Never again, Again !

[Scooter G]

That has to be the craziest foreshadow of a time capsuled note that I have ever seen, what the heck?
You need to present that to Nautique, I want to hear the rest of that story Paul Harvey...

[wayoutthere]

I found some more silicone, and froggy's still missing, not too worried about him, all the voids are full of water. Just a few minutes to cut out

[SilentSeven]

Wow...just wow. Looks like the marketing department and the build department didn't really talk too much.



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[wayoutthere]

Wow...just wow. Looks like the marketing department and the build department didn't really talk too much.



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Oh they talk, they know, it's sales, and sales is the latin word for less than completely honest.

Tell ya what i'd do if i was the "other old man himself" i'd hop in my town car, because i'd have a town car.
I'd drive over walk into the showroom and buy a new boat.

welcome sir can i help you?

Yes i want to buy that boat is that your newest bestest toppest model i hear so much great stuff about ?

Yes sir what color and options do want ?

nah that ones fine as long as it's your newest bestest toppest model i hear so much great stuff about i wanna hurry up and put it to good use !

yeah, that's great can't wait to get out on the water and do some skiing ?

On the water ? No I own OtherCraft and i'm gonna have my guys cut open your boat display it on my showroom floor and put it to good use selling OtherCrafts all day long and for less money.

[wayoutthere]

7 households lost power at 1600 hrs yesterday because a certain neighbor behind me can't maintain their property. I have offered to use my truck tools time and money along with the access i have thru the yard to cut back clean up and remove the waste, all I ever hear is how rhe plants will get stressed.
So starting on monday i will begin forging a new relationship with code enforcement by stopping by the office 3 or 4 times a week to complain about it and several other mouthy nosey neighbors who have trees and sheds inside the pud&e and without permits.

No thanks by the way for 30 feet of gate on the north and 12 feet of gate on the south property to access the utilities by the power company, they were upset i wouldn't let them drive 26 thousand pound truck over the watermain concrete and lawn.

The boss did say thanks for runnin to dunkin at 0700 tho.

As i understand it the hurricane caused some serious damage over on the gulf side for which i am sorry to hear and the bs here in the 32905 in no way even comes close to what other people are dealing with this morning.

Also after a sleepless night worried about froggy, i am happy to say that while outside watching the power company and doing some clean up this morning froggy was found alive and well hanging out on the side of the house

[wayoutthere]

You are all invited to come on down and pick up the NINE bags of waterlogged foam scraped out of the 96 nautique., and tell me it doesn't weigh over 500 pounds.

That of course does not include the portion of the airbox that is foam filled or the stringers that water ran out of when i drilled drain holes in them.
There are 8 more holes to drill and i'll try to film them so you can see how bad they are waterlogged.

Plan is simple, cut the stringer tops off. Block up the boat, square it up and water level it side to side so the stringers can be ground down even/level by 1 full inch.

Most likely refoam the stringers and cap with 2 layers of 1208 and pull a mold.
The wide portion will stay wide as that is were every one jumps in the boat.

The stringers then get cut out of the 96 and get fit into the 84, maybe have to narrow the width
(see blue tape)
whatever happens i will have a stringer mold that will fit the NWZ hulls and at the least will know how to modify them to fit in the 01 hulls.

The 96 stringers are 26 inches apart
The 84 stringers are 21 1/2 inches apart the tie ins between the inner and outer stringers may need to shortened to fit (see blue tape)

In either case neither boat WILL NOT have foam filled floors and both will be fiberglass srringers not filled with foam.
3/4 inch, 6 pound corecell wrapped in 2 layers of 1208 or 1708 will bring that 1 inch back up to final elevation in the 96. The 84 will get the same floor to it's proper elevation.

BUYER BEWARE these things are sponges. Pull an engine mount lag and a transom or floor screw and stick a q tip in it. take it to the scales.

There was no dry foam anywhere and the hole i drilled by the driver seat i thought was gonna pop the fuse or shock me, it poured out of the tie in stringer.

I'll photo and measure the truck as well as post miles and weight slips after the dump on wednesday. Monday i got lawn and power washing in the morning and titles in the afternoon tuesday i got an appointment at 1400 and will be elbows and ***************s until that time.

I got video of the foam way up under the open bow completely saturated and running out.
I can pick the tongue up now that's how bad. I'll post the vid if theres any doubters.

[FMSKI]

My rough calcs that is certainly believable - 500lbs+ of volume there depending on the foam to water ratio. Nice to see those hull pix too, I looked all over for them when i was doing up my boat.

You can also look at the draft or displacement of the boat in the water. Where the waterline is to determine weight. Compare with another boat of same model. For example, my boat was overall riding 2" higher than my buddies stock boat.

[wayoutthere]

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FMSKI, i remember that boat and seeing a picture of how high it floated.
Woke up at 4 and was at the dump when they opened, truck bed went up 1 3/4 inches rhat foam was so heavy.

[wayoutthere]

https://youtu.be/6Llg7NYAH1Q?si=rSVIPBnNmcopDKld

[SilentSeven]

I always appreciate someone who selects the right tool for the job. Smiled when the shovel showed up.

That's a crazy amount of weight and water in that foam. One chunk....3 lbs!

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[wayoutthere]

Easy 50 pounds from both the outboard stringers, not as wet but wet.

[wayoutthere]

https://youtu.be/xmiB_I6yQYM?si=vc7csoR3ON-s6oOz

[SilentSeven]

Was this boat left full of water on a trailer....for months? I can't imagine any other way that much water soaks in....?

[FMSKI]

Our old sport boat the f-glass floor was porous. Water would run out of the floor, if tilted up. We coated it in resin after draining it.

Theory on SN was water gets in through holes but... I suspected Nautique of vintage might be the same porous floors. My '97 was out of the water for almost 2 yrs. In my case, water in these cavities might have evaporated in addition to doing the draining (track fins and at transom). In the sun, the floor felt damp for a few months until it dried up. Hard to say for sure.

When I got it back in the water the wake was almost non-existent tho.

[JBird97Nautique]

Oh man just reading this update. Im in Satellite Beach so pretty close to you. Bummer it was water logged like that. Check out the boat we just picked up off Pickett in Chuluota on my post. They are out there!