Recent content by bassnbrian

Alrighty, since I wanted to take advantage of the last few warm days of the year I decided to throw on some paint on the new boat. As I was washing her i reached my hand into the hole on the rear port side of the boat. (You can see it in the third pic.) Found the transom wood is just crumbling...

ok, heres the plan. Not set in stone though. As I may have been a bit over ambitious with the storage :P any insights are welcome.

That looks great. Awesome job . Definitely helpful. Thanks!

So, the fourth boat in a year's time...hopefully this will be the last! (yes 4! Got frustrated with never being able to fix the leaks of the first one...got rid of it, (BIG MISTAKE...thats what bilge pumps are for lol), bought a 15' and added interior decking and storage....that one...

(PICS BELOW) Well, last years mod ended up causing massive leaking as the floor (though raised) was below the water line and the screws attaching it to the hull loosened and in some places fell off...leaving several small holes on both sides :oops: So....b 1) Tore it all apart and fixed all...

I guess a lot of it is personal experience and taste. TBH I absolutely despise the in my buddy's 18' aluminum Lund (I think Lund..but not sure) Deep V. Everytime we are out on St Clair...even the smallest chop just about breaks your spine at anything over minimal speed....whether he is on plane...

As we look at these hulls I gotta ask...what difference does that slight deadrise make in the handling of the boat? We all hear that jon's are generally not good in rougher "big" water...but what about semi- v's? My semi v has a pretty flat bottom like the poster's picture. And I definately...

those 80"s ones must be what I was thinking of. Though it Kinda sucked I couldnt produce the right links lol....no problem eatin humble pie =)

lol whatever man, we have all seen FLAT bottomed "jon" style boats with a V shaped bow...and when we do...they are sold under the "mod V" label.

I disagree that the definition is that cut and dry...just look around, there are TONS of flat bottom boats with V style bows that are called MOD-v. Their definition might be wrong , but nevertheless it is the label they are being sold under https://www.trackerboats.com/boat/?boat=3425

link works fine, you just have to use the pull down tabs

you better call Lowe and have them clarify their site then. Don't wish to argue, but to me it seems like the link above shows well the modern understanding of what a Mod-v boat is. This is not MY info....Im just pasting a link.

definately NOT a mod v. check out this site and many others... https://www.loweboats.com/mod-v/back-to-basics/ Despire what is said above, I would say that a Mod IS basically a jon with a V "ish" bow. (see link above) I would classify the boat in question as a shallow v or semi v. But that...

Well, the previous design seen in this post didnt last more than a year. =) It had lots of storage space and a livewell I never used. :P But whenever I took more than one person out (I usually take a couple teens from my youth group) it got crowded real quick. So worked all winter long and this...

looks like a nice build =) Ironically...I am redoing my boat design from last year :P. I am a youth pastor and thus I constantly have 2-3 teens or teens and parents out on the boat...and in the small space of my 16 footer it was rather difficult getting around people. So....I am removing the...