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Old 17 May 2006, 20:03   #1
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'the Full Morty' Gets Rebuilt
After 6 years of owning 'the full morty' from new I decided on a refit......this is the story so far

my old boat on one of its many days out
the old outdated electronics
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Old 17 May 2006, 20:13   #2
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remove electronics to cut out console

get steve at endeavour boats to make new console

glass console to deck with spare fuel tank built in
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Old 17 May 2006, 20:22   #3
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after re coating the deck and polishing the fiberglass it comes out of endeavours workshop.

now off to eurocraft to have its tubes cleaned and patches put on to smarten it up
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after re coating the deck and polishing the fiberglass it comes out of endeavours workshop.

now off to eurocraft to have its tubes cleaned and patches put on to smarten it up
Wow! the tubes look great!
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Old 17 May 2006, 20:34   #5
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looks good
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Old 17 May 2006, 20:35   #6
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now back in liverpool powerboats for the outfit.... first new trailer

back end of boat now ready for the new engine

new engine on the stand ready for fitting
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Old 17 May 2006, 20:38   #7
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fit large hatch in console ready for electronics this saturday
large ice box doubles up as seat
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Old 17 May 2006, 20:59   #8
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both the same hulls just different tube lay out
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looks really good mate, the etec looks good too, is it a 225 high output?
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Great looking boat - should fly with that nice shiny ETEC!!!
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just quickly, what is the difference between 200 and 200HO and the same for the 225, faster i presume but how?
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225 high output is 250 hp and has a low water pickup for high fitting on the transom for speed, etec might have low water pickup as well....not sure



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if you fancy selling them stainless jockeys, drop us a line.

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Nice job, especially liked the tube mods, keep posting pics..
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Old 18 May 2006, 06:36   #15
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if you fancy selling them stainless jockeys, drop us a line.

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sorry jono keeping seats look forward to seeing you all in july
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This looks really good Ged, I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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Old 18 May 2006, 19:23   #17
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Saw it in Liverpool last weekend and it looks awesome! The engine and electronics aint bad either. Let us know when you are sea trialing Ged.
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Looks very smart.

Lots of hard work!

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Old 19 May 2006, 20:20   #19
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all ready for fit out
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tube refurb
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How did you get the tube to restore so well? They look fab.
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