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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
New guy with "new" old boat.
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<blockquote data-quote="gsh341" data-source="post: 471887" data-attributes="member: 22332"><p>I have a 1959 Alumaline 14' boat and it has a max horsepower rating of 8hp and a max capacity before motor of 600 lbs. With my wife, my daughter, myself, a battery, a trolling motor and a cooler to act as a livewell we can only go out on the calmest days because the boat is sitting low enough that the sides are only about 8" above the water. </p><p></p><p>The nice thing about small boats like that are you can launch them from just about anywhere and don't really need a ramp. Plus, you can get into places that bigger boats would never even try. With just me in there, the bottom of the boat is only 4 or 5 " under the water and the trolling motor doesn't even reach 2' under the surface. Plus my boat has oar locks and two honest to goodness oars. If my trolling motor were to ever completely die (hasn't happened yet even with 6 hours of constant trolling) I can still row myself to shore.</p><p></p><p>If I were you I'd put a deep cycle battery up front and a trolling motor in the back and find a nice, small lake that has a no wake sign or an electric motor only sign on it and use it there.</p><p></p><p>This is what I have and I almost never use the 6hp gas motor I got for it.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104303[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gsh341, post: 471887, member: 22332"] I have a 1959 Alumaline 14' boat and it has a max horsepower rating of 8hp and a max capacity before motor of 600 lbs. With my wife, my daughter, myself, a battery, a trolling motor and a cooler to act as a livewell we can only go out on the calmest days because the boat is sitting low enough that the sides are only about 8" above the water. The nice thing about small boats like that are you can launch them from just about anywhere and don't really need a ramp. Plus, you can get into places that bigger boats would never even try. With just me in there, the bottom of the boat is only 4 or 5 " under the water and the trolling motor doesn't even reach 2' under the surface. Plus my boat has oar locks and two honest to goodness oars. If my trolling motor were to ever completely die (hasn't happened yet even with 6 hours of constant trolling) I can still row myself to shore. If I were you I'd put a deep cycle battery up front and a trolling motor in the back and find a nice, small lake that has a no wake sign or an electric motor only sign on it and use it there. This is what I have and I almost never use the 6hp gas motor I got for it. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Redacted Side.jpg"]104303._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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