1967 Dave Marin 45 Sportfish Restoration

[nabeelah]

Jay,
bring that shine back on that fishing machine

[Lobo Marine Products]

Dont be afraid of your project. Afterall we have taken boats from near brink of extinction and brought them back to life. It is costly! Currently were in the concluding stages of a refit on a 305 albemarle. We are posting pictures and there has been alot of custom work, but in the end its so worth it. Because then that boat is a part of you. Hard part for us is this CT weather is makeing it difficult to paint the components.

[hand701]

Just wanted to update everyone on the slow progress we have made on the boat. We did get it covered to make it easier to work on but time has not be on our side with work. The bridge needs to be rebuilt in full, I have not seen so much rot, could have been fixed with a drain in the storage lockers. I have created a website, (easy to do at work) and will keep it updated better with pics of the progress. The website is in its rough stage but its a start. I am going at this restoration as a newbie and I am sure I am doing things differently (wrong) then some agreed but it will be a learning experience as well. I open to ideas and if anyone wants to check it out in person would love to show you. Also if you have an info for the website I would love to add it or correct whats stated on it.
jay

Here is the link

http://www.ladyadventurous.com/

[nabeelah]

Thats quite a rot...hows the hull like?

[hand701]

yes it is, but it looks a lot worse then it is, not structural damage yet. So far from rub rail down seems to be good, having a hard time really stripping it down with my method of scrapping and sanding.

[clunan1]

Any updates on this one? I went to the website, but didn't see any changes as of lately.