Restoring 82SN in South Africa

The battery box is still a mystery to me. I still can't find one here. Once i've put that floor piece down i'll cut it out and glass a new one in using the foam as a mold. I'm not to happy about this but it's the only solution at this stage. I saw someone use the vacuum process here lately, but i'm not confident trying it, so i'll do successive layers to build it up.

You'll also notice the piping for the battery cables is not i yet. I'll serrate the edge of the pipe and push it through the foam into the shaped cavity, remove the cut foam core, trip the pipe tips and push through for good. The glassing of the box can then begin.

Hi Don

Finally a few pics. Not done with the stereo install.New teak on the step plates.Remote for stereo on dash,etc.

Later

Hi Duane:

Your ride looks super. The teak inserts came out great! Looking at the rub rail...i'll be using the same supplier..thanks for that lead earlier...looks awesome. One thing i love about this boat is the chrome cursive logo on the dash...great in this era. Thanks for showing me.

Would you mind if i drop you a mail from time to time re sourcing parts and a bit of service advice as needed?

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Note i left the outer brackets out to enable this demonstration.

Greg

Got it from a company here in Centurion called Elephant lifting. It is a 16mm poly-e I think. They did have black when I was there. I'll check on the invoice and let you know what it is.

DJ

Never really got round to the board thing. Kids and friends ride and I drive ! In the golfcart game.

I'd like to try some of your raley moves, but I need some coaching first!

Hi guys

Just some pics of an add-on. Have had this big antenna base on the front forever and it has always been a pain for me to look at. So I decided to take it of and cover the holes with something more suitable ! What do you think

Very nice sir! How and where did you get that done? A very creative solution....tasteful too.

I was chatting to Mrs Naut about a plaque of sorts or something embedded in the gelcote to the effect of:

"Lovingly restored by...."

Not quite sure yet but i will definitely want to do something special on my project....like on Orange crush (the CCFan 196) where Meloon's signature is embedded in the transom.

Bigblock, thats sweet! Want to make me up a plate to cover the hole in my dash???

^^Now THAT is funny!^^


That blows they put the stereo there, Tim. In my 90, I mounted mine in the glovey. In my 92 BFN, I mounted it on the side of the bulkhead and used a changer to play CD's.

Maybe a nice piece of teak? My BFN had a stepover to the bow and I had teak strips up the center of the dash. It would look good and eliminate that problem.

A friend of mine owns a machine shop. I drew it in SolidEdge and he exported it to Mastercam which runs the cnc mill. It would be very easy to do a cover for the hole in the dash and would look cool. I'm in South Africa so I would be difficult to measure for a perfect fit. But any decent machine shop with cnc could do it for you. If you like I could send you the .dxf files.

At last an update. I've become really slack at updating my progress and have been totally focussed on getting through the project...sorry guys. I have made quite a bit of progress as you can see below. My Dad did come around and we worked pretty hard for two full days to reach this point.

My departure from the original layout in the bow can be seen below where increased foam volume to more than comply with the latest flotation requirements by law. We also shaped a protective box around the vent hoses to prevent someone tossing in gear and ripping one of the vent hoses. I know it may still happen but this should prevent most such occurences. I may be mounting the bow fire extinguisher here.



I have also stuck to my original plan in glassing in a new battery box. After shaping the foam, i'll do a final smoothing out with epoxy fairing compound before laying in two layers of CSM and weave to finish. I chose to not install a drain as i believe this just creates more water issues in the bilge bulkhead, the main source of water entry in the original construction.



A fuller panorama of the bow area...



In my mates 2001, we always put a cushion under our rear end to improve visibility. I also want to prevent feet on the driver seat and butts on it's rear support so we raised the seat base by 2 inches or so. Someone posted this discussion recently which reminded me...thank you CCF.



A pic of the floor to bilge drain, unglassed at this stage.



Finally, a stern view...

Don

Looks very good ! I can feel one part of my floor has a soft spot, so I guess I'll have to redo sometime. Thanks for your post. I'm following with great interest. Went footing at the Vaal this weekend and winter water is coming on. I'll come visit you once your project is done.

DJ

Hi Don

Check out this website. It is also a rebuild but not as thorough as yours.
http://billsboatworks.webs.com/

DJ

Hey Donovan,

How about an update from S. Africa? Haven't heard from you in a while.


Mike

I figured you were trying to make number 3, takes allotta practice