25-03-2014, 08:43 PM
So this has been used for 2 years now for wakeboarding and skiing. Not bad for £280 and a roll of cloud 9 carpet underlay! Here is a video of it in action! Few bits of me wakeboarding too!
Sun has been out so it has been the right time to get it ready for this season. I went to a boat jumble and bought a new steering wheel becauseraceboat.
Old:
![[Image: received_m_mid_1395580890832_26d282849c9...b7upb.jpeg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/received_m_mid_1395580890832_26d282849c90a54788_0_zpsw5ub7upb.jpeg)
New:
![[Image: received_m_mid_1395581451137_a0fc101fe28...fjxrr.jpeg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/received_m_mid_1395581451137_a0fc101fe289a5f614_0_zpszijfjxrr.jpeg)
Then I pressure washed off the mould from the blue hdi interior I had kept in storage specially to replace the old cloth one.
![[Image: IMG_20140323_135243_zpsunf7kd1u.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20140323_135243_zpsunf7kd1u.jpg)
Rear seats went in with stainless steel bolts instead of screws
![[Image: IMG-20140323-WA0003_zpsde31wl3n.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG-20140323-WA0003_zpsde31wl3n.jpg)
Then the old interior went in the bin!
![[Image: IMG_20140323_173811_zpszpr1trid.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20140323_173811_zpszpr1trid.jpg)
I launched it with the 1.8 which meant most of the car was under water. Didnt have a battery so pikely had to take it out of the car and fit it whilst the boat was on the water. This engine is a 800cc 70hp 3 cylinder 2 stroke and always needs easy start... and when i say easy start I mean Lynx of the Dark Temptation Variety. For anyone wondering you can get through about £40 worth of fuel in about an hour. One time i spent £160 over a weekend. The engine didnt sound right so drove parallel to the beach before it stopped working. It runs on carbs which have had fuel and 2 stroke sitting in them for the best part of 6 months so next weekends job will be taking those apart and cleaning them
Sun has been out so it has been the right time to get it ready for this season. I went to a boat jumble and bought a new steering wheel becauseraceboat.
Old:
![[Image: received_m_mid_1395580890832_26d282849c9...b7upb.jpeg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/received_m_mid_1395580890832_26d282849c90a54788_0_zpsw5ub7upb.jpeg)
New:
![[Image: received_m_mid_1395581451137_a0fc101fe28...fjxrr.jpeg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/received_m_mid_1395581451137_a0fc101fe289a5f614_0_zpszijfjxrr.jpeg)
Then I pressure washed off the mould from the blue hdi interior I had kept in storage specially to replace the old cloth one.
![[Image: IMG_20140323_135243_zpsunf7kd1u.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20140323_135243_zpsunf7kd1u.jpg)
Rear seats went in with stainless steel bolts instead of screws

![[Image: IMG-20140323-WA0003_zpsde31wl3n.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG-20140323-WA0003_zpsde31wl3n.jpg)
Then the old interior went in the bin!
![[Image: IMG_20140323_173811_zpszpr1trid.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20140323_173811_zpszpr1trid.jpg)
I launched it with the 1.8 which meant most of the car was under water. Didnt have a battery so pikely had to take it out of the car and fit it whilst the boat was on the water. This engine is a 800cc 70hp 3 cylinder 2 stroke and always needs easy start... and when i say easy start I mean Lynx of the Dark Temptation Variety. For anyone wondering you can get through about £40 worth of fuel in about an hour. One time i spent £160 over a weekend. The engine didnt sound right so drove parallel to the beach before it stopped working. It runs on carbs which have had fuel and 2 stroke sitting in them for the best part of 6 months so next weekends job will be taking those apart and cleaning them
