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Hi Fish N Phil, Sorry this is a late response I haven't checked the forums in a while. The boat floats very stable at its current level, no problems at all walking from front to back or fishing from the front. I haven't had any issues from the lack of foam so far. For our boat we bought 4 large...

You can build a small deck on the front of the boat with wood and mount the motor to that. Take a look at my build to see how we did it. As for the steering column I wouldn't bother, with a boat that size it will take up too much room and isn't worth the hassle IMO.

That boat can come out really nice with a little TLC. As far as the middle seat, I removed mine and haven't run into any problems yet. But each boat is different so it depends on how much support its giving. A nice flat decking sitting low with some carpet and that thing will be pretty nice. If...

Thanks for the tips. We had the boat out all weekend and the water pump was working very well. It started to take a while to start after the second day out on the water but other than that it ran pretty well.

Got the carb cleaned, spark plugs changes and I changed out the lower gear box oil. I adjusted the idle pin a bit and it started up with 1 pull and it seems to be running pretty well now. Thats amazing for such a small amount of work. Thanks for the tip!! =D>

Thanks bobg , im not sure about my pump. I guess a carb rebuild and a plug change will be first in line.

Hi Mr. Green. Thanks! Im glad we helped with ideas. That's a great starter boat im sure its gonna turn out great. Just stick with it and it will be a great mod!

Hey Guys, I have a 2-Stroke what i believe is a 25HP (DT25) 1979 Suzuki Outboard that im having some problem with. Im pretty inexperienced when it comes to outboard motors and im kinda lost on where to start. One issue is that the motor is rather difficult to get started, takes about 10 pulls...

Hey Oldgeek. Thanks for the props on our boat. Glad I could help with an idea for someone else. The location that we put the switch box has worked out really well so far, its was a pretty easy cut and the gap was a perfect fit for the wiring behind it. The Gray bin is actually the livewell...

Thank you MtDewMadMan :D Ill tell you what those masks seem to catch some very nasty stuff after just a few minutes of removal, glad to keep it out of my lungs.

Well guys, The boat is all finished and ready for her first test run tommorow. We were able to spruce up the trailer and re carpet it. My buddy did an awesome custom paint job on the motor cap and we finished up all the loose ends for wiring etc. Got both fish-finders installed and all bilge...

Another update on the boat. We got just about everything finished up today. Back decking in the transom area is all carpeted and we got the wiring nearly finished. Solar panels on both batteries are all setup. The pullouts and hinges are all finished as well. We also mounted up the anchor wench...

Well update on the boat guys. We worked on it all day today and we got quite a bit done. We got the electrical wiring all ran with in a conduit wrap under the main deck. We got the bilge pump installed as well as all the plumbing for the live-well. We were able to get a large portion of the...

Update on the boat guys. We worked on it all day today, I got my live-well in and it looks like our original design and measurements for it were off. We had to spend a lot of time revamping our plans to fit in the live-well. What we ended up with is shown in the pictured below. We just had to...

Hi EasternEasy, Glad the info was of some help. If I had to do it over again I would have probably just sand the old paint down to give the paint something to grip on to and then just paint over the old layer of paint and call it good. Could have even used some paint thinner or something. The...

Here is my rough sketch in paint for the main layout and electrical systems. I'm very new to electrical wiring, if anyone could take a look and let me know if this will work? I'm not sure on were I would need to put grounds if any??? The fuse box is one of the pre-built ones from bass pro shops...

We worked on the boat some more today. Got the front deck skeleton done and its now being water sealed.

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The next step is to start working on the decking. We went to Lowes and bought up some 3 quarter plywood & 2x4's Hopefully we got enough wood for the whole boat. We purchased one of those ready-made livewells from bass pro shops so we left a spot to sit it in behind the front bench seat. Our...

Here are a few pictures of the current state of the trailer. Its actually in decent shape, but I want to re-carpet the boards and clean up the paint job a little bit. The wiring and lights are all working well.