My little jon has gotten a fresh coat of black paint on the bottom, soon to be a second or third coat, and progressing nicely. My job has slowed down the work I can do but I'm considering my options. I am leaning towards the Kapten Collar style stabilizer to... we'll stabilize, and add a bit of...
I used white marine JB weld to fill in some larger gaps and dents after i put a layer of primer on to help see the overall texture. I made a new transom board and sealed it in epoxy, then came to the conclusion I had to drill out the rivets for the transom support.... terrifying but had to be...
This is just some photos of my start point. Transom and all wiring were removed for being water logged and corroded. The previous owner did a terrible job with epoxy and fiberglass. I ground through all the bad fiberglass and found the crack near the transom. After cleaning, vigorous...
I have been told that before, my problem is in our area jon boats are going for stupid money. A used 1448 was going for 5K and it was pretty beat up. New ones are cheaper, but I'm working with what I've got until I can get me a nice tracker but thats more than a few years down the road. So I'm...
Starting off, a new guy here and new to tin boating in general. I picked up a 12' flat-bottomed boat a couple of years ago and its just been sitting in the backyard since I took it out for testing. During that testing my brother and I, bigger guys around 250lbs, could slightly move around but we...