270Handiman
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Duck season is over, so it's time to get this project started in earnest.
I bought this boat in September of 2009. It is a 1995 Custom Flat 1649 with a beam width of 70". These boats are made by a company here in South Louisiana named Custom Boat Manufacture Inc. They are very well built and extremely durable boats. Mine is powered by a 1995 Suzuki DT40. Here are the pictures of the boat from the ad when I bought it.
I bought this boat primarily for duck hunting, but I'll also use it for going to our camp down the river and fishing for specs and redfish around Lake Pontchartrain.
I ran the boat hard this duck season to shake it down, and mechanically there are no apparent problems. A typical day hunting for me requires a roundtrip run of 10 to 15 miles, so I probably put somewhere between 200 to 300 miles on it this winter without any issues. The boat will run 33 mph with just me in it with 12 gallons of gas, 1 battery, and all my gear. Adding 1 hunting buddy and a dog, the speed drops to 31.5 mph.
This project is going to be more of a restoration job than a modification, but there will be some mods. I have already performed major surgery on the trailer, replacing both hubs and springs, and trying to salvage the axle and spindles. The brackish water in Lake Pontchartrain where the previous owner always launched just EATS metal! I always launch in a river, so regardless of where I hunt or fish, I'm flushing everything with freshwater before I head to the house.
I’ll try to list most of what I want to do to the boat in my next post. I have a ton of pictures, and I’ll post as I go along.
270
I bought this boat in September of 2009. It is a 1995 Custom Flat 1649 with a beam width of 70". These boats are made by a company here in South Louisiana named Custom Boat Manufacture Inc. They are very well built and extremely durable boats. Mine is powered by a 1995 Suzuki DT40. Here are the pictures of the boat from the ad when I bought it.
I bought this boat primarily for duck hunting, but I'll also use it for going to our camp down the river and fishing for specs and redfish around Lake Pontchartrain.
I ran the boat hard this duck season to shake it down, and mechanically there are no apparent problems. A typical day hunting for me requires a roundtrip run of 10 to 15 miles, so I probably put somewhere between 200 to 300 miles on it this winter without any issues. The boat will run 33 mph with just me in it with 12 gallons of gas, 1 battery, and all my gear. Adding 1 hunting buddy and a dog, the speed drops to 31.5 mph.
This project is going to be more of a restoration job than a modification, but there will be some mods. I have already performed major surgery on the trailer, replacing both hubs and springs, and trying to salvage the axle and spindles. The brackish water in Lake Pontchartrain where the previous owner always launched just EATS metal! I always launch in a river, so regardless of where I hunt or fish, I'm flushing everything with freshwater before I head to the house.
I’ll try to list most of what I want to do to the boat in my next post. I have a ton of pictures, and I’ll post as I go along.
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