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Not a whole lot of people I have met are into the full blown restoration like I am. My wife and I have a Wellcraft 233 eclipse that we restored. Now when I say restored I don't mean alittle inter. work or some paint. This went way beyond, to the point I thought  I was going to lose my mind. We cut the flooors out and replaced all the old wood with up graded thickness. We went from 5/8's to 3/4,And that included the cabin as well. They were sealed on the bottom with a polyuithan sealer and the tops got treated to spray-in bed liner for a truck. After all the fiberglass work , sanding and the sparying,came all the newly built interior panels. They also got treated to new material,and custom colors. Plus there was all the wireing problems that had to be over come. Once the interior was finished and the wife was happy with it.Then came the new paint for the stripe down the side. You can not have a custom boat and not have custom paint. The next step was to sand the old line do,only to find someone else had the same idea years ago. So now you get double the sanding duty. Once all that got finished the next step is to prep for the new paint.. The new coplor is doe skin or a light tan. Now comes te vinayl lettering. Now I required the help of Stan the sign man. We all know him as stan.He did all the lettering and numbering on the boat. There are a few more pieces he is making us just to finish off the boats final touches. Like I said in the begining I have not met many people who are into that kind of job on their boats. If there are any questions about restoration you are doing I will be more then happy to led as much assisstance as I can. Feel free to ask anything.

We did a partial restore on a small Larson, Like you floors up and new floors and carpet. Seats rebuilt (still in need of new vinyl on seats), some minor work to engine.

She runs great and looks OK for now so we will fininsh the seats and other things this winter.

Our Hat has been a major restoration. I will post a few pics in our photo album of her before and afters. She has new heads, new stove/oven, lots of rewiring, wood restoration interior.

Still to come this summer is new power (T6354) and running gears, will get new props and shafts. New furniture in the salon when the windows come out, bottom job, new ac units, lectrasand.... lots of work yet

My hat is off to anyone who gets that deep into a restoration. I can simpithise (spelling) with the time and energy it takes to doa job of that size,or any size of that matter. There are pics in the albums of the before and some of the after on our boat. The final pics should be posted soon of the final product with all the custom paint and vinyal. I can't wait to see pics of your boat. Hopefuly we will see you on the water soon.

 WELL MY DEAR...

FOR THE MOST PART IT IS DONE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK WITH THIS BOAT! WE DROVE EACH OTHER .....ALMOST CRAZY.....ME FIRST, BUT ALL TURNED OUT WELL! IT IS A BEAUTIFUL ONE!  THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR MY BIRTHDAY GETAWAY LAST WEEKEND! I LOVE YOU! I HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME! AND YES, MUCH THANKS TO STAN THE SIGN MAN, AND HIS SIDEKICK, JENNIFER! WE LOVE THE LOOK, COLOR, EVERYTHING! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE REST TO BE FINISHED AND INSTALLED! VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK...IT'S AWESOME. KEEP IT GOING. I'M SPREADING THE WORD TO ALL I CAN!

SO BACK TO MY CAPTAIN...

JUST TELLING YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK, THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND OF COURSE MY BIG SURPRISE B-DAY PARTY! FELT LIKE I WAS 16 AGAIN! ( I VOW TO NOT REVEAL THE REAL AGE!! ) LOL! LOOKING FORWARD TO A WONDERFUL SUMMER ON THE WATER WITH EACH OTHER, OUR NEIGHBORS STAN AND JENNIFER WHO WERE THERE FOR US WHEN WE NEEDED HELP OR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THAT WE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL FROM, AND ALSO ALL OF OUR NEW AND COMING FRIENDS FROM ACTIVEBOATING! IT'S TIME TO HIT THE WATER!!

We helped them do a little work on their first boat, then when they came dragging this one home I thought they had lost their minds. I must admit they suprised me, they took their time and made sure everything was the way it needed to be. My hats off to them for a job well done.

Your not the only one who thought I had lost my mind. I was right there with you all after a week or so. I would really like to thank you all for all the help on the project. If it were not you my wonderful, understanding wife and two great friends I have I would not have been able to complete or even have concieved this kind of a project. Thank you Stan for  the answers to so many questions I had . Thank you toJennifer for loaning us your husband on such a limited time frame. To my wonderful wife,who so tried to drive crazy with all the changes mid stream on this thing (I thought she would kill me, but my life insurance is not paid yet)LOL. Ihope the boat is all thought it could be.Now the only thing left to do is keep it on the water all summer and enjoy it with each other and all our new friends at active boating. 

I posted a long blog about our restoration project on my page

LEBITCH,

LOVE THE BLOG ABOUT YOUR RESTORE. I THINK THAT IS GREAT.  I HOPE YOU GUYS GET IT EXACTLY THE WAY YOU WANT IT SOON AND ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF IT! I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MY DAY COMES!

It is alot of work but we really enjoy the boat and you get a great appreciation for them when you do this much work

I SURE DO AGREE WITH YOU THERE. CHRIS AND I HAVE A GREAT LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR BOAT BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE DID. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHERS WE'VE SEEN LIKE OURS, BECAUSE WE MADE IT OURS. IT'S A GREAT FEELING ALL THE WAY AROUND.