Skeeter Hawk limited edition ***Rebuild****

[ianl]

Gday Fellas! Hoping for a hand finding some information on a Skeeter hawk limited edition 82 model rated to 85hp. It also has wrangler stickers on it . I cant find any info on the Internet.
I emailed skeeter u.s and they sent info for a different model and he didn't know what i was talking about . I'm about to pull her down and put a new transom in and refurbish the whole boat paint and all so i was just after photos of the same model if any one knows any info and can help out it would be greatly appreciated . I'm also gonna put photos of the rebuild up for you guys to see so cheers fellas Ian p.s how do i add photos


Modified by ianl at 4:24 AM 9/18/2008


Modified by ianl at 2:41 AM 3/15/2009

[emerson73114]

Cant help but my post will move it TTT! Good luck!

[ianl]

thanks mate. Ian

[FlukenLizard]

me and my dad used to have a skeeter hawk, but it was a 75 model, we couldnt find any info on it either. it was rated for a 90 I think was 16 foot long and as wide as my arms stretched out, had a 70 horse rude on it and was slow as hell but it got us on the water......cant wait for the pics

[Doug Vahrenberg]

I'm working on building a collection of images and brochures for all of Skeeters last 60 Years. It's a work in progress: http://www.dougvahrenberg.com/Skeeter.html

Also for Parts and Accessories talk to Richard at Tinys Fiberglass:
http://www.tinysfiberglass.com/

[ianl]

sorry for the delay heres how she looks at the moment . I have just stripped the outbourd and excessories off. will post more soon

[ragin_cajun92]

thats a neat looking boat

[ianl]

been a while coming but finnaly got round to popping the top and checking the boat out and she's a lot wherse than i thought


so i got stuck into removing transom it came out pretty east some was like tissue paper theremoved some foam to get at the transom better thats when i relised the floor under the foam was completley rotten so then i checked the rest of the floor and stringers there all gone to so looks like a complete rebuild is on the cards . lucky i found this site with all the info on here it shouldnt be that hard so any ideas or advice feel free to speak your minds...

[ianl]

[plbass]

WOW thats alot of work but will be well worth it.....keep us posted as you go.

[northrivergeek]

Shouldn't be hard ?
If this is the first one you have done it will be harder than you think.

Take lots of pictures as you tear out the wood,.. and measure every thing as you remove .. so that you can put it back in the way it came out . and so your top cap will fit back on..

I recommend epoxy resin .. will be the most durable, and water proof, but will cost you 60-90 in the US a gallon plan on at least 10 gallons plus fiberglass cloth you will need at least 20 yards of varying cloths.

Polyester resin the cheapest lowest quality grade will run 21-40 per gallon If you can find a fiberglass supply house near you it should run you 21-25 a gallon plan on 10-15 gallons and at least 20 yards of Fiberglass mat and another 5-8 yards of stitch mat.

The lowest quality resin has many variations do not buy the junk at auto parts stores .. unless that is all you can find .. it has wax added to it .. you need laminating resin no wax

The Next step between epoxy and low cost polyester resin is Vinylester ..harder to come buy at fiberglass shops and the cost is kinda in between the epoxy and the cheap poly resins.. but is stronger and more water proof than reg laminating resin.

Im sure you have tons of fiberglass supply houses if you live anywhere near the coast

Take your time do it right dont short cut any thing if you email me or pm me your email addy I can send you a ton of stuff on fiberglass repair and restore

[ianl]

Thanks for the reply north rg ive found my fibre glass shops down here in aus but i would appreitiate any info you can send me. im ripping the rest of the floor out tomorrow so will post pictures tomorrow night.pmd you with email

[ianl]

did some more today ripping out the floor and lots and lots and lots of foam....im sick of looking at foam. will finish floor and foam later in the week so will post a few more photos then.




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P.s It helps if you have kids to help dig out the foam

[bardern]

about removing foam. My house is made out of cement encapsulated foam blocks. To run the electrical wires I bought a tool for melting the foam blocks to make a channel for the wires. It is basically an electric heated knife and it cuts foam like butter. I don't know if you could find one but it would be the cats a$$ for getting rid of all that foam.

[cart7]

That boat is a blast from the past. Can't help you on any real info other than Skeeter used the "Hawk" name on their old bathtub style bassboats in the 70's. Looks like you've got some work ahead of you. Good luck and looking good so far.

[ianl]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bardern &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">about removing foam. My house is made out of cement encapsulated foam blocks. To run the electrical wires I bought a tool for melting the foam blocks to make a channel for the wires. It is basically an electric heated knife and it cuts foam like butter. I don't know if you could find one but it would be the cats a$$ for getting rid of all that foam.</TD></TR></TABLE>
that would be interesting to see. might make life easy anyway nearly done only a square meter to go

[ianl]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cart7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That boat is a blast from the past. Can't help you on any real info other than Skeeter used the "Hawk" name on their old bathtub style bassboats in the 70's. Looks like you've got some work ahead of you. Good luck and looking good so far. </TD></TR></TABLE>
she's a nice old girl she will look good all resprayed and floatin again she'd be the only one of her kind in the land down under only new bass boats round here

[ianl]

got all the foam out now ready for a quick grind and readyto relay...




my helper

[ianl]

will post new photos tomorrow since last post have cut and glassed new transom and replaced the old rotted balsa stiffener strips with new ply jobies. so will post soon thanks ian

[ianl]

heres the photo's as promised

rotten balsa stiffener




2 15mm ply laminated together for transom


Transom glued in


helps to have two of every spray can available when glueing

Transom glassed


so there we go will be onto the stringers and the floor next i just wanted to stiffen the hull up before removing stringers any comments feel free to post
cheers Ian