Jeff's 1998 Ski Nautique Restoration

[NautiqueJeff]

Not sure yet. I will let you know hopefully tomorrow.

I would say that if the gouges are down to the fiberglass, it should be repaired as soon as reasonably possible. The one deep, long gouge on mine is definitely down to the glass. I ran it like that a few times this fall, and who knows how long the PO ran it like that. I would be concerned that it could cause additional gelcoat to pull loose if left that way too long, and it can't be good for the fiberglass either.

[shag]

That is something that would be cool to see someone do, a floor like the Paragon had.. More maintenance I know, but very cool..

[Quinner]

That is something that would be cool to see someone do, a floor like the Paragon had.. More maintenance I know, but very cool..

Actually it is no more maintenance then carpet, maybe even easier, a damp towel picks up sand dust, in the Spring a good scrubbing and then some oil.

Jeff that gel sure looks like it is going to need some heavy grit, bet he will need to go down to 400 at the color.

[enzo thecat]

Thanks for the explanation. Someone will have some wicked talent to get the color match precise.

[NautiqueJeff]

Well, I didn't get it over to gelcoat yesterday as I had hoped. I decided to go ahead and disassemble more today and tomorrow, so it'll be pretty much bare bones when I take it over there on Monday. I pulled the windshield, front vent covers, and dash today. Interior and rubrail are coming out tomorrow. Not much more to it!

[NautiqueJeff]

Anyone got any suggestions for repairing this? The dash was like this when I bought the boat.

[enzo thecat]

Wow, you aren't messing around. This is going to be fun following this.

[ffmedic74]

http://www.danmillerati.com
http://www.urethanesupply.com/Repair-Cracked-Dashboard/

[MaineDR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UctklwPlok you might be able to do something like this with a little resin and fleece to reinforce it in that area and then paint the area or whole dash. I was considering painting part of my dash with plastidip, so if I didn't like it later I could just rip it off. I hate painting parts like that permanently.

[NautiqueJeff]

Off to gelcoat! Can't wait to see the results.

[enzo thecat]

Ha, It looks like a jet-boat now that its stripped down!. How long will they have it?

[NautiqueJeff]

I knew it looked like something. That's it!

Not sure. He says he can turn it around pretty quickly.

We haven't decided about the floor yet. He's working up an estimate to pull the carpet, sand the floor to remove the glue, and spray the gel. I hope he comes back with a reasonable price. I would love to put SeaDek in there!

[Skidave]

Ha, It looks like a jet-boat now that its stripped down!. How long will they have it?

Pull the engine cover off, add a blower, some big carbs and even bigger exhaust pipes (chrome obviously ) and you're all set. May need a small piece of plastic to block the wind for the driver.

[Skidave]

How can someone Let that boat get to look like that. What a shame.

[NautiqueJeff]

Ok, we decided to move forward with spraying gel on the floor and adding SeaDek! I can't wait to see how this turns out. I think it is going to be great!

Exterior gelcoat work is happening right now. The carpet has been pulled and prep work has started on the floor to get it ready to be sprayed.









Some quick test buffing was done on the bow to see how it might look once cleaned up. Hard to tell in this shot, but it is going to look great!