Recent content by meonline06

I haven't posted in a while, but I have been making progress here and there over the last month. I've used (cheap) carpet in all of my previous builds, but I never really liked the the function of it. I fish bare foot a lot and carpet really isn't that comfortable, plus it gets very hot. Im...

Progress has been very slow. There has been a lot of rain in the forecast and it looks like it is supposed to rain most days this week. I had to wait for a hot and dry day so that the remaining moisture in the bottom of the hull could evaporate before putting in new foam. My plan was to use...

definitely an option

I made some progress today. Shifting focus from the motor to the boat, I wanted to first address the water in the fuel tank. I transferred the bad fuel from the boat to external storage and removed the tank. During the process I noticed that the gas cap was missing an o-ring which is most...

Unfortunately no real progress on the boat itself, but I have been gaining some ground on the motor in the tiny bits of free time I've had lately. First thing I found is that there is a lot of water in the fuel tank. I plan to drain that soon and will order a water separatorfor future piece...

Made a little bit of progress on the boat. Nothing major yet. I have ordered some things that should be arriving soon, but right now I want to concentrate on functionality. I replaced the trailer lights and wiring. I only have the wires secured with zip ties for right now. I will make that...

I just bought a new project! I picked up this 18' Duracraft boat last week. I have plans to do a full rebuild over the winter. As for this summer, I am going to stick to making it functional. I bass fish a majority of the time and occasionally will go after trout, redfish and catfish. This...

After thinking on it for a while, we decided to install the pedestal seat on the rear deck a couple of days ago. The seat and pedestal will have to be moved when motoring with the outboard, but it seemed the most convenient spot for fishing. Time will tell if that was the right choice. The...

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Despite the time between my posts, I have been working on the boat here and there. I wanted to make a post last weekend, but I somehow managed to drown my waterproof phone. Apparently after you have a screen replaced waterproof doesn't exist anymore. Anyway, we have all the decks carpeted...

Thank you! We definitely were lucky with this one. This is the first riveted boat I have owned that has zero leaks from the start.

Thanks! I am grateful every day for my wife! It's hard to find a woman willing to get her hands dirty with you. We are considering moving the axle back a few inches on the trailer to add some tongue weight. We got lucky with the Etec. There are a whole slew of parts that can go bad on them...

Alright, took some time off from the build for a while but now I'm back to it. The front deck and floor are done and carpeted. Finished that yesterday and let the adhesive cure over night. I used cardboard to make a template for the deck wood before putting the saw to it. And of course a...

Not a lot of progress on the boat itself. My wife finished sealing the deck wood with spar yesterday. We wanted to put the carpet on today, but didn't have time. I am constantly buying old outboards and fixing them up. Recently, I was able to buy a 2010 25hp Evinrude Etec for dirt cheap. The...

Finished up the framing for the extended front casting deck yesterday evening. This is a fairly wide 14 footer but we decided to keep it low for stability. We threw a couple coats of spar urethane on it before a thunder storm rolled in. Today we were able to get the plywood measured and cut...