Recent content by diveralex

Wow that boat looks mint !! Very clean good job

Updates ! new pictures ! I added a lowrance elite 4 chirp and got a sweet deal for a motorguide ws55 for 100 $ it was broken. I fixed the motor . Plans for next year are adding a live well and possibly painting the exterior so it doesnt look so ragady ! Also made new aluminium corners in the...

yup, use 3/4 for the rear deck , and 5/8 for the floors.

:) Thx for the nice comments ! To Henro , yes I did use plywood for the floors and casting deck, coated with 4 coats of urethane spar varnish. Over the winter months I plan to paint them over with some sort of grip paint or deck coating.

Putting the finishing touches on the boat . Built new casting deck for the back and scored some nice Wise seats and a brand new propeller on kijiji. Rebuilt my broken skeg. Now looking forward to hit the water again this weekend !

Couple pics of the day !

That bow tank is sweet ! Where did you buy it ? And I am wondering , can the stock fuel pump handle such a long line from tank to motor ?

Took the boat out for its first fishing weekend ! It was great ! Covered more than 38nautical miles on one 25 litre tank ( i did use the 9.9 for trolling ) She performed good in the chop , but even if she is wide and deep , the chop from 30 knot Wind on that big lake was alot to handle.

Great advice :) I might just keep the painting for the winter months or maybe wont even do it at all.

Thats good to know , ive been wanting to trade my 9.9 for a good electric. Guess i should keep my 9.9 for my downrigger.

really ? why not paint the exterior ? i not to keen on the baby blue mirrocraft color lol !

To be honest i cheaped out, and got blue foam from Rona, ( equivalent of home depot ) built blocks and glued it together with pl foam. This is a budget build :)

Progress ! Finished wiring , fully welded console , installed seat and got 60hp seahorse shifter linkage unseized (although timing advance braket seems to not come back to original position) and my 9.9 is purring like a kitten. Now looking to paint exterior and modify my trailer. Tested out...

Sweet ! good job. I have a 1973 16' lake fisherman ! This restoring hobby is very addicting. :)

Great, thanks for the input. I will start off with fastening to bench only and will test it out !