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Bass n flats

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I had a thread started in boat house, but wanted to start a new one with the all aluminum build. I picked this boat up almost 5 years ago, and had already finished it one time. I had aluminum supports with plywood decking, after using the boat for several years I decided to go ahead and rework the boat to fit both bass fishing and flats fishing. Here are the pictures to this point of the progress.

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This is how it looked when it arrived home. It had an 80hp mercury that was just too much for the boat
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Gutted the boat and replaced the transom and fished out of the boat for almost 5 years with it looking like this
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After adding a 1981 25hp johnson I wanted to loose the weight of the ply wood floor and decking and replace with all aluminum. I also wanted to extend the front deck to offer tackle and misc storage. On the rear deck I also added two storage compartments on each side of the main fuel compartment. In order to shift some weight I also moved the trolling motor battery to the front

Front Deck
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Rear Deck
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All of the supports are 1/16"-1/8" thick aluminum angle and square tube. The aluminum sheeting is 1/16" street sign blanks and aluminum diamond plate
 
Some things that were added so far along the way.

adjustable jackplate
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grab bar console thanks to fishon fabrications
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Flared rod tubes to be recessed into front deck
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Tiller extension with kill switch
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As far as the paint I used rustoleum topside in gloss white. For the primer I used a self etching rattle can on the areas that were taken down to bare metal, and then on top of that I used the rustoleum primer for aluminum and galvanized metal. It is not a perfect paint job but on a boat that had a ton of dings and dents that I could do nothing about, I don't think its too bad. The unpainted part on the bottom will be cleaned with aluminum brightener and polished.

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In a few days I will begin to apply areas of nonslip on the floor and decks, and then begin to run the wiring
 
awesome build. I too have a lowe with a very similar front end. Your front deck build really gave me some ideas. I will be starting on mine soon! \:D/
 
fowl mouth said:
awesome build. I too have a lowe with a very similar front end. Your front deck build really gave me some ideas. I will be starting on mine soon! \:D/

Thanks fowl mouth I'll be posting some more pics tomorrow I have to finish the wiring tomorrow night.
 
Very nice re-build. I really like the leaning bar and tiller handle extension.

How did you make those flared PVC rod tubes? I plan on installing some on my 1648 that's under construction.
 
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Here is the video I made while flaring the tubes, please excuse the poor quality. I used 1 1/4" thin walled PVC and a shower head flange. I would heat the flange and pipe slowly until the plastic became pliable. It helps if you keep the PVC moving. I also found that if you heat the PVC too much it will crack the flares before they cure.
 
That's brilliant, I was going to use a cone of some sorts and try it, and use a connector to set the flange, but that is just a one step process.
 
Unfortunately I can't take credit for this I got the idea from a member at microskiff.com. Hope it helps in your build.
 
Nice work BassNFlats! I especially liked the custom Jack Plate....simple, straight forward design, and plenty strong.
well done. =D>
 
for rod tubes I use the tubes for golf club that they in their bag to keep them seperated,already flared,$1.49/pc,awesome job on the flare though
 
I got A LOT done tonight.  Got all of the wiring finished, the electronics in the console are all ready to go and are working beautifully.  I got the gunnel rod holders installed and the glove box storage installed.

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I was able to apply the non skid to the decks and floor today. I taped off the areas that I wanted to apply the non skid to. I was spraying my paint, in the past I have applied the same non skid with a roller and it worked fine. I used the silica sand material that lowes sells under the valspar brand. I put the sand into a large kitchen shaker with small holes. I would spray the taped off area and then liberally sprinkle the area with the silica sand and then spray another thin layer. The finished area dried very quickly and came out great.

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I was also able to get the trolling motor bolted up.

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Great work so far! Keep at er! I think I'd want more than 25hp to push that behemoth though :O
 
Pweisbrod said:
Great work so far! Keep at er! I think I'd want more than 25hp to push that behemoth though :O
It scooots it along at 23mph with 2 people and light gear. I was in the right place at the right time for the 25 hp and didn't want to wait for the 35, and around here they don't come available very often.
 
Just ordered my registration numbers from bulldog @ Vinyl images, can't wait to see them later this week. Everything else is ready to go for this weekend if the weather cooperates.
 

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