Maiden Voyage

The first thing that had to be done was a little clean up.  The boat was in amazing shape. The interior was spotless but has a musty smell.  I took everything out of the boat and gave it a good scrubbing. The aft cockpit hatches and aft compartment were full of mold. Water had been left in there some how and was never dried out. A little Clorox and some scrubbing took care of all the mold.  I took the covers off all the interior cushions and washed them.

I looked all the rigging over and found no major problems. The halyards will have to be replaced but the standing rigging and the rest of the hardware on the boat was in good working order.  The boat is a 1985 vintage boat but the decks were surprisingly in great shape.  The gel coat has started to chalk a little which is common for a boat this old.  The sides of the boat were in pretty good shape.  My wife purchased me a power buffer to I spent a few days buffing and polishing the topsides to bring back a shine.  The old Minnesota state registration numbers were painted on.  I used some paint stripper and got most of it off. The rest I wet sanded with 1000 grip paper.  More buffing with compound and it was ready for the South Dakota registration.

I had to round up another boat lift so I could put it out next to my dock and my 19ft Crownline ski boat. I have lived on Lake Kampeska since 1984, raised two kid and had a ton of fun messing about in boats.