Over the course of about three months, I stripped an old '80s pontoon boat and rebuilt the entire thing to be an up-to-date, luxury cruiser tritoon. Whether it was MIG welding a custom transom for a brand new 140HP Suzuki outboard, or designing the entire electrical system, the project came out as an outstanding success. Take a look at the beginning photo, the course of the project, and the end of all results. Fun project!
Within two months, I took an old Yamaha G16 that had seen better days and revived it into a new-aged beast. Tossing the old 300cc engine, I bought a new 420cc big block, built it up, and designed custom motor mounts to have this golf cart reach a top speed of 25mph while looking the part with new paint, custom lift kit, and body kit.
With 6 weeks to spare over the late summer of 2022, I bought my first boat project. A 1991 Stingray 597zp. The entire thing was in need of a huge update. Ripped out the old carpet, replaced a part of the floor, and fiberglassed it in place. I had to rebuild the rear bench seat and gave a new modern look to a trusty, fun bowrider. The first project was one of my most memorable.
The project that started it all. A 1999 Polaris SLX. Likely to be one of the most difficult to start a marine project on, I bought this with a "non-running engine that needs a little carb cleaning". It ended up having one of the three connecting rods sheared in half. A few months later after a full engine rebuild, new paint, seat, and just about everything else, it had a few hours on the lake until an unfortunate accident occurred where another jet skier hit me unknowingly and trashed the project. A fun one but also a forgettable one!
USING CAD/CFD FOR PROJECT(S) ABOVE
CAD for Tritoon Build
CFD for Transom Fluid Flow
CFD for Strength Tests
With the aid of CAD (Computer aided design), CFD (Computational fluid dynamics), and using state-of-the-art 3D Scanning point cloud data my skillset has grown exponentially over the last two years of doing these custom projects, with this being just the beginning. My future is set on open-wheel racing as a way to develop new manufacturing techniques that could change the way things are made.