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Just traded for this one, It's a 1968 Duracraft, 14' Long, 6' wide and she's deep. All Aluminum, and came with a decent Throughbred trailer. Needs a floor, but it doesn't havea dent in it. Probably put in a floor and sell this one.

I am going to start prepping my boat for paint this weekend. What is the proper paint to use? I want to paint the boat the "Duck Boat" color. I was going to use this brand paint from Home Depot (Duralux marine paint)...

I am looking at a Evinrude 18hp Fastwin for my Jon boat project. The guy that owns it, said it's a 1968 model. He said he had a mechanic rebuild the carb, put in a new water pump and new fuel pump last year. He said he got it out this year and it won't start? He said he can spray carb. cleaner...

I am working on my Jon boat and am wanting to replace some of the leaking rivets and install new rivets on the ones I removed when I gutted the interior of the boat. I am looking at rivets on McMaster Carr and have found what I think is the correct rivets to use. The are called Sealing Blind...

I am looking at buying a tiller steer for my 16' Jon boat and have come across a 1966 Mercury 200 20HP outboard. It's old, but seems to be well taken care off and hasn't been used in over 10 years. Are these decent old motors? Are Parts Available? Pro's and Con's of these motors ? What's a...

I need a little advice on replacing the rotten wood on my transom. It looks to me like I am going to need to remove the corner pieces which are attached with Big rivets? I am stripping the boat out now and started looking at replacing the transom wood. Do they sell the Big Rivets? and how the...

I just bought a old Skeeter Aluminum Bass Boat, that I am wanting to turn into a "Jon" type boat. The boat is All aluminum, even the floors is why I chose this boat, plus it was really cheap. I am debating on either keeping the console, or taking it out and using a tiller steer motor I have. I...