My hourston build

[coopsie]

my hartop build with pics

 

[Fish-Hunter]

Looks good. How much did you have to do? Just repairs and re-paint? Stringers? Transom? No matter what, it probably feels good to have it finished hey?

 

[coopsie]

more pics

new perfection paint and 2004 optimax 150

 

[coopsie]

Ya i started working on it in oct the guy i bought it off did the transom and stringers and he didint do a pretty job on the finishing of the boat so i did all the body work and paint so far and repairs on the haul. and just put the motor on and still lots more to do to it trying to get ready for fishing season.I will post more pics as i go.

 

[trophywife]

nice, ya, pics of progress

 

[A Knotty Buoy]

Nice job, it looks really good!

 

[Knotty Seamen]

where abouts are you located? Ive been thinking of painting my hourston up and was thinking of using that product, would love to see it after its been applied. I live in victoria, pm me if we can set something up so i can pop by and see it.. thanks!

 

[Fish-Hunter]

where abouts are you located? Ive been thinking of painting my hourston up and was thinking of using that product, would love to see it after its been applied. I live in victoria, pm me if we can set something up so i can pop by and see it.. thanks!

That Perfection paint is freaking awesome! We sprayed it on our boat, love it, absolutely worth every penny.

 

[TenMile]

Agreed! I used Perfection to finish our Hourston as well. Rolled it on. It looked like it was sprayed. Trick is to spend the extra time sanding, priming, sanding, priming and then paint, sand, paint. Follow the instructions on the can and watch the videos on their website. Prep time takes a while but the results are amazing.

 

[coopsie]

Ya i sprayed it on the paint is realy nice to spray on and looks awsome high gloss i used the one part for the blue and the 2 part for the haul.

 

[coopsie]

more pics

More pics of the boat finally took it out got her up to 80km and that was fast enough for me boat handles the water awsome also the optimax ran smooth tons of power and fuel economy was real good.

 

[Highliner]

Great job there! How much effort was it to sand and paint etc? Looks nice and fresh.

 

[chris73]

Looks great! One question though: why did you not build the roof higher up than your window line? You must be crawling on your knees to your cockpit.

 

[Gunsmith]

Beautiful, that is the things I missed when I had some one else do my boat.

 

[Fish-Hunter]

Turned out nice. Great job there coopsie!

 

[coopsie]

well the boat had a 7" raised top on it but it was rotten and i took it off. But ya i dont have to crawl on my knees to get in side. the transom and floor were done when i bought it i had to do all the finishing body work and primer and paint took 6 months and sanding and filling and paint and all new headliner as well as the inside panels i had to redo and filling holes becuase i wanted the guages and switchs were i wanted them and obv all new. plus the rewireing the hole boat new windsheild as well. Here are some pics of the boat when i got it at the guys house on blocks in his yard.