Dockside Chat - Check out this bayliner rebuild I came across

This build is going to be interesting. The plan is for Twin 75 HP to be hung off the back of this bayliner. Anyone ever seen a transom rebuilt quite this way?


http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=549327

Many ways I have heard this expression but, it looks like, a carpenter's solution to a boat building problem. I hope he is getting some help (good suggestions) from the forum members on that site? ;?

Three words. Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

Is that block in the middle cut short because the engine is a short shaft? Where's our resident Bayliner/Pro-Line expert on this one?

wtf?

Give the guy some credit. I am sure it is a least a learning experience.

Rather restore a boat than a boring car. Cannot fish out of a car.

Nice looking wood.

he must install fences for a living.

Not to worry, the masking tape will hold it all together

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu345/bouwerphotography/DSC_1159.jpg

huh....scratches head.....

I hope this is a joke...If not Iwant to be there when he does a sea trial

I had to go through that thread to try to make sense of it! They cut the fiberglass out (I think) because they wanted to change the transom angle. Beside the part of using pine planks (or maybe it was a hardwood?) why would you cut out fiberglass? I have replaced a few rotted transoms on small boats and I've always kept the outer glass in and built off that. I just don't know?
Towards the end it starts to look like it might work, definitely not how I would do it.

you should click on the link and go through all of the pics, don't show this to tarbaby he would have a heart attack

Subscribed. ;)

he must install fences for a living.

i dont know...hes not very good at it...measure twice-cut once..:grin:

Two 75 HP Mercs on a 16' Bayliner, with enough lumber and glass in the transom to frame a garden shed. A tad stern heavy maybe? Next step is the helium filled ping pong balls in all the nooks and crannies in the stern to keep it afloat. Can't wait for the launch.



Ron

"free" materials ???

Yeah that hull will struggle to handle fuel, motors, gear, passengers and a 300lbs transom. This splash is gonna be good.

He updated this am.

Better than when it came from the factory :grin:

Sometimes we get to learn by seeing what NOT to do.

you guys laugh but some of that work is very good. It looks like he is building a strong core to glass in. Kinda like weaving but with thick wood.

The amount of effort to use all the little pieces is what gets me.

Ive never seen a transom done like that before but then again Ive never seen anyone restore a bayliner

Better than when it came from the factory :grin:

Now that was funny :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

Better than when it came from the factory :grin:

I was thinking the same... He's building it back to factory specs. Lag bolts instead of nails for added strength! :grin: ;)

inspired by the "outdoor furniture from pallets" thread?

I hope this is a joke...If not Iwant to be there when he does a sea trial


No you don't. Trust me. You don't wanna be anywhere around there. Being a witness really sucks. Trust me. :grin: :thumbsup:

Ive never seen a transom done like that before but then again Ive never seen anyone restore a bayliner

LMAO Where's McCarron to chime in on his baby being butchered and hacked up

Rumor has it he owns a Privateer. How ironic. :nono:

When I rebuilt my formula transom I emailed West systems and they sent NE a 5 page PDF of how to do it. I should have just contacted this guy. Would have saved $$$ on the coosa board.

I 'm sure when he floats it, he will just add weight in the bow to level her off.

Three words. Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

I was thinking more along the lines of bless his heart, but the mayday thing works too. :grin:

hell I am not sure it will make it to the water on that sorry ass trailer

150hp on a 17 foot boat (probably not even a full 17 feet) that had a factory 75hp on it......and one of the worst built boats on the planet to top it off

it is too bad they screwed up that nitro by taking the factory engine off of it it looks like a much better boat in much better shape even though nitro is not a top of the line brand either.....but it is no bayliner that is for sure and nothing turns a boat to junk like screwing with the power package unless you are repowering to a newer engine because the old one was worn out

now instead of one decent boat with factory specs and one hunk of total crap there are two boats worth next to nothing floating around out there....well that is if one of them floats after the rebuild

I usually don't think much of the little black and yellow weight and power placard, but in this case I think that bayliner will be getting a lot of attention from the authorities on the water

No you don't. Trust me. You don't wanna be anywhere around there. Being a witness really sucks. Trust me. :grin: :thumbsup:

I shouldn't be like that ..The guy may have a good thing going. I had the 19 foot bayliner some 30 years ago. I had a lake like 2/3 blocks away went sking everyweek end except for the raining ones. It was an inboard and it was a good boat for what I used it for. I always liked going to the gas docks around 3 and watch all the newbie's come in, But still would like to see this take off.....:sleeping:

It's certainly not conventional but I doubt it will break if it's done with decent craftsmanship. The wood looks like poplar. I don't know about it's rot resistance but it can't be a whole lot worse than any other wood, plywood or otherwise. He's basically building a two ply plywood with epoxy glue.

His design concept and choice of platform...;?

You guys can laugh, but I can see this working really well.

I don't know for sure, but that looks like maple from here - 5/4 maple at that. If I am right that transom will end up being 2 1/2" thick worth of very clean maple with probably another 1/2" worth of fiberglass. A 3" think transom I would say should be pretty strong.

I wonder what epoxy he used between the wood pieces? Better yet I hope he used better than epoxy.

You guys can laugh, but I can see this working really well.:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Hey, you said we could laugh...

I wonder if I raise my sunken reef up if I could get this guy to turn it into a sportfisher:grin:

If you do go diesel. This baby would slip right in:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MAN-D-2842-LYE-1000-HP-MARINE-DIESEL-ENGINE-Z-F-GEAR-/330733186647http://i.ebayimg.com/t/MAN-D-2842-LYE-1000-HP-MARINE-DIESEL-ENGINE-Z-F-GEAR-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$%28KGrHqZ,%21hYE6eolbdUgBPsY5zvGlQ%7E%7E60_58.JPG

I kinda like it.:grin::grin:


Big Al

I want twins. Do you know where I can get 2 of them:grin:

Does the other one have to be white too?

Here is a nice yellow one:
http://www.marine-diesels.net/1000-hp-caterpillar-3508b.html

Transom looks a tad low for twins.

I like the very first post following the picture of the pile of wood to be used. LOL

Tell me you are not going to build a transom with that. use 3/4 inch plywood in stead. This is going to be an interesting project.

This will be easy to fair......

I guess he is not going for aesthetics.

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu345/bouwerphotography/DSC_1249.jpg

A few coats of white wash and he will be ready to go.

Everyone is so harsh to judge. Fromthe license plates it looks like he is from colorado . No one has ever built a boat there nor have they ever customized a bayliner. That boat will be on the bottom of a lake very shortly after its maiden voyage

This will be easy to fair......

I guess he is not going for aesthetics.

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu345/bouwerphotography/DSC_1249.jpg

There has to be a higher game plan going on here. ;? :rofl: Up to this pic I was in this guy's corner, now, not so much.....unless he intends to grind it flush? :rofl: ;?

I'm sure the transom will hold the twin 70 HP engines and will run OK. He is just running around a lake. As long as the water is smooth and he doesn't stab the throttle too much it will be OK......I think.

But once he starts wake jumping that transom is coming off.

There has to be a higher game plan going on here. ;? :rofl: Up to this pic I was in this guy's corner, now, not so much.....unless he intends to grind it flush? :rofl: ;?

You gotta like his use of the wood filler.:rofl:

im guessing the forward thrust of the motors will peel that "transom" right off.

Naaa, once he gets that old Force motor on there it won't start anyway.

Naaa, once he gets that old Force motor on there it won't start anyway.

And here I thought you were going to say a rude on there. :grin:

I wonder if this guy knows there's an additional three pages on a completely different forum discussing his work.

I've never built a boat and dont claim to know anything about it, but after looking at his build and laughing I cant see how that's seaworthy at all.

This is the funniest thing i have ever seen on this board.

Catastrophic Failure on Launch day is the only possible outcome.

Someone please find out where he's going to launch and when so we can be there to see this.

I wonder if this guy knows there's an additional three pages on a completely different forum discussing his work.

I've never built a boat and dont claim to know anything about it, but after looking at his build and laughing I cant see how that's seaworthy at all.


Maybe we should post a link to here on his thread? Hate to see someone do all that work for nothing, I mean with all the money they spent on liquid nail, they could have at least paid for a boat ride with someone!

Pessimists and naysayers....I say it winds up being strong enough to support the power and push the boat. It being a bayliner though, the rest of the hull is liable to fall apart around it.

Come on guys, give him a break. He has not put the Duct Tape on yet.

I was thinking about restoring a Ford Pinto, but now I think I have seen my future.......

The original link to the thread doesn't work. I wonder if the guy took it down?

I read the four pages this morning. I sure as hell hope it doesn't come down. Love the dialog between colorado boater and yacht doctor

And here I thought you were going to say a rude on there. :grin:

Maybe a rude Force.:grin:

I got to say I was hoping to see how it ended up. I know a lot of people were questioning, him and I have to say it didn't look like how it is done most of the time. But I wanted to see of it worked out in the end or not.

This is better than the guy a year or so who was going to tow the big boat to CA from east coast with F150, that went on for many days then I lost track of how it ended.

The original link to the thread doesn't work. I wonder if the guy took it down?

How unfortunate. It seems colorado did in fact take his thread down.

We could just make up an ending, bet there would be some good stuff there. Lots of good imagination's here :grin:

I heard the next thing he was going to do was a "glass Bottom". When he finishes it we will be able to see this years models.

What a BUMMER! I was waiting for the happy ending! Wait, I know he probably has a new thread on a gardening forum. He's going to make it a planter instead. I do believe that will actually work!