggestion to enhance practical use of the boat.

Another tip is to run fillets of hard fairing putty along all the corners to create a radiused joint along any joints prior to priming. You will notice that Seamark, Gran's builder in NC, employed the same sort of radiused corners on Miss Delmarva. Most builders do this out of practice, as new boats pulled from molds have radiused corners and it is commonplace when tooling. Hard corners make for difficult pulling of parts from molds. Just as there is a practical purpose to radiused corners for parts pulled from molds, on rebuilds it gives the rebuild the finished look as if the rebuild parts had been pulled from a mold. While this takes a little extra time and finish work, I think it well worth the effort.

[Blue Agave]

Ya know, that's exactly why we put it there.  But guess where my fuel fill is on my Xterra? That's right, opposite side.! Oh well, I'd buy a new truck but can's afford it after going through this, twice!

It's on the opposite side because it's an import.

[seabob4]

Not to mention, Eugene, that tight radii are quite often the source for air entrapment, especially at the OEM level, where QC AND direct supervision are often lacking.  Soft radii are easier to roll out, get the air out, as well as easier to pull...

[gran398]

This is an exemplary build. You all should be proud.

And not too early to say...Merry Christmas :rendeer:

[shortpants]

Well, have finally gotten the boat from the shop to run it a few days to gets the kinks out.  Got back to the house late last night and managed a few pictures.









Eugene did a great job with the switch panel keeping it a surprise between my wife and him until I first saw it yesterday.  Very nice job and a touching tribute to Fallen officers.

Will take some more pictures and upload later.

[gran398]

Absolutely gorgeous.

You have a lot to be proud of....congratulations!

[RickK]

Niiiiice  :!:
Congrats  

[gman 82 aquasport]

It's those special touches that matter the most She is a beaut...

[gran398]

Tell us more about the back-lit switch panel tx

[shortpants]

The switch panel is backlit with light blue lights.  Looks very nice at night.  Eugene would be able to give you specifics on it.  I do like the pull out switches very much after running the boat today for a short bit.  Boat ran very nice but getting used to the Morse shifter is a bit of a learning curve.  Went to put it in neutral and hey,  moved the fuel shifter into neutral and pushed the boat forward!  Ooops, other side of Morse control!   Wouldn't have been so bad but went to Tarpon Point Bar on the water at the marina to get gas and some guy flagged me down to give him a ride to his plane anchored a little ways off from the bar in the water.  Guess bar had a big speed boat gimmick today.  So, went to drop him off and when I hit neutral, almost ran his plane over...hahahahahehehehe.  Im sure he you know what in his pants!!!!!!  Caught it in time but also had my daughters new beau on the boat with us.  I'm the big boating guy that almost ran into a plane on the water...oh, fun fun!!!!!  I did not even have a drink today.   Told her beau not to tweet this.





Also, I do have a set of the Stainless Aquasport badges, same ones Gran has, that I had on the boat before that I may be interested in selling.  Let me know.  Think going to keep the boat looking a little cleaner this time plus I told Eugene to go crazy with Shipoke stickers to advertise for him.  When I take the boat back I'm sure he will pretty much put a wrap on the boat with the stickers only!!!