Freebird
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Gonna be restoring my late brother's boat this winter and hope it'll be finished by warm weather. Long story short, unknown to me, it was left outside for the past 3 1/2 years or so with no cover whatsoever. Somebody trimmed up the motor to the point it dented the transom cap and pulled it away from the transom. Mother Nature took over from there, and the transom is now totally rotten. Made me absolutely sick when I saw it as that boat was a cream puff and my brother's pride and joy.
Going to be taking it to Kevin Bryant (his dad owns Stroker Boats) at Smokey Mountain Boat Repair in Vonore, TN as he seems to know his stuff and has seen the boat. We're going to pop the cap off it and see what we have, then I'll know for sure exactly what I'm getting into. No doubt I'll have more in the boat than it will be worth, but it will make a nice memorial to my brother that I'll never part with. Might even put new gel on it and match it to my GT20.
If anybody has any better ideas of how to do this, I'm all ears. Lord knows I can't do it.
Going to be taking it to Kevin Bryant (his dad owns Stroker Boats) at Smokey Mountain Boat Repair in Vonore, TN as he seems to know his stuff and has seen the boat. We're going to pop the cap off it and see what we have, then I'll know for sure exactly what I'm getting into. No doubt I'll have more in the boat than it will be worth, but it will make a nice memorial to my brother that I'll never part with. Might even put new gel on it and match it to my GT20.
If anybody has any better ideas of how to do this, I'm all ears. Lord knows I can't do it.