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| I thought I would call this the Tuffy Bass’n Maurauder refurb 2018, because like many projects it has lasted much longer than initially anticipated. Once fall came around it was time for business. When there was free time fall Musky fishing and hunting took priority, and then it was too cold to work on the boat.
A quick recap found me in August of last summer, noticing, (okay I noticed it probably at least three years earlier), soft floors and wood flaking from the inside of my rod locker, I also noticed the console keep getting loose and when I went to tighten it there was wood falling like paper by the bolts.
I thought I would pull back the carpet and put in some penetrating epoxy…once the carpet was back, I realized I needed to do much more but didn’t admit it to myself yet. I started pulling carpeting, buying lumber, resin, etc. The more I peeled back the worse I found it to be. I started in August and spent quite a few weekends on it, with the help of my friend Dean who has a woodshop and metal shop at his home. (a very good friend to have for a project like this!)
Well here it is 2018. It finally got warm in early March and we got her out of storage. I knew we had to tear the rest of her apart, starting with taking off and unhooking the motor. I thought that was going to be easy, it ended up taking the whole first day. It’s hard for two people to lift a 300lb motor from a boat, and even harder to lay it down and store it. I used a deer hoist and the orange straps you see in the back, but once we had the bolts loose and the motor ready to go we realized we didn’t disconnect any of the lines; gas, electrical, steering etc. man I felt like an idiot!
Another thing we learned is that all the cords and cables are quite unwieldly. Well one day in the books.
Lesson learned #1: Have a friend or a really good chair, preferably both to sit back and go “hmmmmm”, before each step, think it through, think of alternatives, (like fishing from shore), bounce ideas off each other.
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