Off Season UP Grades - What's everyone have planned?

[sybrmike]

Get back to work on my collapsible floating bimini idea
Repair a cross brace in the rear bench seat base that broke from overfilling one ballast bag
Add another 400# sac under the chaise lounge for goofy wake
Either add another sac to go on top of 800# already under the playpen, or change plumbing so I can stack what's there on one side (think I need more list)
Maybe fabricate a lid for the new glovebox

[supraaddict]

Just got started on my winter projects, they now include:

Replacing heater core and heater hot tube upgrade to the new style
Ski Pylon modification (Ski pylon now goes up and down to get out of the way)
New exhaust: Upgrading to the new Stainless Steel exhaust from the new Indmar Surf Engine (Adds about 10hp and going to get reprogrammed for more HP after install)
New Power Pulleys
Adding more LEDs (Possibly Transom Lights as well)
Replacing some scratched graphics
Buffing the whole boat
Trailer (White Lens LED) Upgrade

That should keep me busy for a while!

[haugy]

Trailer runway lights
Transom lights (if funds allow)
Kicker L7
Tower speakers (if funds allow)

And wet sanding and polishing the whole bottom of the hull. Ugh dread.

[chrisk]

I'm just sitting back and relaxing while the fiberglass shop fixes the damage from the drunk idiot all the way back on Memorial Day...

Then I'll be installing new depth finder with air and water temp sensors.

[a_deleon]

Well I have a small list of work to do to help out this poor boat that the last owner abused.

new stringers and floor
new carpet
build new seats
maybe an extra one or two 500# bags and plumb everything in
add a second bilge and maybe second blower
rewire the whole audio system and relocate the batteries
new paint job and if I get lucky a partial wrap or at least the the SUPRA logo in grafitti font down the sides
maybe a fresh coat of paint on the motor

[WakeSurfCanada]

Well, on that last outing of the year (Labor Day) I had somewhat of a catastrophic failure on my 351W in the SS. Developed a mean knock and way down on compression in said cylinder. At this point the engine is out of the boat and sitting at a friends shop awaiting a teardown.

Amidst this, a friend and myself came upon a deal on a 36ft houseboat we could not turn down. So that will likley take up most of my free time over the winter.
Currently rebuilding the engines for the houseboat 2 x Volvo AQ170!

Pic's to come

[TitanTn]

Well, on that last outing of the year (Labor Day) I had somewhat of a catastrophic failure on my 351W in the SS. Developed a mean knock and way down on compression in said cylinder. At this point the engine is out of the boat and sitting at a friends shop awaiting a teardown.

Amidst this, a friend and myself came upon a deal on a 36ft houseboat we could not turn down. So that will likley take up most of my free time over the winter.
Currently rebuilding the engines for the houseboat 2 x Volvo AQ170!

Pic's to come

Must have pics. If we don't see pics, then it didn't happen!

[WakeSurfCanada]

Must have pics. If we don't see pics, then it didn't happen!

haha well then here are a few I grabbed off my phone.
Here's one of the boat up north before the engine went for a crap
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My Vizsla, Copper loving the lake!
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Engine on the floor of friends shop
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The winter project:
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[WakeSurfCanada]

More houseboat pics
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[Jetlink]

Hey man, nice find on the houseboat. Stinks about the engine in the sunsport though. How's your Vizsla like the boat and the water? My wife and I are torn on dog breeds at the moment though the Vizsla is on my list at the moment.