Boat Repair, Restoration, Building
One fine June day, a 2013 Riva Iseo showed up at the shop after the owner asked if I could do varnish work on a wooden deck. He had purchased the boat used from someone in Miami, FL. Continue reading “Restoring the wood on a Riva Iseo”
Last time I talked about weighing the boat to determine if it had gotten water in the foam core. I was pretty sure it wasn’t an issue, but then an opportunity presented itself to make sure. So this is how I did it.
In the process of cleaning and de-greasing the bilge, I took out the auxiliary oil tank for the 2 stroke outboard, and I took out a broken battery tray to replace it. Both of these had been screwed down to the sole of the bilge, and it looked like the sealant around the screws had failed. I suspected after 20 years, some water had gotten in these holes. Continue reading “De-Watering the Key West 1900 CC”