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hey YJ, look how stable my V became after the pontoons. my friend was flipping and pitching standing on the front bench all morning long.

i store them in the original bag, and store the bags in Plano boxes. this keeps them organized and easy to identify, if you remove the air and fold them properly, you can fit about 16 bags per 3700 tray, 4 per row, removing all the dividers leaving only 4 long compartments, and storing 4 bags...

i keep all my tackle in Plano 3700 trays and i keep them in tackle bags like this one: when im going on the bass boat i just put the bags in the boat, and the ones that dont fit in the bag, i put them in the boat between the bags. for the electric only tin boat, i built this storage system...

currently working for an Italian company building pipelines, right now we are building a 530 km, 30" duct. im in the QA/QC department as a Coating Inspector. its fun and keeps me out of the office most of the times.

a flat floor would be nice, it would be more comfortable... that would be a nice addition, plus the pedestal seats from the bassboat... however im afraid it would be too much weight, and maybe i would need to put another motor in there.... besides, i need to make some sort of drain plug, as...

well, i had planned on fixing the position of the transducer today after fishing in the morning. but when i went, i noticed the FF is working perfectly. i think yesterday's false readings were because i was running out of battery (i had to paddle my way back to the ramp), because today...

for the permanent brackets i used aluminium. i riveted them to the horizontal "fin", and bolted them to the top lip. for the ones that hold the PVC, i used scrap material i had laying around. to fix the PVC to the vertical bar, we used a thin aluminium strip bolted to the vertical bar. we...

thanx. in order not to drill more holes below the water line i had made the motor board longer, but i guess that wont work unless the transom TM is OFF, so ill have to move the transducer to one side. today i tested it (in the center position right by the motor) and i got a weird reading, maybe...

in fact, my fishing buddy fished for a while standing in front of the front bench, and when he got tired he sat in the bow, in the small triangle that reinforces both sides of the boat. he also leaned to one side while standing in front of the bench, while i leaned to the same side standing in...

ok, if you have any question just let me know. hopefully tomorrow i will finish the first stage of the boat modifications, including carpeting and some other things, i will keep my thread updated and i will post better pics of the pontoons and how everything is assembled.

i know it may look odd, maybe a little redneck, but if it makes the ride and the fishing more comfortable (and dry), i dont care how it looks....

hey, im going to install a small FF to my tin boat. this FF i already have it on the glass boat, and to install it there, i drilled 2 small holes and covered them with silicone sealer, it doesnt leaks or anything. however, i wouldnt like to drill holes on the tin boat below the water line. so...

hopefully you can make something like that. i just returned from the lake, we tested it with 2 people, and we were able to fish standing up without a problem. it became so stable, im drilling the benches to install the pedestal seats i have on the bassboat. at one time we were both leaning over...

ok course not!! i used 6" pipe, 5 feet long per side. im thinking maybe i will add a cone shape made out of fiberglass to make ir more aerodynamic, for now i just used regular caps. they told me PVC is expensive in the US, i live in Mexico and a 10 feet tube was $20, the 4 caps were another...

yes, they flip very easy. i would higly recommend a set of pontoons, i just finished mine today. i tested them on the local lake, and i could stand up and lean over the side, and the boat would remain stable. its so stable i think i will add raised bassboat-like seats to it.

well, today i almost finished the pontoons, i just have to paint them and cut a bit of the vertical bar, so, i headed to the lake to test them. before, i could stand on the boat if i was alone, but i had to be centered. with the pontoons, i could stand on the side of the boat, and lean over...

thanx Surfman, i hadnt seen those pods. however, i dont see how they would work, as i need stability to the sides, not to the back. and i dont think welding them to the sides would be a good idea becaus of the drag...

i was about to ask if you had already taken the boat to the water, when i read your last post.... as you already discovered, this boats are really unstable.... i have managed to fish standing up when all by myself, but with another person, its impossible, if one is going to lean over to pick a...

thanx. i see several advantages to them over regular lights. first of all, i get those for $0.85 each, i use 3 per side, so i have about $5 in them, plus the wiring and the plug. besides, they are "low profile" and come with a strip of 3M glue so i just clean the surface and stick them in...

well, it is very unstable, one man can stand up CAREFULLY if the other one knows and sits exactly in the center... 2 men standing on one side, is completely impossible. i was not able to find something else reasonably priced, the couple of boats i was were way overpriced, so i decided to...