Helpful Tips???

[Salty87]

the swim platform has a nick in the trailing edge, looks like they smacked something.

that's pretty cool that you can see the stringers and muffler in your sunsport mikey. z51, if the boat you're looking at is like that you can't lose on that fix. some of them have all of the hardware under the floor though, like mine.

i see what leaf is looking at, why is there unfiberglassed wood under the floor? some of it looks like wet dark wood...saturated maybe.

the gash is ugly. there's alot of fiberglass in that part of the hull but if you do have a leak...i'd run. you've got wet foam which means that someday the unfiberglassed wood will rot.

if this guy won't come down a couple of grand on the price, i think he's making the decision for you. poke a finger or screwdriver up that gash (can i say that on here? ha!) and see if you've got solid glass or foam. also see if you can see the stringers and platform bolts like in the picture mikey posted.

[Blackntan90]

WOW! That interior looks really nice! And the gel is shiny too!

[87SunSportMikeyD]

I had my rudder seal leak and a couple times the bilge got really full before I noticed. Yes, the driveshaft spun in the water and sprayed the water EVERYWHERE. Soaked my starter and needed to be replaced.

It is really awesome to hear that any swim platform leak would just drain to the bilge!!!!!

[mapleleaf]

Hey Mikey, what'd you use to fix the leaky rudder????

[87SunSportMikeyD]

We pulled the rudder. It was sealed by two o-rings. One was gone. We took the other to NAPA auto parts, or anywhere, they have a box of o-rings. Standard size. Popped it in, and put the rudder back in.

Then we went out and got grease gun fittings (small size gun tip and small zerks (greasse ports). The rudder as well as rudder arm have multiple zerks we filled with grease. A little too much as the extra we found in the bilge. Greasy.

Oh we also noticed the shaft on the rudder (??) was worn a little smooth in one area making a flat spot. We sanded it just a bit to round off the flat.

No leaks so far!

[mapleleaf]

thanks, I got a slow leak somewhere, and I won't know 'til I'm on the water, need all the info I can get before I get out there.....

[87SunSportMikeyD]

When I opened the floor access panel behind the engine box, I could look back with a flashlight while we were on the water. When someone turned the wheel, you could see a thin trickle of water coming from the rudder.

[mapleleaf]

exactly what I'll be doing this May. I may take it out stripped down, no interior no floor panels.......For that high quality rough look!