'74 22-2

[love2fish]

Thanks Rick! Its been a gradual process. I am not really sure on the motor at this time... I have had some really good suggestions from friends and have been trying to find those motors- just a matter of lucking out with the right HP, hours/condition of the motor, and price...I will eventually be re-doing my transom (enclosing with a bracket or porta) but in the meantime, it is solid and strong enough so I just want to get it back in the water and use/enjoy it instead of working on it...
if i can find a 20" motor I'll be very happy, but it seem like there are way more 25" motors out there, so i will probably go with the CMC Static Jack Plates – 5” Vertical Extension.

so far looking at some  early 2000's Mercury EFI's, and early/mid 2000's Johnson 150/175's..

[love2fish]

Finally back in the water!



Thanks everyone for all the help, advice, and guidance!! Looking forward to joining you for the next aquasport club gathering!

[Capt. Bob]

Ya gotta love that teak.    

Excellent Chris.

[seabob4]

Chris, she is a beauty boat!  BTW, where at in Tampa are you?

[wingtime]

Wow nice looking boat!   Yeah you have to bring her to a gathering!

[love2fish]

Thanks everyone!
I moved to Ellenton a few months ago Bob,,, kinda by the Outlet Mall.
Ill be in you're area in a few weeks I think- camping on Anclote Key.

[futch13]

That teak really pops off those colors.  Great looking boat    

[wingtime]

Camping on Anclote sounds like fun.  I've been planning on a camping trip on Anclote this fall.

[gran398]

Finally back in the water!



Thanks everyone for all the help, advice, and guidance!! Looking forward to joining you for the next aquasport club gathering!

Good lookin'

Great to see her finished out

[seabob4]

Ah yes, Chris, Ellenton, by the 301 exit.  Know it well...

[Necessary Evil]

Great looking boat! Congrats!

I'll be tooling around out of Anna Maria after Xmas, I'll keep an eye out for you!

[love2fish]

couple more pictures as she continues to come together.
-lucked into a sweet tandem aluminum trailer on CL the other week...
new tires and a fresh coat of paint on the wheels:


6000LB Magic Tilt, new bunks carpet, brakes, winch, lights, 2 tires


sits perfectly just inside the fenders and rides so much better than the old galvanized trailer I had


last time I had it out I noticed i was getting more and more water leaking into the bilge- I had the 1.5" thru-hull on my transom for the livewell drain connected improperly to a regular ball valve (I know I should have had the proper sea-cock)... so I replaced the ball valve with a marlon sea-cock, (had to do some minor modifications- grinding off one of the screw points on the base so it would fit against my stringer.) no leaking now.


I also noticed that I was getting water in the bilge area when i would wash or it would rain as water would drip in through the hole in the floor where the bilge line runs, so I decided to use some of the extra teak I had laying around to build a riser pad where the lines would go through. This prevents the water from draining through the floor unless there is about an inch of water back there, I also put a good amount of silicone on the hose where it goes through the teak.


bad picture but I added a bunch of layers of glass to the bilge, sealed up the original transom drain and added a thru-hull bottom mounted drain- works much better i think.


today I put on my FL numbers (got them printed on 3M chrome) and picked up my Aquasport badge I had the guys at Adeptus Industries cut out. super happy with them!




and finally- cleaned up the top of my console a bit. got rid of the black plexi that was there and replaced it with a white ASB material, and added the cupholders and the teak ledger board to keep stuff from falling off.

[RickK]

Nice finish to the project  

[CLM65]

Looking great!

[seabob4]

Chris, if you want to "freshen up" that Blue Seas switch panel, I've got plenty of brand new black switch caps, all have the red indicator lens.  Don't know if your switches have the indicator lights, but I've got switches that do.  PM if interested...