Tri hull runabout9/19/2023 Since completion: Best Craftsmanship by Owner at Finger Lakes Chapter ACBS 2022 Best Non-Wood at Adirondack Chapter ACBS in Lake George 2022 and 1st Place Fiberglass Classic Runabout at the 47th Annual Portage Lakes Antique & Classic Boat Show 2023. You also get all the spare parts I have from salvaging 3 Buehlers. Boat sits on a new Load Rite Aluminum I Beam trailer. Many more details you’d have to talk to me about or see. I made the boat wire looms for the boat also. A modern hydraulic pump is used to move the shift gate. The gate assembly was powder coated white and the hydraulic cylinder rebuilt. I installed SS impellers in the original Indiana Gear Works 3 stage pump housing during the complete rebuild. The engine is a 1995 Ford 351W Marine engine removed from a very low hour pristine boat that was damaged. Original seat patterns were copied and color matched as close as possible, and the paint color replicated using one part polyurethane paint. Original chrome was replated, aluminum and SS brightwork was rejuvenated. I got very serious in 2019 with the goal of finishing by the 2022 Boat Show Season. This project continued for 13 years as time, money and energy dictated. The boat is built entirely of Corecell below the floor (stringers, bulkheads, transom) and ¾” marine plywood encased in epoxy and cloth for the floor. In 2010, I started out gang busters gutting the hull and laying the groundwork to reinforce the hull with 24/10 fiberglass cloth and West’s epoxy. The goal was to maintain as much visual originality as possible with select upgrades. I had undertaken the task of restoring this hull using modern materials and power. I finished the 13-year restoration of my1960 Buehler Turbocraft Jet 32, 16 ft Jet Boat in July 2022.
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