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Woodsy · 11-10-2008, 05:18 PM

hancoveguy...

There is def a ritual to be followed when renaming a boat... see the above post! Go with vinyl lettering... relatively cheap and easy to fix if you happen to scratch off a letter. Gator Signs in Gilford is the place to go.

Let me preface the rest of the post by saying I do not have any idea what your skill level is... so please dont read malice into anything.

Chartplotters come in all price ranges... a good one will run you just about $500 or so plus another $100 for the C-Map chip. If you can install a car stereo, you can install a GPS... the key to a GPS install is antenna placement. (although some of the newer ones have an internal antenna so no worries)

I am guessing the boat was used primarily in the ocean? I am also going to hazard a guess the boat was kept in a slip in the ocean. I say this because you want to sandblast and paint the drive. The corrosion on the drive indicates the boat was kept for long periods of time in the salt water and rarely if ever flushed with fresh water. If this is the case, you need to budget for some new exhaust manifolds... a surveyor has no way of telling the condition and they WILL FAIL eventually... they can take your motor with them! Better to replace them before they fail. They arent that expensive and you could probably do this yourself.

If you want to clean up your drive... its my suggestion is to leave the drive alone, perhaps scrape off the the barnacles & corrosion with a wire brush and use a marine epoxy to fill the pits and then just hit it with the proper paint.

Should you decide you want to sandblast.... You DO NOT want to sandblast and paint your drive on the boat!!! Remove the drive. The sandblast media is very fine and will get into places it shouldn't!! If you get sandblast media into your transom assembly it could cause all sorts of problems... If you get that media into your drive then you will be proud owner of a very expensive piece of scrap metal.

Remove the drive, remove the props, then mask off the propshaft and driveshaft very very carefully. Sandblast the drive, fill in the pits with the marine epoxy, then sand. Prime the metal using a zinc chromate primer, then finish with the volvo grey.

Woodsy

11-10-2008, 05:18 PM	#5
Woodsy Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Weirs Beach Posts: 1,968 Thanks: 80 Thanked 980 Times in 440 Posts	hancoveguy... There is def a ritual to be followed when renaming a boat... see the above post! Go with vinyl lettering... relatively cheap and easy to fix if you happen to scratch off a letter. Gator Signs in Gilford is the place to go. Let me preface the rest of the post by saying I do not have any idea what your skill level is... so please dont read malice into anything. Chartplotters come in all price ranges... a good one will run you just about $500 or so plus another $100 for the C-Map chip. If you can install a car stereo, you can install a GPS... the key to a GPS install is antenna placement. (although some of the newer ones have an internal antenna so no worries) I am guessing the boat was used primarily in the ocean? I am also going to hazard a guess the boat was kept in a slip in the ocean. I say this because you want to sandblast and paint the drive. The corrosion on the drive indicates the boat was kept for long periods of time in the salt water and rarely if ever flushed with fresh water. If this is the case, you need to budget for some new exhaust manifolds... a surveyor has no way of telling the condition and they WILL FAIL eventually... they can take your motor with them! Better to replace them before they fail. They arent that expensive and you could probably do this yourself. If you want to clean up your drive... its my suggestion is to leave the drive alone, perhaps scrape off the the barnacles & corrosion with a wire brush and use a marine epoxy to fill the pits and then just hit it with the proper paint. Should you decide you want to sandblast.... You DO NOT want to sandblast and paint your drive on the boat!!! Remove the drive. The sandblast media is very fine and will get into places it shouldn't!! If you get sandblast media into your transom assembly it could cause all sorts of problems... If you get that media into your drive then you will be proud owner of a very expensive piece of scrap metal. Remove the drive, remove the props, then mask off the propshaft and driveshaft very very carefully. Sandblast the drive, fill in the pits with the marine epoxy, then sand. Prime the metal using a zinc chromate primer, then finish with the volvo grey. Woodsy __________________ The only way to eliminate ignorant behavior is through education. You can't fix stupid.