Post some pics as your project comes along!
This is a 1976 Kurtis Kraft 500. i have been working on this boat for a month now. so far i have striped the whole boat. i am getting ready to sand the hull and reglass the inside. her are some pictues
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ewspics236.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ewspics239.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ewspics157.jpg
Post some pics as your project comes along!
How long have you had this boat?
This boat was at CFW and I think it is similar to your boat good luck with your resto. http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...044_copyzz.jpg
This boat was at CFW and I think it is similar to your boat good luck with your resto. http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...044_copyzz.jpg
I think thats a Dimarco but it was still a nice boat
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...9/DSCN1479.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...9/DSCN1478.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...9/DSCN1477.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...9/DSCN1474.jpg
so i took my boat to a bunch of boat shops around So Cal. Pat's fiberglass, B&K, and a few other shops. i didnt feel comfortable with anyone until i went over to Mel's new shop off The 710 and atlantic. he shares a bitchen building with Grier Rush (Rush Marine). Mel has been working on the inside of my kurtis for a little over a month now. Today i went to give him the last payment and check out all of the work he did. Immaculate! Mel did a awesome job.
Things he did to the boat:
1) fill the dash
2) take all of the old glass off stringers.
3) put a new bow eye on
4) put a veneer on the bulkhead
5) grind off the whole cap of the boat 1 1/2 inches then reglass.
6) fill all the holes that i wanted to be filled.
7) put 2 layers of 6 oz fiberglass from the outside of the stringers to the inside.
8) put a blue gel from stringer to stringer.
9) put a blue gel on the side walls of the boat
That looks NICE!
Nice project.
Coming along good too.
Next time you stop by Rush's shop, give that low life POS a sharp stick and tell him to PHUCK himself with it.
Thanks!!!
Brian
so i took my boat to a bunch of boat shops around So Cal. Pat's fiberglass, B&K, and a few other shops. i didnt feel comfortable with anyone until i went over to Mel's new shop off The 710 and atlantic. he shares a bitchen building with Grier Rush (Rush Marine). Mel has been working on the inside of my kurtis for a little over a month now. Today i went to give him the last payment and check out all of the work he did. Immaculate! Mel did a awesome job.
Things he did to the boat:
1) fill the dash
2) take all of the old glass off stringers.
3) put a new bow eye on
4) put a veneer on the bulkhead
5) grind off the whole cap of the boat 1 1/2 inches then reglass.
6) fill all the holes that i wanted to be filled.
7) put 2 layers of 6 oz fiberglass from the outside of the stringers to the inside.
8) put a blue gel from stringer to stringer.
9) put a blue gel on the side walls of the boat
Right on brother! looks like all of your hard work is paying off!
Keep us posted on you project. If all goes well i will be posting pics of my project soon.
LOOKING GOOD ,I love them old Kurtis flats, keep up the good work.