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Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll post pics as I get farther into the project.

Here is a question to the crowd; how would you recommend I fix the pits/porosity in the gelcoat? Clean and spray with gelcoat, clean and paint, or something else? There are pics of the situation in the album. Thanks in advance!

Here is a question to the crowd; how would you recommend I fix the pits/porosity in the gelcoat? Clean and spray with gelcoat, clean and paint, or something else? There are pics of the situation in the album. Thanks in advance!

First fish caught on Persistence.

Leaving WP on the way to Metlakatla

Inside of transom and splash well

After First Scrub

First launch after 20 years on the trailer

New rear of pilot house. Compare the handrails to how they were in the first picture in the album.

Me and one of the boys

Took a 50 mile drive down to Duke Island and back to Metlakatla. Beautiful day on the water.

Chet at The Bay Company was of the opinion that since Persistence is a 1983 hull the floor is solid fiberglass, not cored. (can any of you verify that?) In any event the only water intrusion was around the front hatch, which I've repaired in the past few weeks. The sleeve on the transom is...

There is a bit of a story here. . . so bear with me. We bought our place in Whale Pass in 2010 from the people who homesteaded the place. They bought the boat in 1994 or 95 as best I can tell. He got Alzheimers and they had to sell the place since he couldn't run a chainsaw or find his way home...

Mike was kind enough to set up an album for me. The boat's name is Persistence. I've posted a few pics, and will do more in a bit.

Aluminum sleeve fabricated to slide over the transom and attach to inside of splash well.

This halibut was one of the fish caught on our trip to West Rock. A little motivation to get Persistence back in shape and back in the water.

Shows the pits in the gelcoat.

Before a good scrub.

Showing the dirt after years of neglect.

I've replaced the rear of the pilot house, repaired around the front hatch. Today I was able to put the hand rails back on after cleaning them up on the sander last weekend. With a little luck I'll be out and about Clarence Strait this weekend deer hunting.