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When I restored my 1992 17' Outrage, I turned it over in order to make it easier to work on the bottom. Is there any reason not to do this for my 1989 22' Outrage? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sure, the amount of bottom work doesn't make it worth flipping the hull over. And having the hull upright allows you to work on the top and bottom at the same time.
I have flipped my 16'7 to do a bottom restore, and own a 22' 1989 that could use some TLC but the amount of effort to flip would be a lot. Built in fuel tanks, all the rails, way more electrical to disassemble. If you are going to strip bare and start from scratch it would make sense to flip. Otherwise not so much in my opinion. Would love to see pics and here how it goes either way.
It was a big day yesterday for an old 22' Outrage.
I pulled both the old Mercury 115s, pulled off the whaler drive, de rigged all wiring, removed the super console, leaning post, decks, bow rail and fuel tank. Then pressure washed the inside of hull and flipped her over. Let the fun begin!
A side note:
I used a pressure washer with a zero degree tip to cut the foam around the fuel tank. I cut just like a water jet clean through and did no damage to the fiberglass.
wjd wrote:
It was a big day yesterday for an old 22' Outrage.
I pulled both the old Mercury 115s, pulled off the whaler drive, de rigged all wiring, removed the super console, leaning post, decks, bow rail and fuel tank. Then pressure washed the inside of hull and flipped her over. Let the fun begin!
A side note:
I used a pressure washer with a zero degree tip to cut the foam around the fuel tank. I cut just like a water jet clean through and did no damage to the fiberglass.
Excellent tip for cutting the foam around the tank - that is the only thing left to do on my Outrage so when it's time I will remember that!
wjd wrote:
It was a big day yesterday for an old 22' Outrage.
I pulled both the old Mercury 115s, pulled off the whaler drive, de rigged all wiring, removed the super console, leaning post, decks, bow rail and fuel tank. Then pressure washed the inside of hull and flipped her over. Let the fun begin!
A side note:
I used a pressure washer with a zero degree tip to cut the foam around the fuel tank. I cut just like a water jet clean through and did no damage to the fiberglass.
To turn the boat over, I first lifted it off the trailer using 3-1 ton chain hoists, then rolled the trailer out. Next, I lowered it onto the shop floor - ( I placed 4 x8 sheets of 2" styrofoam on the concrete to protect it from damage ) Finally using the same hoists, I flipped it over. It went very smoothly and actually didn't take very long. In order to get the boat a bit higher to be more comfortable to work on, I then hoisted it up onto rolling dollies and cribbing.
