Below are photos showing the restoring of our "new" and first boat, a 1995 SeaRay 175 bowrider I/O with a 3.0l 4-cylinder 135HP I/O. Is restoring too strong of a word? Maybe, but it's eleven years old and we gave it a thorough looking over and maintenance before putting it in the water. When it's finished, it should look brand new!
Some of the things we have done since we purchased it the end of June, 2006:
We have new carpet ready and waiting to be installed, but we want to use the boat for a few weeks before taking on that project. As you can see, we have a navy blue bimini top with new navy registration letters. We are changing the color from the factory teal to the factory navy option and have the carpet in navy, and new navy pinstriping going on soon. Check out the new Navy rubrail. It should look great!
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| Just brought it home! | Some of the mold/mildew we had to clean | More on the seats... |
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| The teal carpet | Re-installing handles after a soak in bleach | A cleaned cockpit (and new compass) |
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| Engine area cleaned with new bilge and blower | New dual-battery setup | The old pinstripe and registration letters |
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| Getting a good wash before wax | Old pinstripe gone! | New bimini top |
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| New registration letters | Brand new looking bow | Our new stereo |
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| Wet-sanded the rubrail, before/after | Begin installing new rubrail insert | New rubrail insert, before/after |
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| New rubrail insert complete! | Another look | Now with new dark blue pinstripe |
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| New dark blue pinstripe | New SeaRay chrome emblems | New trailer lights |
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| New boat cover. | New trailer bunks, brackets, rubber | Old carpet coming out |
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| New carpet, navy blue | New carpet | New Fuel/water seperator |
| Back | Restoration |
Created August 2006