kickin' a$$ and takin' names on this one huh Brad? Looks like you really have your work cut out for ya and a pretty harsh timeline. Good luck!

weather.com shows possible rain on friday, partly cloudy and 68 on saturday and sunny and 75 on sunday.

sunday sounds like a good day for her maiden voyage.

if you need an extra set of hands, let me know. i can probably come up with some free time this week.

I took the tanks to Marine Propeller works off sunset and the 215....they will be done tuesday afternoon.

the guy came by to give me a solid quote on the carpet job....$500     ...dont know if im going to have him do it or not in fear i know i'll not do as good as work as he will......he isnt available to do it until thursday afternoon.

Screw that Brad... you can do anything to a boat so why not do the carpet ?   And i bet you get it done for less than half of $500

both times mine cost $150 and that was with a gallon of glue...

leave it in the sun for a bit and then get that carpet laid hell if i was a Vegan , i would come over and do it for you

Do this on your time table not his, Thursday ............How about today

well, i priced out the carpet....20oz and 8'x20' (the carpet in the boat goes from the transom to the bow eye)....thats $189 plus shipping and delivery time.

i did the carpet in the liberty once ....i did it all the way up in the ski locker on my belly with a trowl and a bucket of glue...not fun at all.....and the carpet job i did didnt last more then 1 trip...it lifted up and pulled away from the stringers....looked like shit.

Next time don't lay it down in one piece

is the carpet really that bad , can it last one more season

Mine needs to be replaced to, but thats at the end of next winters projects. Im running the bitch

Dont blame you on that ....

Re: the seam... ive seen where they lay the floor down and then wrap the stringers and it came out looking seamless...

I will try it next winter and let you know how it goes

so the shop doing the tanks is totally dropping the ball and the carpet guy isnt returning my calls.... you would figure in todays economy these small shops would be ontop of their game

so the shop doing the tanks is totally dropping the ball and the carpet guy isnt returning my calls.... you would figure in todays economy these small shops would be ontop of their game

they are all the same 

Dont blame you on that ....

Re: the seam... ive seen where they lay the floor down and then wrap the stringers and it came out looking seamless...

I will try it next winter and let you know how it goes

   Thats the way I did my first ever boat carpet job, didnt know squat about it but I laid the floors, the sides and then wrapped the stringers. It looks like one piece, and has held up for three seasons now, and thats with kids in and out also Still looks good to this day. Just my .02 Brad

when ya wanna tune it?

terry, dont know yet...need to get the tanks in it first. if you want to cruise over today and get started, let me know!

do you or anyone know of a good interior shop in vegas? this guy (who advertises on craigslist) is a flake and has seriously wasted my time. 

Talked to a guy off craigs names George sounded good and reasonable. I'm still sitting on them 'glass buckets. he said he do 'em for around a hundo....I have material. All other bids were like seven or sum stupid shit. "Course I want White tuck N roll on the trailer too. But anyway, the ole lady is headed for cali today till sunday so I'm wide open. I thot we'd start with a compression check cold and dry, keep a record. Ohm plug wires, set valves start it and do carb and timing Viola! We'll do a comp test again after it's been out. Remember my,"turn key" boat? I didnt run it for about a month after I got it, but that thing is like launching a space shuttle mission with all the shit that needs to be checked. I'll call ya when the ole lady splits.