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    Costal skinny water chariot overhaul

    I have been wanting a scooter style flats boat for a while now. When I saw this setting on the side of the road it was love at first sight and for the price I couldn't pass it up. She is rock solid but in need of a cosmetic make over and of course I have plans of completely going overboard with upgrades.....so here we start with a 16' majek, texas skiff.


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    First thing to tackle. The dreaded sanding. Many,many hours of sanding..... the starboard side was really beat up and I figured it would cost me a fortune to smooth it out. I tried to get decent pics but white scratches in white gel coat just wouldn't show up. I was pleasantly surprised to see most of the scratches sand out you can really see the difference in the old stuff and freshly sanded stuff.


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      I marked everything that needed filler added to it. Instructions said filler must be used above 60 degrees. Science it's 100 today I figured I was good to go. Down side is that the 10 min cure time was cut in half so I had to work fast. Sadly this also translates to sloppy..... so more sanding than already planned....


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          #5
          Looks good!

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            #6
            Not a good picture of the boat, but this was my Papaw's we used for 20+ years. Hopefully yours will bring you as many good memories when it's done, both fixing it up and using it.

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              Yes sir merc!!!!!! I certainly hope so. I have 3boys and they enjoyed removing old hardware and trailer parts that were in the way. They did it all by themselves too.

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                Long evening and I know the pictures aren't that exciting.....but, it is rough sanded and as blemish free as I can get it. I'm very pleased at this point.


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                  #9
                  Nice. I've been thinking of doing the same thing but I just don't have the time.

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                    #10
                    Looking good. I have one sitting out back that I started a rebuild thread on 4 months ago but the summer heat got in the way so I postponed it.

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                      #11
                      Yeah jay it was stupid hot outside today. Not fun at all!!!!

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                        #12
                        I'm looking forward to following along! The sanding so far looks awesome!

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Chubb View Post
                          I'm looking forward to following along! The sanding so far looks awesome!
                          Thanks!!!! That's 120 grit so far. I plan to work it down to 320. I have a long ways to go!

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                            Following...

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                              #15
                              Hows the transom?? Solid, before you start cosmetic work on it?? That being said, you put a 60 class motor on that thing and it will be sweet.

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