Guest Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 A few months back there was a real tidy mk 2 marauder for sale on trade me. Not sure if the guy sold it or not and cant find the add anymore. Does anyone have any contact details? Might be keen on it if they still want to sell. Cheers Alternatively, if any one knows of a nice standard one for sale give us a PM Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I think there is one or 2 for sail at westhaven marine brokers. Im just in the process of doing some transom mod's to my Marauder, not sure if i will open it right up or just do a big duckboard. It already as the taller rig and deeper keel so not in class configuration. Seriously good boats, sail nicely and seem to be very sea worthy. We have beat into 40kts with 2 reefs and a small amount of jib out, no problem. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I seem to rememebr that day.... vaguely..... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 There was only 2 Mk 2's ever built and both changed hands quite recently to new owners who are both happy and have no intention of selling. The one you are thinking of in Westhaven was one of them. Your best bet it to wait until Booboo goes off to some regatta, steal his boat and repaint it before he gets back. But keep that very quite so he doesn't find out Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I would be quite happy if someone repainted my boat for me while I was away!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Oh crap, the plan has been busted, sorry Royale Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Haha thanks KM It's a shame we missed out on the mk2 but I will be just as happy with a standard one Keen for the full GRP aft toilet model Seen the 2 at west haven and not that keen on them. Don't want to buy a run down shitter It's amazing how many boats on trademe are in such poor states. One persons opinion of exellent condition is not the same as another's I will have to be patient and wait for a good one me thinks. Booboo, id be keen to see how your mod works out Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I finally got the first coat of paint (interprotect) on the transom after some huge modifications. Its come out even better than expected and wasn't that much hard work. I have added some duckboards on either side of the rudder and cut the transom away. the boat feels about 5ft bigger. Most of the glassing and taping is carbon to keep it all stiff enough. The duck boards are 25mm high density foam with a layer of 800gm DB on top and 600 on the bottom with the supports made out of the same. Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Next stage was glassing the duckboards to the transom. I used 2 layers of 45gm carbon DB for this with a healthy glue cove all around. the next stage involved a chainsaw...... Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 We then marked and cut out the transom. After that we filled in the cockpit floor and sides with 12mm marine ply, dry fitted everything then sealed it and glued it in place and coved the inside and outside. The next step was to glass the whole lot. We used 450gm E glass DB over the whole lot and then the edges and around the transom with 2 layers of 450gm carbon DB. The central support for the top rudder gudgeon was also covered with carbon all over and a support forward was added. This made it very strong! Then came the fairing and bogging...... It took 2 lots of bogging and sanding to get it fair but its now come out pretty good. i cant wait to see it painted in daylight to double check how it looked as it was pretty dark when i got the pain on last night. Next step is to undercoat it, sand it back and top coat it. might have to wait until next weekend for that. All in all so far its taken me about 10 days work spread out over about 2 months. Thanks to my brother Samin and Alex (sails on the cool change) who gave me a hand and made it look easy. Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 finally faired and painted. Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Great job B00B00 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Wow. Awesome work guys Link to post Share on other sites
203 0 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 looking good! Link to post Share on other sites
Variant 2 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Sweet mods Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Awesome work. That's gonna change the whole feel of the cockpit considerably. Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 355 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Looking great Josh What's the plan for the rudder ? Chain saw the top off or build something new ? Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I will start by shortening the top and maybe building composite gudgeons just on the rudder itself to stiffen that whole section up. Then maybe build a new one eventually or modify/fix anything suitable that I get my hands on. The current rudder isn't too bad, its deeper than standard and was replaced in 2004 so there is nothing wrong with it other than being heavy and a bit ugly. Link to post Share on other sites
The big T 40 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 The current rudder isn't too bad, its deeper than standard and was replaced in 2004 so there is nothing wrong with it other than being heavy and a bit ugly. Bit like me but I was replaced a lot earlier. Link to post Share on other sites
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