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Dad glassing up the transom To cover the old motor holes . and fix a few spots that was broke from the previous owner running the boat with a rotten transom . Laying the glass mat in place The mat all wetted out

My dad grinding on the back of the transom so he can fill in all the old motor holes .

Got the rest of the transom out . Wasnt really all that bad only took the 2 days . It was more solid toward the bottom because the water was laying in there and slowing down the rot . Last of the transom

All my boats are merc powered . Starting with my 1960 Crosby with a 1960 Merc 400 45hp . My 2005 Bennington pontoon has a 60hp merc bigfoot 4 stroke . My 1976 Checkmate Trimate II 150hp Merc inline six. My Checkmate V-Mate I Will have a Merc 150hp inline six on it . And last but not least My...

The boat has made it into the garage now and I have the fan running in it to move the air around and help dry up the wood that I still left in the transom so it shrinks up and will come out easier . At day break im going to push her back out in the drive way and let the sun heat the hull up...

Than he got out his little air saw and went to town on the inside skin . That will all be glassed back up after the wood is out . I ordered up 5 Gallons of seacast to pour in the transom when ready . Its 3 time stronger than wood , Its lighter and it floats . I also have it in my Trimate...

Now back to the Dad working on the transom . He was making progress while I was working on the front half of the boat . This was why he mad such good progress lol

Will he was working on the transom I got up to the bow and cut the rest of the wood and foam out that I couldnt get to with the deck on ... Just cut the wood loose I used a spade shovel to remove all the old foam . Felt like I was shoveling snow already lol Here is all the foam that...

Than my dad swung by around 1:30 in the afternoon tuesday and this happened Note hes already working on the Transom lol Dad hard at work

Made more progress on the Checkmate . Got the windshield off and started drilling out the rivet in the hull ....

Here is what was done today . Finished up gutting the floor . Removed both seat bases and battery box . Here is what was left of the battery box and the seat boxes

Will get more pictures up tomorrow since I have the day off I can get back out and really get into this thing some more ... Cant wait :D

Got out today here before I leave here for work and removed the wood from under the bow to access the foam . Got that out in one piece too . Even though the center was completely rotten . I wasnt going to touch it today since I have to work and just wait till tomorrow since I have it off but I...

Transom has to been done also . Some one at one time had two different Mercs on the back . Can see the 70's style bracket marks and the newer bracket marks . They also drilled alot of holes and siliconed them in . And it must have leaked beacausw there was silicone all around the area where the...

Removed the foam and stringer from the area I cut the floor out off . Still have the bildge area to still remove and the front bulk head ... Most of the core is still solid and intact. The dark area toward the back in the area of concern . Can hear when taping on it that is rotten...

So I decided since I got that far I mise well start cutting out the old floor . What was left of it any how .... With most of the Floor out you can see all the wet nasty foam . After I had removed it and tossed it in a buck the water had ran out of the foam and I probably had about 2.5...

Than after that I decided to mess it all back up again and tear the carpet out . Managed to get it all out in one piece . With the carpet up and floor exposed can now see how bad it really was . Carpet sure hides alot

Stayed up all day got out of work at 5am came home ate and took off to grab the boat and get it back home and start doing something . Got the leaves all out of it and the carpet didnt look to bad after a quick Vac job

Boat is now home and have started the restoration process .

Got out today and cleaned up the garage and made room for the boat . I plan on starting on it thursday since that is my next day off . I went out today and picked up some glass and some paint stripper ... Started stripping the paint off the top cowl from the motor .