Pulled everything. Getting ready to flip it and re-gel the bottom.

are you going to regel it in the garage?

Finally got the boat back to its original state. 2 gallons of paint remover, 1 roll of 80 grit DA discs, 40 razor blades and approx. 100 hours of labor.
I don't know what kind of paint was used on it but, it was some tuff stuff for sure.

Almost done with the stripping.

Now starting the glass work...
A good friend of mine Adam that owns Kober Kat boats will be doing this. Every hole that doesn't need to be there will be filled including the old through transom exaust holes and the old bow rail holes.

This is close to what it will look like when its done. the wood grain was destroyed with a big spider so keeping that is out of the question now. I would have to grind the whole side to get it to match right. It would probably look like a hack job when it was done.
I'm going to keep the nostalgic lines of a Spectra but, give it an updated look without over doing it. The wood grain will be painted over with a charcoal grey metallic, base white, all of the red with a bright blue metallic and a red metallic 1/4 in. pinstripe outlining all of the blue.
I asked my 8 yr old what color he wanted the boat to be and he said like the American flag colors. NOW, CAN I ARGUE WITH THAT...

There has been a change in plans for the gel,,, With the amount of repairs being done and given it's history of cracking. I'm afraid that if I do this it will crack again. So I am trying to  find primers and paints that will allow some flexibility in the glass without cracking the paint. I am looking very closely at additives like are used in paints for plastic bumpers on cars. I am aware that if the hull is abused again like it was in the past some stress cracks will reappear but, it will make it a lot easier to fix with standard off the shelf colors.

If anyone has any ideas or experience with this,,, PLEASE DONT BE SHY...I'm all ears.

Awesome work! I have a soft spot for Spectra 20s as that's what I grew up on.

The new paint scheme will look great

I can't wait to see the finished product.


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A boat project with a schedule; I'm impressed! Hopefully see you out on the water after March then.


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awesome progress!  keep up the great work.  ive heard that cutting the "anti-skid" down on the deck is one of those most difficult things you can do when repainting a boat. 

Lots of work...getting ready to do something similar

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Final stage of glass and trying to block it down..
Hopefully in primer today if all goes as planned...
Then block it some more..
The last time this boat was sanded, they really dug into it.

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This weekend I will be putting the engine back in to figure out where the new exaust holes will be in the transom. After they are cut, pull the engine back out and GO TO TOWN ON IT!
A lot of thanks to 78Southwind (Jerry) for finding these headers for me No more logs!
The exaust will be done like ka0tyk on his Bahner.

Looking good.