Cool 85 SunSport remake

[87SunSportMikeyD]

I thought it was an Arial tower too. I sent him a PM through WW.

[mapleleaf]

can we maybe revisit this in house design on the wraps....I've got a sign shop at the end of my street, that did my licence numbers......
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[techsledder]

Yeah. I'd also like to hear about this wrap business. They last like 5 years? What's the film/media made of? Is this the same product they use on advertising you see on the city buses and whole vehicle ads? So when it's taken off you don't have any residue on your gel coat? Please share with this newbie to wraps...

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Well can we have S_I figure out what the cost would be through his hookup? I know we could design something sweet.

[ReBoat Industries]

Nice! I'm trolling around lookin for info on my stringer, floor, foam project and I find pictures of my boat! Thanks Mikey for the hook and to everyone else for the kind words

As for the questions regarding the tower. We found a tower that was close on specs to the boat at Great Lakes Skipper. They basically buy out manufacturers excess inventory and sell it. This tower was actually made for a Tahoe. We chopped the feet off of it and welded on new mounts from DIYWake. It was critical for this boat to be able to fold the tower pretty low for bridges. It does fold forward fairly well. If I were to do it again I would have fabbed up rigid feet. The DIY mounts are a little too universal and give a bit too much. I may change that down the road. Otherwise it does have a fairly new look. The New Dimension towers are nice, just look a little dated IMO. The racks are a Skylon product. The bimini was also from Great Lakes Skipper with DIY clamps.

As for the wrap, that is another part of our business. We would likely sell a wrap like this for $600-800. If you can think it up we can make it happen.

As for future plans we are way deep into a pretty rotten floor and stringer project. FYI, I know its been said here before, but CHECK YOUR ALIGNMENT. If I would have done this more I would have noticed the issue of the motor settling from stringer rot and would have saved myself $700 in driveshaft and prop. Not to mention being stranded

So go grab your feeler guage and check it out.

[mapleleaf]

Sometimes beauty is only skin deep!! Good luck with your stringer's, seems to be a popular topic around here.....keep us posted.....
I found my boat in a camp video (previous owner) and got a pretty good kick out of it too!

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Hey there hope you didn't think I was poaching your pics or anything...just such a lovely boat!

So in your old WW thread, the shaft breaking was caused by the stringer rot, not by hitting something? Yikes!!!

Is the alignment something that is visable to the eye at all?

[wotan2525]

Hey there hope you didn't think I was poaching your pics or anything...just such a lovely boat!

So in your old WW thread, the shaft breaking was caused by the stringer rot, not by hitting something? Yikes!!!

Is the alignment something that is visable to the eye at all?

You can't check shaft alignment at all until you unbolt the coupler between the tranny and the driveshaft. Once you take the bolts out.... spin your prop by hand a few times and you should be able to do a quick visual to see if you're "close" or "way-off."

I have a similar story to reboats -- my engine twisted in rotten stringers, wore a hole through the shaft log, bent the drive shaft, bent the strut, ruined my dripless shaft seal and ultimately caused the boat to sink (only a couple feet of water, but the water was still over the floor.)

CHECK YOUR ALIGNMENT! I was incredibly happy when I pulled my engine last week... when I went to put it back in, I bolted it back up to the same spots and my alignment was still dead on. Made me feel really good about how my new stringers have been holding up.

[ReBoat Industries]

You can even check it with unbolting your coupler.

Mikey, no worries on poaching. It's free press

[ReBoat Industries]

Here is where she stands now. Defiled by the hands of shady shop!