Boat Floor Demolition Time Let’s go over the required tools and accessories before we start the boat floor demolition. It is a great idea to get yourself a good breathing mask with eye protection (Mold spores bad, breathing good). Tools we used were a skill saw, crowbar, hammer, and a shovel. The shovel will be explained …
We have most of the Oxidation from our boat gel coat and the floor is out. With just a little TLC we have seen a great improvement in our 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175 boat. We still keep taking things off the boat like the rub rail and discover more areas that need attention. My wife …
Boat Oxidation And Floor Removed EP #8 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
A lot of Rot in this Bayliner Bowrider 175, we are cutting out and digging out all the soft spots Boat restoration gets bigger the more we dig and discover, but we think we are up for the challenge. We hope to learn from this project as it fits well with our bigger dream. It …
Remove Boat Floor, Lot Of Rot EP #7 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Better To Float While cleaning out the boat we discovered the bilge pump did not work, that is bad. It started smoking when we filled the bilge with water looking for leaks. It got very exciting as to disconnect the bilge pump in hopes to save the wiring. This also reminded us why it is so …
Battery Good While the battery can be the last thing you think of, we did not want this marine battery to go bad. One of the first things we bought on our boat restore journey was a battery charger from Amazon. This charger was only $20 and will do what we need, keep the battery …
Figured while we had the engine torn down in our inboard outboard boat, it was the best time to replace the bilge pump on this sterndrive Bayliner. The bilge pump started smoking when we were washing the boat out and filled the bilge with water. It was a scramble to get it unplugged so it …
Bilge Pump Replacement On Inboard Boat EP #5 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Cleaning The Boat Before we dived into repairs we had to clean the engine. You don’t have to be covered in grease to feel like a proper Greasemonkey. Instead of cleaning the boat in the driveway we went to the car wash with a few cans of de-greaser, and a bunch of quarters. The hardest part …
Day one of owning this boat and the to-do list is growing. If you have any ideas we would love to hear them. This boat needs a ton of work after years of neglect. Don’t know if we made the right choice getting a 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175 boat that needed this much work to …
Day One Project Boat EP #2 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Boat Restoration Journey Begins So Danielle and I wanted a boat got us a project boat to restore that fit in our garage. The 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175 we bought does not run, needed a lot of TLC, but was really cheap only costing only $1000 for the boat and the trailer. We, of course, went through …
So we found a boat that will fit in our garage, for $1000. This smaller boat will let us learn how to before we try our hand at larger vessels. I get to work on the mechanics, Danielle gets to make it look good. Follow along as we restore this 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175 breathing …
Brand New Old Boat EP #1 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
