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Nice boat! cant wait to see your other pics as well

Also to help stabilize the bow of the boat I have put all my access weight in the front evenly spread out ( the two marine batteries, and the gas tank). And Like I said before, the front center of the deck is removable in case i have 1 two many kids in the boat :)

the boat is 53" in the center, Yes its a little unstable but not too bad where im too worried about flipping over (No Drinking in the boat) lol, And what happened to what pics?

Thanks Again!, I decided to use the durafix rods, filled the hole nicely, and ground them off flush, cant even notice their was a hole. I should have took pics but it was getting dark out.

Thanks I believe I will try that rout, now only to find a place that sells blind sealed rivets in my ares

I think its a 3/16" hole directly on the botom of the boat and under a rib opn the inside of the boat so theirs no way of getting to it from the inside

Has anyone tried durafix rods? for small aluminum holes in their boat? I just ordered a few to hopefully fix the hole that i drilled in the bottom like some feedback befor i just go at it thanks!

Finally Finished the boat! just got a few minor things got to add and fix, took it out and had a bad leak, apparently i drilled a hole all the way threw the boat when i was framing the floor to a rib. Also I used a lil bit of wood for the side storage for the framing because aluminum is just too...

Thanks for the reply!

Looking awesome!!! similar to what I am building, out of curiosity, have you been on the front deck yet?, how stable is it?

Got my Aluminum angle ordered and put in the boat this weekend, I ordered it all from https://www.onlinemetals.com and it came to a lil under 60$, well plus 20$ shipping and it came the next day Aluminum angle is 1 1/2 x1 1/2 x 1/8th woulda cost me 2ce-3 times as much at homedepot or lowes

Seth, Im located in Yakima Wa. Ictalurus, Thanks for the advice ive done lots of research on leak seal, its not like others that crack or peel, its plyable. But if it doesent work ill give you the right to say I told you so lol. I hope the boat is somewhat stable but if not its a learning exp...

Thanks Im really hoping i can get this boat done before it gets warm! haveing a hard time finding a cheep trailer on cl.

After buying 1 stick of 1/16th x 1-1/2x1-1/2 x 8 ft aluminum angle for 30$ at lowes i did some online research and i can do the rest of my boat with 1/8th for less than 80$ shipped I also went to muy local re-store And picked up 30 ft of some random pieces of aluminum shower installs for less...

theirs the leak-seal and where i sprayed. I also use some wire mesh screen to cover holes in the sided of the boat

Sorry its been a while im a slow boat builder (actually just a broke one ) lol, After taking it out in the water this summer i found a few good leaks I went to The orange box (home depot) and picked up some leak-seal at 10$ a can, research shows that this stuff works well, we'll see. Heres a few...

Awesome job, was wondering how stable your deck is in the bow of your boat

And thank you also Jerry, you guys are a great help! and your boat is amazing i couldn't imagine building something a vessel that beautiful

Thanks again Bill I personally have never welded but know many that do So i think ill take that idea and run with it, also i checked out your boat and you have done a wonderful job!

Hey Awesome job so far! boat looks great! are you using bracing on your floor? if so what type of material are you using? and how are you fastening?...Edit! never mind I just read above!