My first/new boat

This fall i purchased a 1974 alumacraft, 18hp johnson motor, and trailer for the nice price of 600 bucks. I am going to be putting in some low decks, livewell, depthfinder, radio, led lights courtesy lights, and a trolling motor. Now that the ice fishing season is over, it is time to get started on the project so she can be ready for the summer. Wit the help of my friend Dane, we got a start on the electrical. I have pics of before, however did not take pics of the electrical first stage because it was getting dark. I will get them up soon.

I am having issues getting more pictures to add......

Good deal. Cant wait to see pics of mods.

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Btw, nice combo and great price!

Jasper, thanks for the tip on the pictures.....will bookmark that site....

Here are a few more pre mod photos.

looks good.

Here are the electrical system pics. Not totally complete as i can't do some of it until the flooring is in. All the connections that are completed are soldered and heat shrunk.

I will be building a front deck that will come back just passed the livewell and hold it in place. In front of the front bench, i will make two access hatches. One small one for storing my anchor and dock lines, and the other for life jacket storage. From behind the livewell to the rear bench, I will be laying plywood on top of the pvc and built in hull braces and securing to them to the braces with screws. On left of the boat, in front of rear bench, will be the small console with the radio and switch panel that i mention below. In that console, i will also mount a ground block and run a negative cable from that block and one positive cable from the switch panel to the battery.

Looking good.

Say, where did you get that live well??? I like it alot

SrPhatness said:

Looking good.

Say, where did you get that live well??? I like it alot

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I picked it up at fleet farm. The perfect price of 34.99. It is actually a car/suv storage container. I then drilled a small hole up high on the side to run the aerator wires through and then siliconed around the wires.

Here Is a color coded design of what i am planning on doing with the decking. The red area at the front is a deck layed right on top of the bench with more support underneath from bracing that i will add. The small red spot in the rear is the console i mentioned earler that the radio and switch panel will be located and then my depth finder mounted on top of that. The black in front is storage...big one for life jackets, the second for anchor and docklines. The dark blue is the livewell that is pictured in place above. The light blue is the low decks between the benches. The orange is the benches with the green squares being the seat locations. Behind the rear bench will be left open with the fuel tank and battery located in yellow and pink respectively. Two speakers and two led lights will be mounted on the rear of the center bench for those early morning/evening walleye outings so i can see what i am tying on the end of line.

Note.....not 100% to scale, but you get the idea.

Picked up the lumber to cut the decks and get ready to be sealed. A friend of mine has a heated workshop so that it will stay above 60 degrees for the epoxy to cure. I am going the epoxy route because his boat was decked years ago and not a soft spot in her anywhere. Like they are brand new. Will get pictures up when i have it cut and test fitted.

Haven't had time to get to work on the boat lately. Will be for sure in early may. Busy with our wedding.

Got back to work on the boat today. got the front deck cut and the support framing constructed. Also got the hole cut for the livewell. pictures are in reverse order i guess.....oh well

Also took pictures of the speakers and boat seats

Got more work done on the S.S. Minnow today.

Got more work done on the S.S. Minnow today.

Looking great so far. Keep up the good work.

Looking good man 8)

Nice set up. Good work! =D>

That side console looks awesome. How much draw does a stereo like that have? (you've got me considering one now!)