crabbingdan
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I bought this boat and trailer about two years ago for pretty dirt cheap. As far as I can tell, it's a '78 or '79 Landau 1663V semi-v. I guess Landau measures the width from the top of the gunwales, so it's 16 feet long and 63 inches wide at the top, right at 50 inches wide at the lowest point of the hull. It's more like a 1650, compared to most other manufacturer's standards.
I've been using my 12' Sea King semi-v that I restored a while ago, so while this "new" boat isn't huge, it will definitely give me work space, stability, and piece of mind.
In the past two years since I bought it, I got married, bought a house, and we had our first kid, so the modifications to this 16 footer have been slow and far between at times. It's been a fun and wild ride, but those things take priority over an old aluminum boat. I'm getting kind of close to being done though, so I thought I'd do a couple posts to show the progress.
I wanted more open space in the boat to create as close to a "work boat" as possible for crabbing. My plans included checking for and patching leaks, removing the middle seat, adding a support frame/system parallel to the gunwales to add rigidity to make up for the seat being gone, flat floor, replace the transom, new paint, front deck to store a cooler and anchor, and small rear deck to cover the gas tank, and add foam for flotation.
I also wanted to give it a kind of classic look, with a lot of exposed wood, as opposed to covering all the decking with carpet.
Here are a couple before pictures:
I've been using my 12' Sea King semi-v that I restored a while ago, so while this "new" boat isn't huge, it will definitely give me work space, stability, and piece of mind.
In the past two years since I bought it, I got married, bought a house, and we had our first kid, so the modifications to this 16 footer have been slow and far between at times. It's been a fun and wild ride, but those things take priority over an old aluminum boat. I'm getting kind of close to being done though, so I thought I'd do a couple posts to show the progress.
I wanted more open space in the boat to create as close to a "work boat" as possible for crabbing. My plans included checking for and patching leaks, removing the middle seat, adding a support frame/system parallel to the gunwales to add rigidity to make up for the seat being gone, flat floor, replace the transom, new paint, front deck to store a cooler and anchor, and small rear deck to cover the gas tank, and add foam for flotation.
I also wanted to give it a kind of classic look, with a lot of exposed wood, as opposed to covering all the decking with carpet.
Here are a couple before pictures: