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The drains have heavy weld beads on the exterior. I haven’t cleaned up the interior drain area yet, but I’m pretty sure there are...

Having welded some cracks in the skin of my 1751 hull, I can vouch for the theory that old aluminum is hard to weld. It welds like it is...

My initial thought was similar, but no way I could weld the patch on. I would have to use rivets around the perimeter. Old boat with...

I put the boat in the water to do a leak check. My welds are not leaking. The area adjacent to both drains leaked. It is a slow leak...

I drove up to Norfolk yesterday, to buy more aluminum from Matt, at Professional Welding services, AKA Tricked-Tins on YouTube. Now I...

That looks terrific. My boat has a strip of aluminum that follows the contour of the hull along the floor level. They used a...

Thanks Fuzz, When I was looking at my boat, before I bought it, I was looked down inside where the plugs are located. Having sat...

I registered the trailer, so now I can take the boat to the creek, and float-check the hull for leaks. I will finish the center floor...

I cut & trimmed the notches in my new floor. It turned out pretty good, it needs a little trimming in a couple spots. My goal is to...

I set up a of couple saw horses to put my 60” x 64” x .125” aluminum 5xxx series sheet metal “floor” on. I clamped my template to the...

I made a template for the floor from a sheet of Coroplast & a hot glue gun

I finished fitting the 1.5” angles for all of the cracked ribs. They are held in place with cleco’s for now, while I make a template for...

After the .125” aluminum sheet goes down, that’s it…it will have an aluminum floor. I will paint the entire boat when I am finished...

If you put the plug in from the inside, you can pull the plug while running on plane to drain the water. I do this in my 1648 when I am...

Some after thoughts from boat testintg today. The pros: Ryan thinks this boat has more fishing space than the Princecraft, despite them...