Sunseeker build thread

[biffer]

I've put it in the bilges cause it ain't a rib, I've got a 30+ year old sunseeker portofino 34 XPS, and have started collecting bits for it, it's in a right stated at the moment but has all the ingredients to make a nice boat, it's got twin 315 yanmars and bravo 3 drives.
I've ripped out most of the wiring, engines,drives etc and I'm going to go through it in true biffer style, I'll post up some pics as we get going and just to get it going this is the steering wheel that my girlfriend got me for my birthday, the colour is in keeping with the classic white upholstery with a blue and red stripe straight though the centre and the dash is blue so the wheel had to be red

[nugent]

Bling

[kerny]

Some guy's buy earrings for their girlfriends birthdays and some girls buy their boyfriends steering wheels for their birthdays classic and a gud'n for the pub .... and what a nice looking wheel it is too Biffer

[biffer]

Originally Posted by nugent

Bling

Not yet but I've started, this is the nav tower and a pic of the panel I want you to remake, this is a pic of another boat to give you an idea
I've sorted a 5 ton trailer to get it home as well

[willk]

I've moved you out of The Bilges into Other Stuff. It would be a shame to lose this thread after a month (everything in the Bilges sinks after a month or so)

[Ribochet]

Originally Posted by willk

I've moved you out of The Bilges into Other Stuff. It would be a shame to lose this thread after a month (everything in the Bilges sinks after a month or so)

Good decision

I have a soft spot for the XPS34 and know that I will enjoy Biffs journey of endeavour

[willk]

Originally Posted by Ribochet

Good decision

I thought so - for the next generation of readers

Now, a bit of background music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B9IqAp7p6U

(Yeah, I know it's not a Scarab )

[cptsideways]

Oooh spoke to a chap in Swanage bay with one of them last week, think he'd owned it from new! Rather impressive bit of kit.

[biffer]

Thinking about my engines and bay, the bay is going to be light grey but I'm torn between painting the engine so they are in keeping with the colour code of the boat, the boat is white with white upholstery, being a sunseeker and an old one it has a bright red and a dark blue stripe right though the middle of the cushions and one flash of each colour along the whole side that slashes up and over the arch, my thought was doing the engine either blue or red, what do you guys reckon

[nugent]

Panels not a problem Biff

As and when you are ready draw it up with hole sizes text and layout required

Ed

[biffer]

Originally Posted by nugent

Panels not a problem Biff

As and when you are ready draw it up with hole sizes text and layout required

Ed

I'll send you the old one mate, been butchered but you'll get the idea, I've more or less got what I want in the way of names, won't be a blower or echo one wiper no anchor

[nugent]

Originally Posted by biffer

I'll send you the old one mate, been butchered but you'll get the idea, I've more or less got what I want in the way of names, won't be a blower or echo one wiper no anchor

Nae probs

[biffer]

Got it home, what you think, to big to tow, fecking right, one engine in primer as well

[biffer]

One engine

[whisper]

Looking really cool dude, you do make this look easy

[biffer]

It is easy, with the right tools that is

[whisper]

Makes your truck look small and your truck is huge!!

Does it fit in the cave?

[biffer]

Should without the arch, going to take it off to repair all the old holes, put in all the LEDs and wire it before refitting

[nugent]

Kin huge. Nice project. To tackle look forward to watching the refit

[Ribochet]

Originally Posted by biffer

One engineAttachment 97893

BTW what year are the engines ?