"Good looking system! Rick N"

"You've come a long way, Baby!"

"This is what it looked like originally. "

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"Hi Rick. This seal is virtually maintenance free. However, you have to supply water from the engine’s cooling system. This boat has a pump to take raw water from the lake. The water goes through a filter, the pump, the exhaust manifolds, the…"

"It looks like interesting technology. Guy, are you familiar with www.woodenboatforum.com? As I got involved with drift boats I also started following that site and have learned a considerable amount of knowledge I will probably never need, however,…"

"I fitted a new shaft seal to the hull. This is new technology. The seal is between graphite and stainless steel. It replaces the old stuffing box. The new seal is larger so I had to modify the frame. "

"One of the frames had two cracks; one on each side symmetrical to the center. I made these five pieces to sister onto both sides to strengthen the frame. "

"Lots of dedicated work! Keep it up! Rick N"

"About 800 toothpicks and some epoxy filler. "

"I’ve been focusing my efforts on cleaning the inside of the hull in preparation for flipping the hull. Lots of scraping and brushing. The weather was nice enough yesterday that I took it outside and power washed it. Today I sanded the…"

"Thanks Rick and Mike! I seal coated and painted the undersides of the foredeck and aftdeck planks. I did the same with 111 pieces of frames. At this point I’ve pretty much done everything I can with all the pieces I removed from the hull.…"

"Very cool project you got there, good luck"

"That should provide a very reliable and powerful ride! Good luck with your project. Rick"

"The new 200 HP Chevrolet 350 marine engine arrived. This boat ain’t meant to be a drift boat. I couldn’t salvage the original 185 HP Chevrolet 283 engine, it was too corroded on the cooling water side. "