Recent content by Jcontour

Thanks, Just placed an order from an eBay company called "Add-on-planet" they are supposedly making me a custom cover somewhere in upstate NY. It's $349+freight. I'll see how it goes.....

Does anybody have any experience purchasing a boat cover from the brands listed on I boats.com? I'm thinking about buying one from Taylor made for $350. Any feedback would be most appreciated. Thanks

That's a great idea, if there ever is a next time, I'll counter bore the back side and bond some nuts. The current iteration has tapped holes in which I'll use machine screws rather than self tapping, but nonetheless, bonded nuts would be good.

Ya, certainly more work than drilling and back filling with thickened epoxy. My take is that if there are fasteners that go into the wood transom, water will someday migrate through, even if a proper job is done with epoxy, someday you'll hit a big wave and something will have a micro crack and...

I'm doing a restoration on a 1994 Grady 209, fortunately for me, the previous owner didn't install trim tabs, he only did a crappy job installing a fish finder transducer, when it was removed from the transom, it had some moisture which I fixed. So I wanted to install a set of trim tabs, but I...

I just finished cleaning up the transom on my 1994 - 209. I bonded the transom all around the deck cutout with Plexus adhesive, there was absolutely nothing holding the hull to the deck on the vertical walls of the engine cutout area, only the silly aluminum strips. While performing the...

Finally had my wife and 2 yo daughter up to the factory to see the winter progress in the 209 restoration. She thought I had rocks in my head for not re-installing the motor well dam.....nevertheless it will be cleaned up and put back in. Thanks for the replies.

Sounds interesting, do you have a picture? I figured that it would visually open up the cockpit quite a bit.

I'm doing a complete restoration of a 1994 209 escape and the project is coming along great and will be in the water in the spring in Toronto. The starboard folding motor well dam has been used as a fish or sandwich cutting board by the previous owner and looks pretty chewed up. As it seems...

Re: Would anyone be interested in having starboard work done I have a 1994 grady escape 209 and would like to replace the aft corner seat pieces as well as the motor well folding dam. I can send CAD drawings or whatever.....