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I have had this boat for 3 years now. I originally got it to tube and ski with. I got it in the fall and didn’t get to use it so after the first year and allot of repairs, sea water pick up pump, trim pump, new head valves due to bad water pump and a short trip of tubing without looking at the temp gauge, new distributor ( old one blew up on Houghton Lake), Bellows boots, and I’m sure I’m forgetting something else. I had some use with it. The year after that I used it ALLOT! Tubing skiing fishing or just cruising around lakes in Michigan until one trip in the fall. Me and a friend of mine were in Hell Michigan fishing and had been out all day long. Sun going down we were still fishing and we noticed that there was water coming up through the floor in the back of the boat. I made a beeline for the boat launch and after a nervous wait to get the thing onto the trailer found that a crack in the hull I had not noticed before was leaking badly. So with that said all of last year I pulled up the floor, dug out the foam, cut out the old stringers, sanded the hull, glassed new stringers in, re foamed the hull under the new deck and am now coating the top with West Systems penetrating resins to water proof the deck. I hope to finish it soon but work is sending me to Virginia Beach for the next week or so. But when I get back I would like to get the carpet in and use it.

i will post pics as soon as i figure that part out!

Heres a picture of it on Bline lake in Hell Michigan.

On houghton Lake Michigan.

Heres some of the pics from the rebuild. I have a lot more were thses came from.

Also this is what happened after i ran acrost the lake a few times pulling two tubes with a bad water pump. Started running funny so i got it back to the dock and realized the temp gauge was pegged. had to rebuild the top end and install a new head and new valves and all that fun stuff. Old head had two 5 inch cracks in it. Runs great now!

Great job.

Cool.
I've been to Hell and back as well. Nice little place. Damn U school seems to be a good one as well.
I still have lic plates, sticker, etc.........

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1992 Baja 38 Special Twin 502 Mags

03 Stingray 3.0
88 261 Liberator 460 King Cobras
95 Bayliner 1850 3.0
77 Fiber Form 20ft 350/385hp
70 Wescraft 1800 SS 455 Jet

Lead, Follow, or get the Hell out of the Way!

damn

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1981 Columbia 8.7
2015 Yamaha FZR - 87mph - sold
2006 Yamaha GP1300R - sold
2003 Chaparral 215 SSI - sold
2009 Stingray 195CS - sold
2000 Four Winns H180 - sold
1976 O'day Daysailer II - sold
Rick's Four Winns H180 Mods/Upgrade Thread

Regular wood....not marine/treated wood?

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Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

Thanks for the pics keep up the good work. Repost some pics when you get her back out on the water nice looking boat btw did I mention I love the color!

That is what you call a project boat! Thumbs up!

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2011 SL242 5.7 VP GXi - 320 HP Dual Prop

Very nice job, that's not as easy as it looks, you must have very good woodworking skills. I bet you built it better than it was originally, now it will last another 35 years!

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

I should be able to finish the boat with in the next week or so! Have planned a tubeing trip already! I am going to have the seats done this winter. I just want to use it again! lol!

Ok! just got in from finishing the deck! Its coated with West systems penatrating resin good for up to 6 inches! The half inch deck i have should be good and dry for ever!

i also got allitle creative with a four winns sticker. I had black stickers so i put them on an area i painted yellow and repainted over that black! Turned out very nice!