ALTHOUGH REPLACED BY THE MEDLINE 500, THERE ARE NUMEROUS MEDLINE I STILL ACTIVES , THIS IS A THOROUGHLY TEST..

ZODIAC MEDLINE II COMPACT

With 5.30 meters long and 2.25 wide, we have a content rib size, easy to handle and removable thanks to radar arch can be stored in a garage for winter storage. Despite its size it can carry four people hassle for a full day at sea.

Being the only model of the original series of Medline (I, II, II and III) of Zodiac that I never had, I encourage you to buy a used to restore it. I got it for a good price with a 100 HP Yamaha engine with only 47 hours of use in 2007. The zodiac was badly damaged by being all the time in the open, but had all the extras, radar arch, shower and mast ski


The layers of antifouling on the hull and the float, did not augur well, it was clear that he had to do a thorough cleaning, then polish the hull with respect to the float even without patches, did not like his looks, but the supposed change a lot of money.

Fortunately someone was selling a new one in neoprene Hypalon (of 550 newest neo same model) for just 600 euros, I could sell the old a good price, so the cost of float change was almost zero.

The most expensive was removing all antifouling and polishing the hull more than 1000 euros by Nautica Campomanes, highly recommended professionals in the area.


The cushions were very damaged, order changing only the visible material so that repair everything just 600 euros meant leaving the boat like new.


All steels were polished thoroughly to make a good finish. Gradually he was polishing the topsides to make a better appearance to the fiber


The first thing I did was paint and put stickers on the motor housing that had lost by the sun part of the painting, in this video you can see the process is not very expensive and much improved the appearance of the engine.

There are workshops that make the professional painting without stickers for about 200 euros, my cost not get half including unofficial Yamaha stickers (vinyl cut)


The station was in good shape so I did not touch anything, just change the antenna on the other smaller and manageable, install a combo Garmin GPS-Sonar 42 DV whose size price and performance I found the most suitable. Install a very affordable music equipment with USB reader and SD card, with a good pair of speakers from Sony, all white color looks good

After that will review the hull bottom, the more expensive and complicated process, it's time to put the new float the ship, in the video you can see the whole process, it is not difficult as long as all the steps calmly continue , avoiding damage to the float and Industrial itilizando neutral Vaseline to the float fits precisely to the hull and not damaged in the process.

It is also important to the swollen parts gradually adding pressure so that it stabilizes and not be unbalanced, observe the tire pressures Manufacturer


Once finished repairing all the cushions, made of marine plywood wooden table that serves as a front roof, using a template directly taken from the ship, also install a horn on the radar arch, a safety very important, change the extinguisher and review all navigation lights, pending only bathing ladder repair this thing attacked by electrolysis, the ship looks like another, as seen in the video stay


The engine is absolutely fantastic, not only moves the zodiac with ease but is very quiet and frugal consumption, is certainly the best of the set.

In the video you can see how smoothly and accelerates its splendid sound when you turn the gas cap.

It was one of the reasons to buy the boat, their few hours of use

Even this Zodiac Medline II Compact can be used as carrier drones, its front allows a take off a DJI Phantom 3 Professional Drone for aerial video as you can see in the video.

Because of its low cost of fuel can lead to the place we require to fly the drone for little money and very safe and comfortable, the drone can be transported inside the back, safe from water inlet

The motor housing once repaired and put the stickers, looks good as you can see, the stickers are not the original but cut vinyl

With the folding radar arch folded, ready to be stored in the garage

Moored before placing new cushions, the float is aesthetically very well despite being a more recent model

Turning to the engine fresh water in the port next to the ramp, you can see the polished and free antifouling hull

With the drone DJI Phantom 3 Professional on board at sea before beginning a flight, the stability of the boat allows takeoffs without any problems.

Celebrating the first 100 km with DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone flying over the sea, fortunately without incident.

Thanks to its size and weight fairly contained, commissioning zodiac water this is very simple.

It is very important not to immerse the hub in salt water. Simply wet tires only. The sea water is very corrosive, if also have brakes, they can be damaged or even worse, the wheels can be locked preventing the use of the trailer.

In this video you can follow simple steps to a successful start zodiac water without any risk or damage the boat or trailer.

With cushions completely renovated in white and the fire extinguisher with new housing, the result is great.

With this model of the old series of Zodiac Medline complete all models, I have enjoyed from the small Medline I 4,80 meters long with 50 HP Honda to the great Medline III of 7.30 meters with a powerful Suzuki 250 HP V6, few people in the world can say the same, hopefully this is the last or not?

A common problem with long use of the outboard is a possible failure of the engine trim.

In this video we will see what are the most common failures and the easiest repair

Another task probably necessary for the restoration will be the change of the engine hose, we will see how to do it in this video

If the engine heats up after a short period after starting, it is likely that the thermostat is blocked, preventing the passage of water from the engine cooling circuit.

We will see how to change the thermostat of our engine in this video, a simple task that we will probably have to do several times throughout the life of our engine.

Taking advantage of the change of our Charter Plotter Sounder to a NMEA2000 compatible model, we are going to install our small NMEA2000 network in our Zodiac.

The main use will be the control of fuel consumption to make navigation more efficient and economical.

In this first video we will see the necessary components

and sounds great, being able to carry parts.
on board more than 30 hours of music on a single card SD without moisture problems or shocks to be fully digital

with no moving or mechanical