Thats all Folks

Well the Glastron is done and we enjoyed her throughout the summer of 2010. Then in the Winter of 2010 and 2011 we bought the Sea Ray. We sold the Glastron in May of 2011 to a fellow boater, and she is living her live happily at a new lake. Thanks to everyone for the support and comments throughout the build.

I was very sad to see her go, but we needed to fund the rebuild of the Sea Ray.

Here are some parting pictures, and the Sale Video.

Memorial Day 2010

 Hello all. I thought I would post some pictures of the festivities from the lake, and give you an update. We have been enjoying the boat like you would not believe, and we have been at the lake as much as possible. We all have a tan, and looking forward to alot more fun. as you remember I purchased a 1995 polaris SL750 and rebuilt the engine. That thing has been so much fun, I got another one. This one is not as much of a basket case and runs pretty good, but I need to do some upgrades before we start pounding on it. Having two skis and a boat is alot of fun for the parties we have at the lake. It is alot of work though, and at teh end of the weekend I am beat. Hey that is what summer is for... right?

Here is a video of me Ruining my new Camera

Tinting the Windows

I decided to tint the Windows in the boat. In a past life this is what I did for a living.






My wife made me this for the Dash

More updates

After the great time on the lake with the family, I have been just doing little things around the boat.


This is my new Badge that I had made.



Sun Deck opener





Storage





Re-Coating my Deck with smooth durabak.

First Family outing

I finally had a chance to sit down an upload some pictures. We had our first family outing last Sunday and it went great. It was a little windy and all the video is trash. 

Here are some observations after about 5 hours on the water.

1. The durabak is great and I am so glad I went with it. It is very easy to clean and looks great. The only thing I miss is the sound deadening that the carpet gave. The boat is very "live". I have ordered some more durabak but this time I got some smooth. I dropped some foam and resin on the deck and made some spots, so I am going to recoat.

2. The Drive whines pretty bad under heavy acceleration. I attribute this to the added HP and torque that she has. If the drive goes I will get and SEI model.

3. I have a little vibration at around 2,000 rpm. I do not remember the old motor having that little shake. Under and over it is fine. If I did not know better I would say it was a miss. 

4. I cannot set the timing perfect due to the new Harmonic Balancer being marked wrong. The timing tab on the cover is on the port side but the engine is most happy with the mark around the 11 o'clock position. I did some reading and found that some HB were different in the early 80s and the timing tabs were on the starboard side. Has anyone else had this issue? I just set it where it was most happy and does not ping under load.

5. RPM at WOT is perfect at 4,600, and I am hitting around 58 GPS with the four of us in the boat on a stock prop. I wonder if I put the cleaver prop on there what it will do.

6. The foam made the boat much more rigid feeling.

So here are some pictures.





My daughter caught this crappie on her Barbie fishing pole!!!

Finishing touches

My wife and I spent all day doing all the finishing touches. To be honest, she and I were having such a good time, I forgot to take pictures or video. We really want to get out on the lake tomorrow, so we were just in a groove.


Here is what got done.

1. Capped off the Foam blocks and sealed them up
2. Painted the top of the foam blocks to match the bilge.
3. Installed a new pitot tube and pickup for the speedo 
4. Installed a new in dash depth finder
5. Installed the Sun deck
6. Detailed the entire interior
7. Re-mounted all the gear I moved to install the foam.
8. Fired off the engine after a two week slumber and she roared!

So as long as the wind is under control tomorrow, we will try to go out for a few hours and really stretch her legs.

I have to say, she is a sight to behold

Pouring the foam

Alright. I finally had some time tonight to get the foam poured. As you will see in the video the top of the bins are open and you can see the foam. I am thinking about cutting off the foam and gluing in some more pink stuff to finish it off. Tell me what you think.

Anyway, I called John at Aero Marine http://www.jgreer.com/boat-foam.htm (thanks for the referral arch) and he walked me through all of the steps and pitfalls to watch out for. I ask a ton of questions and he was patient and thorough with me. I decided to get the 2 gallon kit that yielded 8 cubic feet, and i think I got all but one cube in the boat. The stuff was really easy to work with and had no odor at all. 

Funny thing. Once I finished the pour my wife came outside and looked at it and said " ok now I am ready to go boating". She just wants to make sure we will not go to the bottom.