1968 22-2 FB rebuild

[CLM65]

Nice Aaron!  Looks like daylight inside your boat, even at night!

[RickK]

Lights it up like high noon, under gunwale, right?   
Won't have any problem seeing anything even with your shades on 

[Aswaff400]

heres pics of the dome light at night

[Capt. Bob]

That would show up on a satellite photo.

[Aswaff400]

ran her for a few hours today, wanted to see how skinny she'd get running very light, empty livewells, and a little less than 1/4 tank of fuel. and also tested how shallow i could get on plane.

[RickK]

I somehow don't think you're going to get her in anything skinnier than that
How skinny did you start popping it on plane?  I remember Capt. Matt saying something like you find a pothole and crank the wheel hard to a side and nail it?

[Aswaff400]

i got on plane in about 15 inches with the bracket up, tabs slightly down, sitting on a sandbar hammering the throttle down, she dug into the bar a little bit but not bad and launched out of the hole.

[Aswaff400]

started bottom painting. have 2 coats of epoxy primer... the tape line is a little over 1-3/4 inch above the waterline

[RickK]

Man that engine sure lifts up out of your way now 

[Aswaff400]

2 coats of Pettit Vivid white

[RickK]

Looks good Aaron
Some experience from the same product on my 230 - if you leave it in a tannin environment for a couple days the bottom will take on the brown color BUT will wash somewhat clean when under power (since it's ablative). If it doesn't all come off you can use a soft brush to scrub a little but you don't want to spend too much time doing that because you're scrubbing off the paint.  Just keep an eye on it.
I like to camp on my 230 o it can be in any number of different kinds of water for a few days and I experience that.  I know you like to go up in the rivers skinny so you'll likely see the same thing.

[CLM65]

And the best part...you can't see any cracks in the bottom gelcoat

[Aswaff400]

And the best part...you can't see any cracks in the bottom gelcoat

  you saw how bad mine was!

rick, i know it will stain pretty easily especially up on the river where its like boating in tea, im not worried about it, another reason to bottom paint it lol

[Aswaff400]

did a little more painting today. lifted the boat and did a coat of primer on my lunch break and did another after work, also did a 4th coat of Vivid along the waterline. will finish completely tomorrow.

[RickK]

Looks really nice Aaron.   
My bottom paint lasted about 6 years (I didn't use it all that often) and with ablative and where you work, you can apply a new coat or 3 yourself when it needs it.