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  4. Rebuilding my boat

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    Posted

    Personally I think that less is more with your boat. Here are some thoughts for you:

     

    • My number once consideration would be whether or not to change the motor over to a tiller as this will dictate the layout of the seating (console takes up allot of room)
    • The boat is not long, so don't add too much high storage that will impede your ability to move around
    • Keep any decking low so that the centre of gravity is not too high when standing up to fish (especially on a windy day)
    • If you put in a live well, have it closer to the bow for ballast and balance (again great on a windy day)

     

    Lastly, you will need more base floor supports than you currently have.

     

    Good luck!

    Hey Cast-Away

     

    -I am not so big on changing over to a tiller, I normally only fish with one other person in the boat and there is plenty of room so it doesn't make sense to me to change.

    -I will be putting all the storage under the casting deck not above so "high storage" won't be a problem.

    -The casting decks that I build will be at the original levels since they worked so well previously at those levels.

    -The live well is already in place in the back of the boat and cannot be moved too easily so that is where it will have to stay.

    I will however, be putting the batteries for the main motor and Minn Kota at the front underneath to balance out a little.

    -You would be correct about more floor supports, I am planning on installing a good solid base of Z supports before I continue with the remainder of the cribs for the decking.

     

    I really appreciate all of your input, it's the ideas of the community members that helps me to avoid missing something or making a mistake and having to do things over.

    Anyone else have any ideas they would like to share?

    Thanks

    Stan

  12. Rebuilding my boat

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    Posted

    hey fishinfool maybe you'd get that boat done if you didn't spend so much time on this forum!!!

    JUST KIDDING, it's became addictive for me too. Looks like your boats coming along nicely :thumbsup_anim:

     

    I just had a little Deja Vu, my wife said those exact words yesterday. LOL

    Are you two in cahoots...

     

    SS

  13. Traded my Truck in on this (NF)

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    Posted

    :clapping:

     

    Yes he did say it was a great vehicle. Don't understand how this has turned into a rant? Guess it's a my Daddy's stronger than your Daddy syndrome. Or my political party is better than yours, or whatever. We should all be happy that a board member has gone out and bought himself something to be joyful of even though he is surely going to miss the old truck.

     

    Congrats on the new car.

     

    Thanks pikehunter

    I am enjoying the new car and yes I sure do miss the old truck.

     

    Stan

  15. More Brownies

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    Posted

    It only matters if you ate it Stan !!! :w00t:

     

    Nice fishies no matter the breed.

     

    I personally would not eat anything, any size out of Lake Ontario.

    All the fishies in question are still out there swimming and glowing.

     

    Stan

  16. Rebuilding my boat

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    Posted

    Great stuff Stan... just go easy with that TIG welder. I was just sent pictures of a babied 4 year old tracker with 7 cracks in the hull... right beside welds for interior bracing...and Tracker is telling him to pound salt on their lifetime hull warrantee.

     

     

    Hey Irishfield

    Thanks for the insight, but the framework I am building will not attach directly to the hull.

    I am going to secure it to the original Z bars that were in the boat and I was thinking of

    putting rubber between the two. The rest will just fit inside the rails.

    I will make it modular so that if I need to remove a section due to a leak or hole (god forbid)

    I can just undo some screws and lift that section out.

     

    Stan

  17. Rebuilding my boat

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    Posted

    Gotcha.....I'd go with vinyl flooring over carpet. Carpet just holds dirt and water. The stuff never seems to dry. On my boat I used 1/2" cedar boards and left them bare. Its not fancy, but it works great, and will last for a long, long time. I put the boards in tight, and wet, and when they shrink a little, you get a small gap between them, just enough for dirt and crap to go thru into the bilge. I don't need anything fancy. I'd just wreck it anyways.......duck hunting is hard on equipment. Its kinda like having a deck in your boat.....I like it.

     

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    Sinker

     

    Nice job Sinker, that must smell real nice.

    I built a Sauna in my home a few years ago and the Tongue and groove Clear Western Red Cedar cost me $3000.00.

    Since then the cost has gone up about 6 times. Don't know if I could afford it. lol.

    Stan

  19. Rebuilding my boat

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    Posted

    Nice work! I think I woulda painted it before I put the carpet in there though. Just a thought......I'm sure it will catch fish either way.

     

    Sinker

     

    Sinker

    I haven't put anything back in yet, these are pics of the gutting of the boat.

    That lighter green carpet was underneath the dark stuff.

    I have since taken it out along with the console.

    She is pretty well an empty hull right now waiting for a new interior to be fitted.

  21. Rebuilding my boat

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    Posted

    I bought a boat last year and haven't been able to spend enough time on it to get it ready for the water this year yet.

     

    If anyone has any good ideas, please feel free to put them up here like where I will get a console and windshield to replace this old piece of crap that was in the boat and maybe whether or not to use carpeting or linoleum or ?

    I stripped the boat completely out and I am tig welding aluminum framework into the hull to install the new interior, I have lots left to do.

    Luckily I have a couple of fishing buddies that don't mind me tagging along with them most weekends so I can take my time on the boat.

     

    Here are a few before and during shots of the boat.

    Notice all the holes in the sides of the boat, there were stainless nuts and bolts through the hull everywhere supporting numerous gadgets etc.

    I have since tig welded them all closed and ground them down. You wouldn't even know they were there now.

    I am planning on building a casting deck on the front and back of the boat. Not sure about storage lockers yet, any ideas??

    I picked up a Minn Kota trolling motor and will be mounting that when ready, it already has a live well so that's covered.

    I will need to rewire the whole boat over so any ideas here would also be appreciated.

    I stripped the paint and decals off the boat and she is completely down to the bare aluminum now, gotta decide on a color.

    Please feel free to post any and all ideas for the betterment of this fine vessel. (HELP!!!)

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  22. Traded my Truck in on this (NF)

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by fishinfool

    Sweet looking car man!!! :D

    Look out for radar traps!!!!!

    Will it pull your boat?? ?? ??

    Or did you sell that too?? ?? ?? :lol:

    Or does your boat weigh less than 1000 pounds. ;)

    Or do you have a second vehicle for that duty. :whistling:

     

     

    I moved this response to a new thread called Rebuilding my boat.

    Hope you're not confused, I get sidetracked real easy.

     

    Stan

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