1976 Lowe Line 14ft Semi V build

[Begeti]

Looking good. Eager to see how the live well looks in the boat as well. Maybe steal some ideas

Steal away! Any ideas I got came from this blog!

 

[Begeti]

Well I've been framing this last week. One of the more difficult parts of the build so far. I compare it to doing a puzzle, but you have to make all of your own pieces. Almost done!

 

[Begeti]

I've been adding all the decking. Very difficult as I want it to look good. So I guess you can say ice used a lot of extra wood! I've gotten all of the hatches cut and I've been working on cutting everything in for electronics. Should be done tomorrow and then it's time to spar everything and get it ready for the vinyl flooring.

 

[Begeti]

It's been awhile since I've posted. Mainly because I think pictures of me waterproofing and wrapping wood in vinyl are boring. But it's coming along. Just got done covering in vinyl after I had to order a little extra to cover one last large piece. I just started to lay my floor and side walls so I can finish the electrical. I plan to do a dry run tomorrow before I put the tops on. So far so good! Using different sizes of insulation has worked good tons honey the floor to make sure there are no bad areas that dip.

 

[Begeti]

Well, it's pretty much done. Fun build but extremely hard work! Here are a few photos. I hope my build gave someone a few ideas as so many builds influenced my build.

 

[GoneFishin34]

Great build! I love the stripes you painted, too. Those are sweet! Where at in central IA do you fish?

Chris

 

[Begeti]

I'll mainly be going to big creek or badger creek. I've heard aqhabi and brushy are great to check out too. Yourself?

 

[GoneFishin34]

Same here! I just bought my first boat this year and plan to do some work to it, too. I've only taken mine out to Big Creek but I'm ready to try it out on a few other lakes. I've heard Brushy Creek is great for Walleye and Ahquabi is decent for crappie. I've never been to Badger but heard from one of the fishing guys at Scheels that it's a good place to go. They also recommended a place called 'Don Williams' up by Ames.

Well maybe I'll see you/your boat out at Big Creek sometime! I don't have many pics of mine yet - I'd show you the couple I do have if I could figure out how to upload pics - but its an old red/black starcraft seafarer.

I do have a question about your transom - did you use plywood and glue several layers together? Or just one solid piece of wood?

Again, great work on yours!

 

[Begeti]

I used 2 pieces of 3/4" a grade plywood and glued then together with 3m 3500. The transom was probably the most painful thing. I'm pretty sure it was never meant to be replaced.

 

[bthompson92]

Awesome build, looks great!

 

[firstresponder01]

What's your beam length?