the old Don Q Rum

[Offshore Ginger]

:sifone:Hey everybody these are some of the pics of the work that has been done on the old Don Q RUM ,that was going to be cut up when i worked at Skater and might i mention that posting these pics is is very new to me so please bear with me because i have done some serious work on this boat new gas tanks , new deck ext ext and i will be posting 40 pics in all

 

[Offshore Ginger]

A few more .

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Im just trying to throw a few out there seeing you can only post so many at a time .This is a custom hatch which will serve for an easy entrance way for a portta pottie and berth that is still in the making .

 

[Dude! Sweet!]

Nice. Was Don Q a 46? I remember a picture of her flying in Puerto Rico, but don't recall the details.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Nice. Was Don Q a 46? I remember a picture of her flying in Puerto Rico, but don't recall the details.

No it is a 32 A - with a very light lay up and had a deck that was set up for F16 fighter Canopies which was beached during a race in Grand Haven Mich and has went thru some major changes like a New pleasure deck & bonding the deck to the hull , Gas tank's , Firewall ,Custom hatch ,Cockpit pannels ,tunnel supports , and the list goes on and on .

 

[glassdave]

well is about time you started posting pics instead of constantly stirring up chit you 'ol trouble maker :willy_nilly:


post a pic of you so i can see who the hell it is that calls me all the time and rattles my cage :sifone:

 

[Offshore Ginger]

well is about time you started posting pics instead of constantly stirring up chit you 'ol trouble maker :willy_nilly:


post a pic of you so i can see who the hell it is that calls me all the time and rattles my cage :sifone:

Wait a minute Dawggggggggggggggg i think you have called me just as much as i have called you and the only reason you feel that i have rattled your cage is because your ball's are stuck on ice and if that is the only way you like to stay cool so be it , ha ha ha ha ha ha and if i post a pic do you promise to hang it on the ceiling over your bed and every nite when you go to sleep look at it as if i was a god . ha ha ha Dave needless to say you will always be a friend and i will buzz you tommorow..................... G.G.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

More pics of the new firewall .

 

[Offshore Ginger]

A few more .................................

 

[Offshore Ginger]

These are pics of the tunnel that needed more support and beef (glass)

 

[Offshore Ginger]

In my last post i had three pics and it looked like they were just to bunched in and that is the reason for deleting them .

 

[h2oMag]

Dose this pic look familiar ?? :ack2: I took this spy shot at Skater back in the day when we were having our 32' Skater EASTERN EXPRESS built. :sifone: I too always thought she was cut up !!

 

[lowblue320]

nice work, keep them comming.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Dose this pic look familiar ?? :ack2: I took this spy shot at Skater back in the day when we were having our 32' Skater EASTERN EXPRESS built. :sifone: I too always thought she was cut up !!

YOU DAWGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG it sat back there for such a long time when i worked there and it just so happens that a good friend of mine caught Pete on a good day after having lunch togather purchased the old girl waiting to be cut up and the rest is history .:rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[Offshore Ginger]

nice work, keep them comming.

I have many more to post .

 

[Offshore Ginger]

A few more pics of the hatch and boat before i get into the pics of the work done on the gas tanks.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Sorry guy's in my last post i posted the same pic's and that is the reason why i poofed them .

 

[glassdave]

Nice stuff Artie, are you working on this now or was this a past project? Keep 'em coming

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Nice stuff Artie, are you working on this now or was this a past project? Keep 'em coming

Thanks dave i have been waiting for the go ahead to finish her it is going to get a berth , porta pottie. finish up the cockpit for the back seat area with foot rests including a back seat , a slideing entrance way to the berth from the cockpit underneath the dash , paint the bilge and cockpit and ship her of to the paint shop along with anything else that needs to be done . Dave i have seen some line drawings of the boat and ............................... G D i soon will be showing pics of the gas tank repairs within the next few days and will try to give everybody an idea of all that is involved in the process right down to the materials .

 

[Offshore Ginger]

These next few pic's are of the lids that go on on the top of the tanks .