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2000 Sportsman 210

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2000 Sportsman 210

Postby cvce82 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:51 pm

Hello all, new member here..

I recently purchased a 2000 sportsman 210 and absolutely love the boat. The only thing that brought the boat down were the failing fishbox hatches. I have been doing a lot of research about re coring my originals but I think they are too far gone. Chunks of fiberglass missing and cracked. I got several estimates to have the hatches made. I even looked for the originals. No luck. I decided to try making my own. I ordered a 24" piece of Starboard AS from Defender marine and knowing nothing sticks to Starboard I built up the edge to the desired 1" thick using #6 x 3/4" stainless steel screws and a scrap piece of aluminum to act as a stiffener. The results are great.
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby CptBill » Fri Oct 30, 2020 2:26 pm

Wow that looks Great, How do they fit? I will need to start a project like that soon, can you stand on them with out to much flexing?
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby cvce82 » Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:25 pm

The fit great. When I step on them it didn’t flex. Think that’s where the aluminum stiffener comes in. The whole thing was less than 125 bucks.
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby LMK » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:40 pm

That is some nice work!!!
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330Larson Cabrio twin 5.7l EFI V.P duo props
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40' pacemaker flush deck
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby CptBill » Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:21 pm

Cool! can you post a few more pics?
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby cvce82 » Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:24 pm

Really not much more to post picture wise. Looking for something specifically?
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby cvce82 » Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:27 pm

Nice new hatch on a dirty a## boat.

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330Larson Cabrio twin 5.7l EFI V.P duo props
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40' pacemaker flush deck
2855 Bayliner, 25' Marathon aft cabin
Location: Hudson Fl
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby CptBill » Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:58 pm

That truly is a great job, thanks for sharing :up:
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby goodday » Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:53 pm

That looks good ,sometimes just gotta do it, now if ya can whiten up floor to match, ha
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Re: 2000 Sportsman 210

Postby I’M OFF » Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:50 pm

That looks great. I just took my spongey hatches off today. Im going to try to stiffen them first before making new ones. Wish me luck.
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