So my second full day of renos was very productive. I was able to install the forward foot chalks that Ben Steinberg made for me (Excellent work BTW!). They were very easy to install. I just followed Ben's instructions which he wrote on the inside of the chalks with a sharpie. Have a look at the picture to see my handy work.
From there I decided to try to tackle the spin launcher bar. Now keep in mind my boat work skills could be described as "intermediate at best", so I was a little scared to start the install. Anyway, with the instructions that Jeff Jones wrote on the Viper forums, the intstall wasn't too bad. The hardest part was trimming the bar to the right length to fit. I didn't want to trim too much off and ruin the part, but if I didn't trim enough it wouldn't fit. I just took my time and would trim a little, then test fit, then trim a little more, and test fit, and so on until finally I was able to rubber mallet it into place. From there I started with some thickened epoxy to hold it in place. That's where she stands now until tomorrow after work when I can fill the rest in and fair it out.
So she's really coming together after good weekend worth of work. I'm just about ready to get the boat flipped over to start working on the bottom. That should be fun!
I hope you enjoy the pictures of the work so far.
Darren
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