How did this happen!!!!

diggin2day1

I think your little girl is saying “Hey Dad, we need a new set of Radar arch plates with those Tri-Color LEDs!”... 

rasbury

Aero that looks awesome. But I don't see a lot of difference in the before and after pictures of the dash. Maybe the picture of the before doesn't reflect the real condition. I'm working on getting my dash cleaned up and would love for mine to look like that. Buy gauges I cleaned up with polish and they now look awesome but the dash around the gauges is faded out. Did you bring yours back to life or did it pretty much look that way when you started. I'm afraid to use anything harsh on those panels for fear of rubbing through a wrap like material.

Ian

Cool. Our plan is one day bigger and not even have a house.

LaRea

@aero3113 how nice to have a miniature super-model to help you with the boat.  BTW nice boat tied up out in front of you ...

aero3113

@rasbury , I didn’t post a before pic. Here is what they looked like, faded and couldn’t read the switches.

aero3113

@LaRea , maybe we should have an annual Rinker meeting on it?! Turns out my neighbors uncle owns it. Hopefully I will be able to get on board and take some pics. Here’s a link to it’s website, only $110,000 a week!!
https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-23368/island-heiress.htm
 

aero3113

@diggin2day1 , I will contact you soon. Need to sell my 242 first!! LoL!

aero3113

@icoultha , that sounds like a great plan!

rasbury

So @aero3113 how did you bring that dash panel back to life?

halifax212

Great cruiser....congrats, and yes I was thinking about those dash panels as well. Restored or replaced?

aero3113

They were replaced, they can probably be brought back if anyone is interested in them.

rasbury

Hmmmm.guess I will try something..if it screws it up I will paint them I guess...

YYZRC

Huge improvement!  I just ordered a set from GLS.

LaRea

Island Heiress ... well that's pretty good.  Pretty, pretty, pretty good.  Oh, also your boat is pretty good.

aero3113

Thanks @LaRea and @YYZRC !

PickleRick

Are they cracked?  On plastic panels in vehicles ive had good luck standing down, repairing sun damaged rough spots/cracks with metal glaze.  Then id paint to match.  The big thing now is vinyl wrap.  Wood grain, carbon fiber or Armani emblems if you want to impress the yachties.   Yeti vinyl wrap for maximum resale value.  There are local sign shops that will print anyting you can think of so long as you can get the design in digital form.    My first auto restoration was a 79 trans am.  I got it in 97, finished the restoration in 2001, i was on a highshool budget. I wish i had the resources and technology the internet gives us today back then!

Metal glaze only works for visual cracks. Another member mentioned structural repairs with jb weld. So long as you sand/prep it well that will work fine and should be plenty strong. To me jb weld isnt a good filler/patcher on plastic parts, its too hard.  Metal glaze sticks to most any prepped surface and sands extremely easily. Just don't do like me and install them with am impact driver after a few too many cold ones. You'll get to do it again! 

aero3113

The new 330 is home! It was a tight fit under the bridge but it cleared with inches to spare!! 

aero3113

shawnmjr said:

Was it “so worth it”? 

LoL, that name is going!

Willhound

Don't forget to do the proper renaming ceremony so you don't anger the water gods. As I recall there's lots of toasting of adult beverage involved. 

rasbury

So how the heck did you get it off the trailer and on to the stands...and how do you get it back in the water?

reneechris14

@aero3113 you be looking out at it all winter long dreaming. Mine comes home next week on my green lawn. Got to admit its a great lawn ornament. 

reneechris14

@rasbury the center brackets pin out and swing over so you can block the keel, two stands in back pull trailer out then front stands.

aero3113

Willhound said:

Don't forget to do the proper renaming ceremony so you don't anger the water gods. As I recall there's lots of toasting of adult beverage involved. 

Yes, I remember reading that, I will make sure it gets done!

aero3113

reneechris14 said:

@aero3113 you be looking out at it all winter long dreaming. Mine comes home next week on my green lawn. Got to admit its a great lawn ornament. 

I’m already looking and dreaming!

aero3113

rasbury said:

So how the heck did you get it off the trailer and on to the stands...and how do you get it back in the water?

He was done in about 20 minutes, possibly 15. I should’ve took a video, pretty cool how the trailer works.

PickleRick

Hydralic lift trailer?  


I'd love to have ine of those laying around.  Between now and April there are tons of good deals to be had on big boats, owners wanting to dump that slip renewal!

Having the proper tools and equipment for the job is never overrated.  


So what's the new name going to be?

aero3113

@PickleRick , yes hydraulic trailer.
My wife’s family recently sold their summer house that her grandfather basically built himself (heart breaking). We have many memories staying there, we even had our wedding reception on the property. Her grandfather was in the navy (fighter pilot, flew **** Cats). He named the house “Folded Wings”. My father-in-law says he named the house that because of the aircraft on his fathers ship would have their wings folded to store them tight and keep them safe.
So, “Folded Wings” is going to be her new name. 

LaRea

Man, that is a truly interesting story for a boat name!  

LaRea

And you can be confident it will never appear on the BoatUS annual list of most over-used boat names!  (How many boats named Aquaholic does the world really need ...)

aero3113

@LaRea , very true. I like that it has a lot of meaning behind it.