23 CC Tear Down Begins

goodpen · #1 08-18-2006, 04:04 PM

I have begun the tear down of my 1972 23 CC as part of the first phase of its restoration. The deck hardware has been removed along with the console.

Removing the old wood from the Transom is next. Removed the fiberglass patch from the cut down portion of the transom and found some pretty soft wet wood.

FELLOW-SHIP · #2 08-19-2006, 07:23 AM

AH yes I remember those days after you get the tank out you will have a good sense about what you really have and what you will really need to do. “the fun begins”
Good luck

FellowShip
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mbo_1971 · #3 08-19-2006, 08:21 PM

the old dreaded th got you....

warthog5 · #4 08-20-2006, 12:46 AM

The Vortex begin's to swirl.

It keep's sucking you in to do more and more and keep's emptying your pocket's of hard earned money along the way.

goodpen · #5 08-21-2006, 10:42 AM

Luckily for me, right now it is only time. I have enough tools and equipment that the work to date has not added any cost to the project. But once the tear down is complete, then I know the wallet gets real thin!!!!

Removed the rear cap and livewell where I can start to remove the transom. This replacement job will be from the inside. The inner layer was real bad under the motor area but the wood on the sides still is nice and dry. It is removing this good wood that will pose the challenge.

My other current task is to get about 40 gallons of old gas out of the tank. The boat has a registration sticker good til 2001 which was probably the last time it may have been in the water. I think it is too old to even try to mix in vehicles. Does someone know who will take old fuel?

strick · #6 08-21-2006, 11:05 AM

Looking good Professor but I have to use my magnifying spectacles to see the pic's as they are too small. Can you size then to standard internet size of 640x480 megapixals?

strick

warthog5 · #7 08-21-2006, 11:38 PM

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Looking good Professor but I have to use my magnifying spectacles to see the pic's as they are too small. Can you size then to standard internet size of 640x480 megapixals?

strick

Amen!

Are you using PhotoBucket to resize them? It's not the best way and it's not real accurate.

You can set you camera to take them at 640 X 480 or if you take them bigger, use the camera software on your computer to change the size.

Then upload to PhotoBucket and don't change the size.

goodpen · #8 08-22-2006, 12:36 AM

Using different technique to post picture. Used Camera software to resize picture not PhotoBucket. When copying url from PhotoBucket it is better to select picture to full size then copy URL instead of from album. So here are the pictures again.

Weird how it works that way.

FELLOW-SHIP · #9 08-22-2006, 10:30 AM

One of the things I really like about SeaCrafts is that when you decide to do major work on them it is relatively easy to take them apart to do the work and them put them back together again. In a lot of boats built “now a days” if you need to redo the gas tank there is no way to get to it but to cut your way through. Same thing with the transom area we can just cut the cap in two locations and remove the splash well and those two little compartments. I sure wouldn’t want to work on a boat that I would have to deal with a glued inner liner to the hull and stringers trying to break free to get to what we can do with a screwdriver and a crow bar.

FellowShip

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goodpen · #10 08-27-2006, 12:46 AM

Yes, I have been very surprised how well the tear down has progressed on this boat. I was able to remove the remainder of the transom wood today. Thank goodness for crow bars and sledge hammers!!!. Was able to get most of the inner layer out in one piece so I will have a pattern to work with. One ineresting thing I noticed is that the transom plywood did not go all the way to the sides of the hull. The wood was ground down to accomodate the curve along the transom hull side corner but it was about an inch off on both sides. Have any of you experienced this as well? How did you cut the cut the core when you rebuilt your transom, was it from side to side fully or was a gap left as well?

Also siphoned the gas out of the tank, there were 80 gallons of fuel still in this boat. Used every can I had plus the neighbors and 6 more cans I bought. Gas looked pretty good for being in there for several years. Probably try using it 3:1 in the vehicles to get rid of it. Tank came out without a hitch. Next task, cutting out the floor. I will post pictures tomorrow or today's progress.

Professor