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Hi All,
Earlier this month I bought a new to me 88 Mako 261 with twin 04 yamaha 200 hpdis. Boat needs some TLC, but she runs great and has a solid transom. I've grown up a bass fisherman and have a 96 Skeeter zx180 that I absolutely love, but after going offshore fishing with friends and riding in my cousins Mako, I had to get one.
So far I've just been working on getting the boat cleaned up. Gave her a good scrub down inside and out. Also wet sanded the hull and went to town with a buffer. I was going to take her in to get the bottom paint blasted off and all the little dings and what not fixed, but after needing to get a new trailer, that's going to have to wait. So in the mean time i'm currently in the process of stripping the paint myself in an attempt to save a few bucks. Unfortunately it SUCKS stripping this stuff off as there's probably 15 layers of paint. I have a 3000psi pressure washer that won't even touch some of it. As I write this I do have the starboard side coated with paint stripper and covered in plastic wrap to see if that loosens it up any better than just straight blasting on the port side.
Anywho, here's what everyone cares about. PICS!
Plenty of room to park both next to each other lol
Making her shine again
New trailer
And the fun process of bottom paint removal
Paint gone from this side, just have the whole rest of the boat to go
Earlier this month I bought a new to me 88 Mako 261 with twin 04 yamaha 200 hpdis. Boat needs some TLC, but she runs great and has a solid transom. I've grown up a bass fisherman and have a 96 Skeeter zx180 that I absolutely love, but after going offshore fishing with friends and riding in my cousins Mako, I had to get one.
So far I've just been working on getting the boat cleaned up. Gave her a good scrub down inside and out. Also wet sanded the hull and went to town with a buffer. I was going to take her in to get the bottom paint blasted off and all the little dings and what not fixed, but after needing to get a new trailer, that's going to have to wait. So in the mean time i'm currently in the process of stripping the paint myself in an attempt to save a few bucks. Unfortunately it SUCKS stripping this stuff off as there's probably 15 layers of paint. I have a 3000psi pressure washer that won't even touch some of it. As I write this I do have the starboard side coated with paint stripper and covered in plastic wrap to see if that loosens it up any better than just straight blasting on the port side.
Anywho, here's what everyone cares about. PICS!
Plenty of room to park both next to each other lol
Making her shine again
New trailer
And the fun process of bottom paint removal
Paint gone from this side, just have the whole rest of the boat to go
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