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e_digg	#1  Posted on 09/08/10 - 6:40 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 85 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/09/09	I have this 66 Whaler and stripped it weighs 425 pounds. There is crazing all over the boat and the bottom paint needs to be redone. I already drilled some holes in the rear and about 3-5 gallons came out over a few months. I finally put it in the water to see how it sits. The first pic has all the measurements from the top of the ledge to the water line. What do you guys think I should do? Should I throw an engine on it and not worry about it. EDIT: Removed broken photobucket photo links.......... Thanks Ed Edited by Joe Kriz on 07/11/11 - 11:02 AM
flippa	#2  Posted on 09/08/10 - 6:47 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 147 Comments: 2 Joined: 12/13/05	Slap an engine on it & have fun.
PaulBW	#3  Posted on 09/08/10 - 6:55 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 29 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/21/09	Not much worse than mine and I use it everyother week and it sits int the water for two to three days at a time. Just seal the holes. Drop a motor on it. 1966 custom 16ft with 1999 Yamaha 90HP
Tom W Clark	#4  Posted on 09/08/10 - 7:02 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	425 pounds is nothing; I had one that weighed 1025 pounds. Go have fun.
modenacart	#5  Posted on 09/08/10 - 8:06 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 741 Comments: 4 Joined: 02/28/09	Just have fun with it. They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. --Benjamin Franklin
gilgotes	#6  Posted on 09/08/10 - 11:53 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 45 Comments: 5 Joined: 10/28/09	It is a 13 footer isn't it? Based on the dimensions in the photo and the rear view, looks like saturated foam on the starboard side (stating the obvious). Depending on how much moolah you want to spend, you could 1) throw a tiller steer motor on it and not worry about the old console, or 2) throw a larger motor on it and reinstall the old wood for remote steering, or, 3) my personal preference if it were mine (because I'm insatiably curious and a perfectionist, to my wife's dismay) make a winter project out of it by cutting out the starboard half of the deck, remove and replace the wet foam, re-install the deck half, clean it, paint it, install an interior (your old one, or new) and a motor. Looking forward to see photos of whatever you do with it. Regards, Mike Edited by gilgotes on 09/08/10 - 11:53 PM 1976 11ft. Sport, 40hp Evinrude
MW	#7  Posted on 09/09/10 - 3:21 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	Find a motor, "Hook and Go" ! Matt
e_digg	#8  Posted on 09/09/10 - 4:43 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 85 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/09/09	Thanks for the replies. Yes this is a 13'. Another piece of information, I had my youngest son sit in the left rear corner to see if he balanced it out but he was too light. I then had my daughter sit in the same spot and she did balance it. Her weight (65 lbs.) would balance it out. Here are some other pictures all the way around. http://s751.photobucket.com/albums/xx160/e_digg/Boat/ Do I need to seal the entire boat since there is so much crazing? Will the water penetrate the cracks? Thanks Ed
CES	#9  Posted on 09/09/10 - 5:19 AM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	Ed, Since it's near the end of the boating season where you are, if i were you, I'd go ahead and redo the boat over the winter. Sealing up the crazing, repainting and peicing the boat back together is a perfect winter project which is well worth your time and effort. Good luck and keep us up to date as to what you're doing. We love to follow projects with other members. Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
Jeff	#10  Posted on 09/09/10 - 7:13 AM
Member Posts: 1987 Comments: 34 Joined: 04/02/05	I would not worry much about it. It does not seem heavy at all. If you are worried about the list I would say it will even out once you add a battery in the port stern any way. As for the crazing. There is no such thing as sealing the crazing. Anything you put over the cracks will fail and recrack with in a year or so. All the crazing needs to be completely ground out before applying anything over them. This often means you have to sand all of the gelcoat off, or use a dremel tool to grind out each crack then you to need fair and sand all of those out before filling with a polyester resin. 1993 23' Walkaround Whaler Drive
MW	#11  Posted on 09/09/10 - 9:18 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	A Battery and a 6 gallon port-a-tank gas tank should balance it out, nice winter project. One of the great things about the 13 that I like is it's easy to move around to do maint. on, making it "FUN" to work on. You'll certainly have enough Guidance here. Matt
Binkie	#12  Posted on 09/09/10 - 9:59 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 2012 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/19/05	Just clean it up, put a tiller motor on it and use it. My bone dry `61 13 footer weighed 280lbs. stripped. That's 145 less than yours. Water weighs 8.35 per gallon. that equals 17 gallons of water. Not that that makes the boat unsafe, but most folks looking to spend any amount of money on a fixed up whaler might balk at your heavyweight. Rich
HarleyFXDL	#13  Posted on 09/10/10 - 5:32 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	Throw a motor on it and enjoy yourself. Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
Geo	#14  Posted on 09/13/10 - 6:42 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 104 Comments: 4 Joined: 11/05/08	Drill some holes in the rear at the bottom. Them stand it up and let the water drain. Preferentially in a very dry spot during the summer, or better yet take it to the Mojave Desert and let it bake a while. It will eventually dry out.
stevebaz	#15  Posted on 09/14/10 - 12:03 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 45 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/14/05	Id use it but first replace the brass through hulls more than likley that is where the water entered. Then I would make sure there are no through cracks and unused holes through the inner and outer skins. The water got in it it had to enter someplace. After that it should pick-up no more water weight and you should be good to go. With all the weight on the stern use a light weight motor instead of a big 40 HP and your weight will balence out. if you add a battery and gas tank keep them under the front seat to balence the weight out. A little planning will minimize the effect of extra weight.