June 21st, 2012 - First Launch, Really

Well, the day is here. The motor runs and we are ready. We headed back to the Rock River and put the GT-150 in the water. The motor started right up and we were off. The boat performed beautifully! 44mph on speedo and GPS and the 1979 Mercury 90HP Tower of Power sounded AWESOME!. With one prop I got 44mph at 5000RPM and the other prop was 41MPH at 5600RPM. I would like to get 5600RPM with the first prop. Can't wait to get out again!

Getting Ready

 Almost There

The Merc is Running!

Nice Speed.

Cool

Check Out the Video!

 Looks Great in the Water

Zoomin'

 And Turnin'

 And Turnin'

And Burnin'

Time For a Rest. Whew!

Successful Finish to a Great First Run

June 20th, 2012 - Custom Lettering

Today, our friend, Susan Edwards, who runs the Sycamore Art Attack, http://www.sycamoreartattack.org, came over and added our custom registration letters to the hull. Wow, looks great!

 Nice Touch

First Coat, Looking Good

June 15th, 2012 - First Outing - Fail

After adding some temporary registration numbers to the hull, we took the GT-150 to the Rock River north of Oregon, IL for it's first time. We put the boat in the water and couldn't get the motor started. It turned out that there wasn't any spark. Ugh! We returned home for troubleshooting to try another day. Turns out, a wire came disconnected from the deadman switch during the interior install. With that fixed, the old Merc fired right up.

 Temporary Lettering

 Splash Well Padding

 Getting Ready

Closer

 

We Had High Hopes

June 2nd, 2012 - Seats, Curtain and a Good Cleaning

Today I finished up the seats. I hard mounted them to the boat and added the bottom cushions. I also added the back curtain that covers the fuel area. After that, I took it out to wash it up. Wow! It looks great and I can't wait to get it in the water and test it out.

Rear Curtain

Port

Rear Starboard

Cockpit

Starboard

Mercury 90

June 1st, 2012 - Interior Padding and Seats

I finished up the interior padding around the interior and sewed up the seat covers.

 Back Wall

 Drivers Area

Overview

May 28th, 2012 - Vinyl and Interior Work

Today I recovered the motor control mounting plate, fabbed up the interior wall padding and added a few minor interior pieces.

 Control Plate

 Wood Backing for Interior Padding

 Old Capacity Plate

 Glastron Label

Glastron Label

May 1st, 2012 - Glastron Football

If you remember the footballs that were on the boat, These will look a little different. I cleaned up the originals and repainted them.