Hey, First Post
EDIT: ugh, "restoration" is wrong in the title and I can't fix it..... good first impression
I own a 1997 Bayliner Capri 1954 Fish and Ski that I bought new. I had barely passed the 20 hour break-in time when my fondness for the boat started to fade. I bought the fish and ski package because I wanted to fish 'occasionally'. The 'fish' part started consuming me and I purchased some rather expensive rods, reels, tackle, etc. Spring of '99 I put my boat in the water and realized I had screwed up somewhere in the winterizing process. The carb was sluggish so I disassembled it and gave it a good cleaning. Unfortunately this was in my "half-***" days when I didn't always "do it right" so the carb started leaking. I pulled the boat home to work on the carb. During this down time, someone broke into mother and fathers place at Lake Wateree, SC and stole all of my tackle. I was pissed, the carb problem and the loss of my tackle hit me at a bad time. I moved the boat to my grandfathers land where it sat for 12 years. The boat was far enough away from my grandfathers house that I couldn't see it when I went to visit him. I basically blocked the boat from my memory.
I recently bought my son a fishing kayak and my fishing bug has come back with a vengeance. I brought the boat home and it looks terrible! I found a soft spot in the floor so I hit the internet to do a little research and I ran across FriscoJarretts videos, which led me here.
So it begins........
EDIT: ugh, "restoration" is wrong in the title and I can't fix it..... good first impression
I own a 1997 Bayliner Capri 1954 Fish and Ski that I bought new. I had barely passed the 20 hour break-in time when my fondness for the boat started to fade. I bought the fish and ski package because I wanted to fish 'occasionally'. The 'fish' part started consuming me and I purchased some rather expensive rods, reels, tackle, etc. Spring of '99 I put my boat in the water and realized I had screwed up somewhere in the winterizing process. The carb was sluggish so I disassembled it and gave it a good cleaning. Unfortunately this was in my "half-***" days when I didn't always "do it right" so the carb started leaking. I pulled the boat home to work on the carb. During this down time, someone broke into mother and fathers place at Lake Wateree, SC and stole all of my tackle. I was pissed, the carb problem and the loss of my tackle hit me at a bad time. I moved the boat to my grandfathers land where it sat for 12 years. The boat was far enough away from my grandfathers house that I couldn't see it when I went to visit him. I basically blocked the boat from my memory.
I recently bought my son a fishing kayak and my fishing bug has come back with a vengeance. I brought the boat home and it looks terrible! I found a soft spot in the floor so I hit the internet to do a little research and I ran across FriscoJarretts videos, which led me here.
So it begins........
