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Bahia Mar project

Posted: Jul 24th, '23, 21:16
by kubiac33
Started on this small project about 7 months ago and finally was able to login to share it with you guys. Bought the boat last October and the initial plan was to buy the boat, update her and get it back in the water for this year but too many issues were discovered which led to a complete refit minus motors. Hope the link works.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0d4Ta7 ... kKAmUsDDUw

Re: Bahia Mar project

Posted: Jul 24th, '23, 21:53
by Tony Meola
Brandon

Looks like you rebuilt her. That's a big project.

Congratulations she looks great. The Bahia Mar is a great looking boat.

Re: Bahia Mar project

Posted: Jul 24th, '23, 22:48
by kubiac33
Tony Meola wrote: Jul 24th, '23, 21:53 Brandon

Looks like you rebuilt her. That's a big project.

Congratulations she looks great. The Bahia Mar is a great looking boat.
At 450 hours and counting. Pulled the shafts today in preparation for 1.5” shafts and fiberglass logs. Pulling the motors next week for paint and some horsepower upgrades. Still have a good 3-400 more hours of work left but it’ll definitely be worth it in the end.

Re: Bahia Mar project

Posted: Jul 25th, '23, 06:27
by Carl
Well Brandon...I believe you won the best 1st post ever.
If that is a "small project" I'd love to see what a large one is...then again, maybe not. LOL

Very impressive refit, keep at it, I am looking forward to the end result.

Thanks for sharing,
Carl

Re: Bahia Mar project

Posted: Jul 25th, '23, 07:13
by kubiac33
Carl wrote: Jul 25th, '23, 06:27 Well Brandon...I believe you won the best 1st post ever.
If that is a "small project" I'd love to see what a large one is...then again, maybe not. LOL

Very impressive refit, keep at it, I am looking forward to the end result.

Thanks for sharing,
Carl
I’ll have to rescind the award since I had to make a new username from prior since I couldn’t remember it. Definitely started as a small project but turned into a monster once I got down to the guts and saw they were falling out. Cracked rudder shelf, rotted bulkheads, rotted strut/rudder pads, it just kept going and going. Bought the boat sight unseen aside from a survey and well, he was clearly the brokers buddy or was mesmerized by the lipstick on the pig.

Re: Bahia Mar project

Posted: Jul 25th, '23, 07:44
by Snipe
Very nice work it’s looking sharp! Like the transom door I should put one in for all the swimming the family does it would be handy. Plus one day I might drag a fish through it.

Re: Bahia Mar project

Posted: Jul 25th, '23, 10:50
by kubiac33
Snipe wrote: Jul 25th, '23, 07:44 Very nice work it’s looking sharp! Like the transom door I should put one in for all the swimming the family does it would be handy. Plus one day I might drag a fish through it.
Thanks. The door was a must for the dogs and to please the wife since I’m not doing a swim platform. Transom was more stout than most boats after cutting the door in so have no worries if you do cut one in.

Re: Bahia Mar project

Posted: Aug 7th, '23, 15:39
by scot
Very nice work, Bahia Mar is my favorite model. Beautiful.

Re: Bahia Mar project

Posted: Aug 7th, '23, 16:01
by neil
You my freind are doing a great job,I thought we had a nice Bahia mar,keep up the good work