re-foaming history

[waterfreak]

this ski belongs to a good customer of mine that purchased the ski from Mr Malone himself about 5 years ago. this thing was so water logged that the bond line sat underneath the water .
The ski was built by Wamiltons for Eric to compete in the 2001 season at which I believe he won Pro Freestyle that year.

So far, I have cut the entire tray in 2 sections and spent a good day removing some seriously wet foam. Once completed, I will be sealing all the areas with 5200 and putting styrofoam instead of two part closed cell foam as well as installing some drain plugs to the rear. this way, there should never be another water intrusion issue.

Also, the left foothold had a severe crack in it!:Eyecrazy:

 

[chad]

Thats a cool boat! Are you doing anything else to it besides refoaming??

 

[SuperJETT]

That's the same prybar I use, small enough to get in there and wide enough to pry large chunks at a time.

 

[vomitspot]

my ski is in simular shape , im sure jeff has beatin that one up more than i have but my tray ia so cracked up i dont think its salvagable
will you be reuseing the oem tray or buildind a new one ?

 

[Polish jet pilot]

How about no foam at all? Just nicely sealed and some drains just in case..?

 

[waterfreak]

Thats a cool boat! Are you doing anything else to it besides refoaming??

I will doing another award winning turf job after the de-foaming!:Banane26:

I also did some work on the engine and tuned the carbs. This boat came from Colorado, so some things had to be changed to adjust to sea level.

 

[waterfreak]

How about no foam at all? Just nicely sealed and some drains just in case..?

we want to keep some kind of flotations just in case!

check post number 1! drain plugs will be installed

 

[sflsurfrider]

I will doing another award winning turf job after the de-foaming!:Banane26:

:haha:

 

[Big Kahuna]

Who's ski is that?

 

[sflsurfrider]

it belongs to mr, "STEVES SKI RUNS! STEVES SKI RUNS! STEVES SKI RUNS!"


we call him vince.

hes scooby's real father.

 

[Mark44]

Sure looks like the drain plug idea is finally caught on.

Mark44

 

[waterfreak]

Sure looks like the drain plug idea is finally caught on.

Mark44

It's all about "the bandwagon"ancake:

 

[Rickster]

Sure looks like the drain plug idea is finally caught on.

Mark44

Drain plugs suck...

:baby:

 

[Roo]

one of my favorite paint jobs.

 

[WAB]

Somebody must not have reinforced the footholds before putting them in, eh? ancake:

 

[Chris03HD]

one of my favorite paint jobs.

Where the heck was that? Awesome!

 

[Roo]

Where the heck was that? Awesome!

someone sent me that pic awhile ago back on PWCToday... dunno the history behind it.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Where the heck was that? Awesome!

Surf and Turf race in FT Walton 2004

 

[FreestyleFreak]

i recently found out when i was putting my ski back together that my trim tube wasnt sealed good so it had been leaking water in for who knows how long.if i keep my hull next winter i gotta re-foam,im dreading it.

 

[Polish jet pilot]

Cool to see history come back...keeping it looking original will be nice...