schlifawitz
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Just bought my first jon! It's a 1999 Starcraft 1448. Has some pre-existing mods already, but there is so much I would like to do to it. Haven't done anything to it yet, just got it out on the lake to see how it sits in the water, and fished a bit too. :wink: Lookin to make it a boat used primarily in electric only bass tournaments. Here's what I got as of now.
It already has the electric motors and 2 batteries. (Cranking, not deep cycle #-o ) It also has the front deck and rear deck. The front deck is just sheet plywood on top of the factory aluminum deck. The rear deck is built around what used to be the back bench. The bench now has a hole cut in it where a 33 gallon livewell was placed. behind where the bench would be is t compartments. One houses the batteries, and the other houses the gas tank for the 5 hp Johnson that came with the boat. (Does not run) Also in the back compartments are the plumbing for the automatic bilge, and the bilge that dumps and recirculates water into the livewell. On the back of the front deck there is a fuse panel installed which has a timer for the livewell, navigation lights, deck lights, and bilge switches. In the center, instead of center seats it has two metal square boxes, one used to be the livewell.
I would like to put a floor in the bottom of the entire middle section of the boat, as well as put a deck between the front deck and the middle boxes, and have it a bit lower than the front deck, one so I don't have to mess with the deck lights and the fuse panel, and two so the step up to the front deck isn't so big. :shock: I would like to keep the front and back deck as is, and just re-carpet to match the rest of the boat.
Lookin forward to this one. Never done this before and have no idea where to start. Any advice would be awesome. Lay it on me! thanks everybody!
It already has the electric motors and 2 batteries. (Cranking, not deep cycle #-o ) It also has the front deck and rear deck. The front deck is just sheet plywood on top of the factory aluminum deck. The rear deck is built around what used to be the back bench. The bench now has a hole cut in it where a 33 gallon livewell was placed. behind where the bench would be is t compartments. One houses the batteries, and the other houses the gas tank for the 5 hp Johnson that came with the boat. (Does not run) Also in the back compartments are the plumbing for the automatic bilge, and the bilge that dumps and recirculates water into the livewell. On the back of the front deck there is a fuse panel installed which has a timer for the livewell, navigation lights, deck lights, and bilge switches. In the center, instead of center seats it has two metal square boxes, one used to be the livewell.
I would like to put a floor in the bottom of the entire middle section of the boat, as well as put a deck between the front deck and the middle boxes, and have it a bit lower than the front deck, one so I don't have to mess with the deck lights and the fuse panel, and two so the step up to the front deck isn't so big. :shock: I would like to keep the front and back deck as is, and just re-carpet to match the rest of the boat.
Lookin forward to this one. Never done this before and have no idea where to start. Any advice would be awesome. Lay it on me! thanks everybody!