1987 Aquasport CCP222

[fishinonthebrain]

Last week started to cut out transom sides getting ready to tackle transom.





Started slicing up transom. Took everything that worm drive saw had to cut through the plywood. It's a pretty solid transom. Hate to cut it out but I want raise it, close it in, and build in a baitwell.

[gran398]

Good work.

The blisters behind the stainless transom plate were caused by held water. No biggee...gonna be new.

The plywood in the cap looks good

How is the floor?

[fishinonthebrain]

Winds are starting to pick up here in Baton Rouge as Isaac is starting to hit land below New Orleans. Got the generator ready and plenty of food.

I hope to work on boat tomorrow since it should be cool ans windy.

[fishinonthebrain]

Good work.

The blisters behind the stainless transom plate were caused by held water. No biggee...gonna be new.

The plywood in the cap looks good

How is the floor?

The floor of the splash well was rotten but from then on seems good. I dont plan on replacing any additional floor just replacing transom, boxing it in, adding a live well and a tuna door.

It's been raining a lot the last few weeks and them Isaac came so I have been working on the console. I will post some pictures tomorrow.

[Big Nels]

i have the same hull.  what r u planning on doin with the transome. and are you replacing the floor?

[fishinonthebrain]

I plan to close in transom, put a tuna door in, and build in a livewell.

The transom seemed solid before I started but did find some wet spots and a rotten area. i found the rotten areas at the end of cutting out the plywood which i was gratefull for because it was really tough going. After tearing the transome out I give a lot of credit to those who have done this before.

I dont plan to tackle the floor right now since it seems solid.

I have a 6 year old son asking me on the hour when I am working on the boat "are you finished yet" and " the boat is going to look real cool right".  

I will post some pictures this week of my progress.

[fishinonthebrain]

I have what is probably the original pickup and shut off for a live well for my boat. I plan to install a inline pump to feed a new live well but was wondering if there has been any issues with this original setup to loose prime or not work very well. Should i use this set up or would another set up work better? Since I am rebuilding this area it would be time to change this out if needed. See pictures below of set up.

[Big Nels]

I plan to close in transom, put a tuna door in, and build in a livewell.

The transom seemed solid before I started but did find some wet spots and a rotten area. i found the rotten areas at the end of cutting out the plywood which i was gratefull for because it was really tough going. After tearing the transome out I give a lot of credit to those who have done this before.

I dont plan to tackle the floor right now since it seems solid.

I have a 6 year old son asking me on the hour when I am working on the boat "are you finished yet" and " the boat is going to look real cool right".  

I will post some pictures this week of my progress.

I also am plan on putting in a closed transom.  I wasn't so lucky with the floor thought.  When I bought the boat I was just going to pull the tank and throw in a poly tank.  Once i started pulling the screws out i found that ever screw was wet.  Then I found a soft spot right next to the console.  Looked like someone had cut a larger hole where all the wires and controls came through which caused water to get into the wood.  So I plan on just pulling the entire deck up and all the foam and starting from scratch.  Have you found anything on separating the insert, floor and gunnels, from the hull?  I have been thinking about it for awhile and I just don't want to do a half ass job on it.  I would like it to be as good if not better then it was coming out of Aquasport.

[gran398]

Fish,

Swap out that strainer for a forced water clamshell pickup. Perko makes a nice one, bronze, 3/4 inch.

Will fit the same hole.

Jdupree has your boat, he switched out, priming issue solved.

[fishinonthebrain]

Fish,

Swap out that strainer for a forced water clamshell pickup. Perko makes a nice one, bronze, 3/4 inch.

Will fit the same hole.

Jdupree has your boat, he switched out, priming issue solved.

great thanks.

[fishinonthebrain]

Finally got the transom stripped of the two layers of 3/4" playwood. That was a job alot more work than I thought it would be. The plywood was solid a little damp in areas but solid.here is some pictures.

[RickK]

Nice job  

[fishinonthebrain]

I plan to close in transom, put a tuna door in, and build in a livewell.

The transom seemed solid before I started but did find some wet spots and a rotten area. i found the rotten areas at the end of cutting out the plywood which i was gratefull for because it was really tough going. After tearing the transome out I give a lot of credit to those who have done this before.

I dont plan to tackle the floor right now since it seems solid.

I have a 6 year old son asking me on the hour when I am working on the boat "are you finished yet" and " the boat is going to look real cool right".  

I will post some pictures this week of my progress.

I also am plan on putting in a closed transom.  I wasn't so lucky with the floor thought.  When I bought the boat I was just going to pull the tank and throw in a poly tank.  Once i started pulling the screws out i found that ever screw was wet.  Then I found a soft spot right next to the console.  Looked like someone had cut a larger hole where all the wires and controls came through which caused water to get into the wood.  So I plan on just pulling the entire deck up and all the foam and starting from scratch.  Have you found anything on separating the insert, floor and gunnels, from the hull?  I have been thinking about it for awhile and I just don't want to do a half a$$ job on it.  I would like it to be as good if not better then it was coming out of Aquasport.

I have not had to deal with separting the insert from the gunnel cap and transom.

If you need to replace the floor I have seen guys cut out the floor around where it meets the inside walls. But make sure you leave an inch or so of the existing floor all the way around to have somewhere to attach the new floor too. If you do a search on this forum you will see what I am talking about.

[fishinonthebrain]

Fish,

Swap out that strainer for a forced water clamshell pickup. Perko makes a nice one, bronze, 3/4 inch.

Will fit the same hole.

Jdupree has your boat, he switched out, priming issue solved.

I did a search of the clam shell your talking about and found that you can buy it separate from the thru hull fitting. Can I use my thru hull fitting, shutoff and just buy the clamshell? The clam shell is just screwed onto the hull where the thru hull fitting is coming through the hull.

[gran398]

Fish,

Swap out that strainer for a forced water clamshell pickup. Perko makes a nice one, bronze, 3/4 inch.

Will fit the same hole.

Jdupree has your boat, he switched out, priming issue solved.

I did a search of the clam shell your talking about and found that you can buy it separate from the thru hull fitting. Can I use my thru hull fitting, shutoff and just buy the clamshell? The clam shell is just screwed onto the hull where the thru hull fitting is coming through the hull.

Exactly. Buy the bronze clam shell only, you're good to go