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I decided I should get on here and document my 1986 Hydrostream VKing YT restoration since I have not put a definitive restoration document anywhere on the internet. I bought this boat for $600 bucks in Wisconsin. The boat was basically a shell in pretty rough shape. I started this project with the intention of building one of the baddest VKing YT's in the country. I was going to power it with OMC grunt to boot. The hard work has payed off with the boat going a GPS 104 this past summer with a 3 liter OMC built by me. Everything on this boat was built by me, including the engine. The only thing I didn't build was the lower unit which was done by Titus, and is an amazing piece. This fall I built a 6.5 inch rod 3.3 liter Frankenstein with the hopes of going faster next summer. I have a large number of pictures, but I'm not going to share every single thing from the build, as I have spent an enormous personal effort figuring out how to make these VKing YT's extremely fast without building it like a comp boat. Make no mistake, the boat is still pretty damn light, but is also amazingly strong. It is incredibly easy to drive with a little practice and will easily achieve 100+ even on dead flat water. No ripple needed to make it run free and fast.

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Cool! So you built up the bottom with cloth in lieu of a core?

It is cored. Go 3 or 4 pictures up. Core is the gray material being applied to the hull.

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That's some funny-looking balsa core you got there.

What is it actually?

All the products I used were from Arjay. Only wood used in this project was the floor. Core will never ever go bad again.

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Well it's not composite sheets.
Looks like core bond putty?

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I thickened their transom compound and used that to make a core.

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Hello brutalvking
I am going to be recoring my 87 Valero yt this spring and I'm looking at different materials besides balsa. What is the name of what you used? How has it held up? Did you lay some glass under it or just over. Is it vinyl ester resin or epoxy.
Also I am thinking about changing out the waterlogged foam . Did you do this? That is some serious speed your getting with a 200. Your recore must have made boat lighter.

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Hello . I had this same boat new in 87 . Are you ready to sell ?.
Theo
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