A Huricane 530 Build for the Wife!

RyanPratt · 12 March 2013, 15:24

Starting a build on a 530 Zodiac Hurricane for my wife and kids so they have something to get on the water this summer.

RyanPratt · 12 March 2013, 15:27

Stage 1

jyasaki · 12 March 2013, 17:26

I'd like to do that one of these days.

Of course, not having a wife or kids, would mean that I'd have to take it out and play...

jky

zbskii · 14 March 2013, 02:35

What did you pay for it?

-B

Tacman · 25 July 2013, 16:58

Update on the progress for this build ??? I'd love to see what you do with it.. Have a 530 that was set up the same as this one..

RyanPratt · 25 July 2013, 18:23

Replacing the whole floor!

RyanPratt · 31 July 2013, 02:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by zbskii

What did you pay for it?

-B

paid $500

Tacman · 05 August 2013, 03:26

Did you have any issues with the bolts on the inside that held the flange that clamped down the inside skirt of the tubes? If so what do you plan to go back with??

johnrambo · 17 March 2015, 20:43

Hi Ryan,

Did a search and found this dead thread. Did you ever finish this build?

I have the same boat and am going to start refurbishing it in may. Interested to know what issues you had with the floor (was it wooden and rotten?) and what the structure underneath looks like.

-Mark

RyanPratt · 17 March 2015, 20:59

i put this project on hold as the entire floor was done! i need to put in a all new floor and it was just more work for the boat than i thought it was worth. So i have put it on the shelf. not sure if i will ever make it back to that build.

RyanPratt · 17 March 2015, 21:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tacman

Did you have any issues with the bolts on the inside that held the flange that clamped down the inside skirt of the tubes? If so what do you plan to go back with??

I planed on using the same rails as it had on it.

johnrambo · 18 March 2015, 14:52

Wow, the whole floor was gone from stem to stern? How did you know, was it spongy under foot or did you drill some test holes?

I stamped and hammered all over the deck of the one I bought, did not feel soft or sound "dead' anywhere. I'm worried now though, hope I'm not in for the same job

It looked to me like the floor was fibreglass (judging by the recesses molded in for portable gas tanks and center drainage channel). Is it glass over wood, balsa core material between glass skins, or simply wood with gelcoat over the top?

-M

RyanPratt · 18 March 2015, 15:56

Their were several soft spots on the floor. the floor is glad then 1/4 balsa then glass. my whole deck was saturated. I drilled 14 test holes 7 on each side and they all same up with water.

johnrambo · 19 March 2015, 19:26

I guess thats the downside to balsa core, water must have got in around the jockey seat bolt holes and just wicked through the floor.

Did you put any test holes in the hull? I'm assuming that is balsa cored too.

-M

RyanPratt · 23 March 2015, 22:12

I only found glass on the hull, some rot on the transome but hull is ok.