Jeff's 1998 Ski Nautique Restoration

[jpattigr]

Awesome, I have a 97 that I love!! Thanks for giving this boat the TLC!!

[enzo thecat]

I didnt even know that was possible

[NautiqueJeff]

Windshield disassembled. Time to powder coat the frame!




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[enzo thecat]

Oh yeah. You posted pics of the platform, and it looked better than new. I'm pretty sure that was your post I'm remembering. You changed the padding IIRC.


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[NautiqueJeff]

Yeah, this guy is great. He does all the gelcoat work for the local Nautique dealer (MasterCraft, Moomba, etc., too). He has a G25 in one of the other bays right now getting some scratches fixed. He also fixed up the swim platform from my 2015 G23 last year after it got scratched up at a dock in a bad storm. Looked brand new when he was done with it!

I didn't expect him to jump right on this, but he is knocking it out as fast as he can. We're waiting on the gel to come in, but he's doing what he can right away.

[enzo thecat]

Nice to see you found someone that has a sense of urgency in his business. All shops should work like this.

[seachicken27]

Excited to see this build Jeff!

[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!

[Skidave]

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

[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.

[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!

[enzo thecat]

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

[NautiqueJeff]

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

[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.

[ffmedic74]

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