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YJ, I think they were 4 foot stock 3/4 inch from big box, used 10 or 11 inch nipples down at flange to trailer, then cut pvc length plus a inch or so to cover with caps slid on. Picture above doesn't show how I have temporary ratchet straps holding guide ons in place, as I didn't weld them in...

a little more work on the boat… mounted the fighting chair: and in action:

I really like repurposing the 'walker' to a 'grab bar'…..going to probably use that…. Great looking job on the bench seat, too.

Way too hot to be working on a boat….but even so, the show must go on... Some recent use of almost latest improvements: Started on a rod locker, drilled into bulkhead on front casting deck and install six golf club tubes to slide rod tips into. Then prototyped rod butt holders, with a...

Well, its been awhile, I haven't done a lot to the boat… But, I have have a little with it… that was a little field testing of the new rod rack… I managed to hang some reds and specks down in La. on it. I am back in TN, and now for some crappie. Getting ready to start working on boat in a...

Great looking finish, and utility built in everywhere. A great looking and I bet a great fishing boat.

Got some drilling, screwing and riveting done: Installed a couple of galvanized pipe guide ons with a PVC cover, will add lights to posts at some later time. Removed old wood rod rack from back casting deck and temporary mount of new rod rack. Posts are newly found alum posts, mounting...

Was just looking at the pic of the boat on trailer behind the truck…sweet… I am doing guide ons right now out of galv pipe mounted on flange, I was going to drop a pvc section over it and thought about running lights, too… I see that you ran a bolt thru the pvc section into your upright steel...

then you are down in my old neck of the woods, used to fish out of Shell Beach and Hopedale with mine most of the time. I like your flooring back by the transom. I hadn't come up with an idea for that yet, I had been using some rubber mats there. I don't have a welder, but rivets will have to...

Progress today, shoulda went fishing, I am going into withdrawals... More donor alum, good strong tube, some pre bent angles, and two adjustable brackets: Prototype time, for rod holder racks: I don't have my triangles in the mix yet for bracing support, I am not prototyping with...

I will be watching your build, I am running into some of the same issues (batteries…and what to do with them)… Let me share a personal battery experience. I had a battery in a 74' Monte Carlo, with a cracked post explode while my hand was holding a combo wrench over the battery, the explosion...

Mojo, thanks for the comments, I wish I had the time to do the detail that you are doing, but if I did that I wouldn't live long enough to do any more fishing… so, its put in as many features as possible to add to my fishing time, now, and pretty it up later…maybe…if there is enough time. It...

ictalurus, thanks, its a good sturdy boat, hope to make it better. Its idea time, I scored some alum pieces today. A truck slotted track rack. One piece is hanging above the rear rod holders and other is along the open side of the boat at the gunwale. Pretty hefty stuff, has a running...

Time for progress... Sizing up the trolling motor mount, I used the original mount used with the old Motorguide screwed in its original holes, then sized up a piece of the bow deck that I previously cut over the top of it: Rough fit the new base plate by screwing it into the original mount...

Really nice, I like the lights in the compartments. I have a few small led lights that I was going to install, this idea may be a game changer.

thanks for posting all your work on this one. I have spent a few hours going through it, well worth it. Got a few ideas from your posts.

thanks for posting the progress shots, along with the problems you encounter. I have started cutting into mine and I am getting some ideas from your work. Cant wait to see the finished boat. But only if you post the progress before you get there.

Time to commit: Past the point of no return: Where the bait tank might live one day: Where the bait tank has been used so far: New view from my new BowRider: I have done a little more cutting an fabricating, I decided on a permanent location for the trolling motor, more in...

Some dreaming before any major cutting: Initial thoughts on new batteries placement and bait tank and trolling motor: Full view with rod holders where I have been using them this year: Transom area, thinking about making hatch/hatches for motor/aux battery/batteries, and six gallon gas...

Former Marsh Runner to TVA Lake troller, Weld Craft 1652 Sportsman rebuild What a great website and resource! Seeking ideas as I rebuild my boat to accommodate my special needs to abuse the waters of TN. A little introduction: I purchased this rig Weld-Craft 1652 MUV Sportsman welded alum...