1994 1750 Tyee Renovation

[BRULEDRIFTER]

This project was an a$$ kicker! Ugggh! So glad to be done and get my life back. Pretty much gave up my whole spring and basically abandoned my family every weekend to work on this. I started the tear down in mid-March with hopes of it being completed by opener. Then I pushed hoping to get it done by Memorial weekend.... finally done (aside for a few cosmetic things I want to add) in almost mid-June. Twice the time, twice the budget. Glad I did it, mostly had fun doing it, but it became a major grind at the end. I don’t think I’ll plan on doing anything like this again. 

 

Overall I’m happy with how it turned out, but being a perfectionist, there are things about this that will forever eat at me. 

 

Before pics:

After:

Edited June 11, 2018 by BRULEDRIFTER

[BRULEDRIFTER]

The cloth vinyl was the biggest P.I.T.A!  So tough to work with. I literally spend multiple weekends stapling that dump on and having to remove it and start over. If I ever did do this again, I'd go 100% carpet.  So much more forgiving and much easier to work with. 

 

Fortunately, I didn't have to replace all of the wood. The floor was good. The only parts that were rotten were the casting deck, the consoles, and a few of the side panels. I replaced the fuel gauge, rocker switches, radio and added a double USB/Voltmeter. 

 

Next steps are to get a hole cover for the dash hole that remains, attach doors to the front deck cubbies, attach the rod holders, build a platform on the transom for the boarding ladder and mount the bow depthfinder. Oh, and a good wash and wax on the outside to make that look as nice as I can. 

 

Can't wait to FINALLY go fishing!   

[leech~~]

Wow, nice work, new boat right there.  

Not sure I could handle not putting a pick ax through the hull half way through a project like that! 

 

Get a nice cover for it now. 

Edited June 11, 2018 by leech~~

[BRULEDRIFTER]

There were many occasions I pondered throwing in the towel and burning the garage down. It was those times I was fortunate to recruit the help of the F.i.L. 

[rl_sd]

Great work!

 

Do you have a water temp gauge built into the other gauges or depth finder? I am wonder what other gauges you would use to fill the hole... Otherwise a louvered vent would look better than a plug in my opinion.

 

 

[BRULEDRIFTER]

Thanks! I have water temp on depthfinder.  I was thinking of a trim gauge, but have no clue how that would be hooked up/calibrated.  

[rl_sd]

15 minutes ago, BRULEDRIFTER said:

Thanks! I have water temp on depthfinder.  I was thinking of a trim gauge, but have no clue how that would be hooked up/calibrated.  

What year is the motor?

[BRULEDRIFTER]

94 Yamaha

[rl_sd]

Just now, BRULEDRIFTER said:

94 Yamaha

90 hp?

[BRULEDRIFTER]

115

[bobbymalone]

7 hours ago, BRULEDRIFTER said:

Thanks! I have water temp on depthfinder.  I was thinking of a trim gauge, but have no clue how that would be hooked up/calibrated.  

A lot of times those things are pretty much plug and play.  It's possible your motor/trim unit already has the sensor and you just need a wiring harness and compatible gauge.

[BRULEDRIFTER]

I did some YouTube research and you may be right! I’m going to go to the local marine shop and talk to some folks there and maybe get one. 

Edited June 13, 2018 by BRULEDRIFTER

[Surface Tension]

  Looks very nice, the boat was worth putting the effort into.   What lake did you forget the marker buoy at.

[Walleyehooker]

Had pretty much the same boat a long time ago. Doesn't the Yamaha digital gauge have trim and temp built into them.

[BRULEDRIFTER]

Those gauges don't work that well. I get my RPMs from 1 and time off the other. Everything else doesn't work. 

2 hours ago, Surface Tension said:

  Looks very nice, the boat was worth putting the effort into.   What lake did you forget the marker buoy at.

 

Ha! Only had those 2. But I have definitely left those behind a few times over the years. 

[bobbymalone]

Can you get started on my 82 alumacraft in say early November and have it done by early to mid April?

[BRULEDRIFTER]

3 hours ago, bobbymalone said:

Can you get started on my 82 alumacraft in say early November and have it done by early to mid April?

 

Ha! How much you willing to pay?

 

There were times during this I seriously thought about quitting my job and trying to make a living off of boat renovations/flipping boats. But I just seriously doubt I could make enough to make it worth it. 

[bobbymalone]

I'll pay for materials and let you gain experience for this boat renovation thing 

[BRULEDRIFTER]

[fishingstar]

I have a lund pro sport that needs a new floor. I don't know how to bring it to.

maybe you would have more business then you think.

[BRULEDRIFTER]

It’s the cost of doing it. There’s a lot of putzy, tedious grunt work involved that makes these projects take a lot longer than one would think. Just to replace a floor requires a complete strip down and rebuild. 

 

I wish i would have kept track of my hours I put into this, but I think a safe guess would be at least 150 hours, plus materials.... I’d have to charge 3-5 grand, at least. I’m sure some would pay it, but not many.

[Cooperman]

Would you rather be signing for a $40-50,000 plus interest loan? I think you will see many more people going this route, I know I will. A more profitable business might be buying and reselling used boat for this purpose. 

Bruledrifter, great job, and smart decision.

[nofishfisherman]

The cost of some new boats is outrageous.  I've always questioned the sanity of dropping $30,000, 40,000, 50,000 on a boat when there are so many solid used boats available for a small fraction.  The used boats may need a bit of work or maybe even a complete rebuild down the road but even then you'd still be ahead $20,000.  These older boats fish just fine as well only down side is it might take you an extra 5-10 minutes to get to your fishing spot.

[bobbymalone]

2 hours ago, nofishfisherman said:

The cost of some new boats is outrageous.  I've always questioned the sanity of dropping $30,000, 40,000, 50,000 on a boat when there are so many solid used boats available for a small fraction.  The used boats may need a bit of work or maybe even a complete rebuild down the road but even then you'd still be ahead $20,000.  These older boats fish just fine as well only down side is it might take you an extra 5-10 minutes to get to your fishing spot.

 

I've never bought a car/truck over $15K, so yeah.  It would take a powerball jackpot before I was in the market for a dealer showroom boat.

Edited June 18, 2018 by bobbymalone

[BRULEDRIFTER]

Boat prices are INSANE!!! Even used boats are still rediculous.

 

As far as buying old used boats and rebuilding them for profit, I think you’ll be hard pressed to break even, let alone make a profit (unless you find one for dirt cheap). An old boat is still an old boat even if it’s been fixed up.