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Diary of a Preditor Restoration
- Thread starter Chris E
- Start date
Slick lookin dolly....bet that makes it really nice for moving around. Boats lookin good. Hows the inside comin? Any luck on fiding a mota yet. There was a pretty damn nice looking XR2 on ebay last week. Came with everything and a buy it now of 1750 or something close to that.
jallen355
Well-known member
Snow? What's all this "snow" you've been talkin' about? I don't see no snow...
C'mon dude.. Get'r DONE! You Canadians ain't got no time to fool around building your botes in the spring/summer. You should have her on the water.
Just messin' with ya's..... :cheers
I'm a bit ahead of you in the restoration dept., but then again, I' didn't have to "pop her top".
The dolly looks like it should be a big help. I can't count the times in the last couple of months I have pulled/pushed my Exciter in/out of the garage on the trailer. Once again this evening, as a matter of fact. I could have benefited from a setup like yours. I think inflatable tires would have been the answer for my garage "lip", though. Jees. How many times have I got back and took a running start at the garage/driveway transition lip pushing my entire boat/motor/trailer back into the garage lately...
Take some more pics. I'd like to see more of your work.
C'mon dude.. Get'r DONE! You Canadians ain't got no time to fool around building your botes in the spring/summer. You should have her on the water.
Just messin' with ya's..... :cheers
I'm a bit ahead of you in the restoration dept., but then again, I' didn't have to "pop her top".
The dolly looks like it should be a big help. I can't count the times in the last couple of months I have pulled/pushed my Exciter in/out of the garage on the trailer. Once again this evening, as a matter of fact. I could have benefited from a setup like yours. I think inflatable tires would have been the answer for my garage "lip", though. Jees. How many times have I got back and took a running start at the garage/driveway transition lip pushing my entire boat/motor/trailer back into the garage lately...
Take some more pics. I'd like to see more of your work.
Chris E
Well-known member
it's not me that doesn't like the snow - its the resin. no, actually it's me - i hate winter and hate being cold even more. i couldn't have worked on the boat anyway, i spent the better part of the winter snowblowing my driveway.
i need to get the crap cleaned out of the garage before i get back on the boat. i picked up a bunch of cabinets from a factory that closed down this winter, i want to get those hung up first. this week is basically shot, and next week isn't looking much better, and the week after i am in winnipeg for a week. winter is quiet and as soon as i want to get back to the boat - my time is eaten up
i haven't looked to hard for a motor yet, i don't have the room to sit on one for a year at the moment, looks like i have to buy a vehicle this summer, so the motor may have to wait for a while longer.
i need to get the crap cleaned out of the garage before i get back on the boat. i picked up a bunch of cabinets from a factory that closed down this winter, i want to get those hung up first. this week is basically shot, and next week isn't looking much better, and the week after i am in winnipeg for a week. winter is quiet and as soon as i want to get back to the boat - my time is eaten up
i haven't looked to hard for a motor yet, i don't have the room to sit on one for a year at the moment, looks like i have to buy a vehicle this summer, so the motor may have to wait for a while longer.
Chris E
Well-known member
I just read through some of my messages - how optimistic i was!
so here we are in november and i have accomplished - NOTHING. i didn't spend one single hour on the boat till last week. and what did i do? i got the deck back on - a couple of screws holding it in, loaded it on the trailer, tarped it and sent it out to the cottage for the winter. hopefully my tarping job holds - just in time - i tarped it saturday afternoon and 4" of snow fell saturday night.
i can't beleive - i had zero time since april to work on the boat. hopefully next year will be better, however, i have a feeling it may be longer. i have no expectation of being able to work on it for a quite a while.
so here we are in november and i have accomplished - NOTHING. i didn't spend one single hour on the boat till last week. and what did i do? i got the deck back on - a couple of screws holding it in, loaded it on the trailer, tarped it and sent it out to the cottage for the winter. hopefully my tarping job holds - just in time - i tarped it saturday afternoon and 4" of snow fell saturday night.
i can't beleive - i had zero time since april to work on the boat. hopefully next year will be better, however, i have a feeling it may be longer. i have no expectation of being able to work on it for a quite a while.
lsudecat04
New member
Do we have a conclusion to this build???
Everything looked to be going good.
Everything looked to be going good.
Chris E
Well-known member
a conclusion?????????
i wish, unfortunatley, things have been a little slow around here lately, which has tapped finances more than i like. so, the boat has been sitting under it's tarp all summer. i am hopeful that next spring will see some work getting done on it, but the way things are going it'll be another 10 years
i would love to see this thing in the water again, thanks for asking.
i wish, unfortunatley, things have been a little slow around here lately, which has tapped finances more than i like. so, the boat has been sitting under it's tarp all summer. i am hopeful that next spring will see some work getting done on it, but the way things are going it'll be another 10 years
i would love to see this thing in the water again, thanks for asking.
Chris E
Well-known member
so, its been about 2 years since anything happened with the boat. life, funds, work all got in the way. well.....life is better, funds are better and work is better so i thought i'd get the old carcass out and begin work on her again.
i went to the cottage and discovered that the tarp had opened up at the back and i discovered a bunch of water sitting in the bilge. all the stringer work i had done appears to be garbage. i was so thrilled. i just covered it up and left it. i'll start work on stringers 2.0 next month
i went to the cottage and discovered that the tarp had opened up at the back and i discovered a bunch of water sitting in the bilge. all the stringer work i had done appears to be garbage. i was so thrilled. i just covered it up and left it. i'll start work on stringers 2.0 next month
Will30
Well-known member
so, its been about 2 years since anything happened with the boat. life, funds, work all got in the way. well.....life is better, funds are better and work is better so i thought i'd get the old carcass out and begin work on her again.
i went to the cottage and discovered that the tarp had opened up at the back and i discovered a bunch of water sitting in the bilge. all the stringer work i had done appears to be garbage. i was so thrilled. i just covered it up and left it. i'll start work on stringers 2.0 next month
That really sucks . But im glad to hear that you are getting back to it . I just went and picked my resto project back up ....
I had a tarp leak on me too. Two winters ago, I did some core repair on my Enticer, covered it up with a tarp for the winter, I was very good about keeping the snow off. I go to oncover the boat, and water comes out of the drain hole. I had better luck though and the water wasn't sitting too long and everything was ok. Good luck on your project!
Chris E
Well-known member
well, it's been a bit of sad time around here as i decided to sell/scrap this project. time is just not going to allow me to complete this anytime in the forseeable future. had it listed for sale locally here now for a month or so. someone is supposed to come look at it on friday night and hopefully it leaves. if not, i am seriously considering the landfill as an option for the hull and parting out what i have left (that option makes me sick).
so, if anyone is interested in the hull and trailer, please pm me and we can discuss. boat is in bracebridge, ontario, canada. i am including all the parts i have, plus anything else. i hate doing this and know i'll regret it, but it has to leave.
so, if anyone is interested in the hull and trailer, please pm me and we can discuss. boat is in bracebridge, ontario, canada. i am including all the parts i have, plus anything else. i hate doing this and know i'll regret it, but it has to leave.