Search results

I'm most certainly going to test first but I've seen videos that use this without it attacking this type of foam: https://www.uscomposites.com/epoxy.html Tony

After pricing aluminum sheet, I'm thinking sealed marine grade ply is a better way for me to go. Ply is 1/4 the cost and only weighs 6 more pounds per 4x8 sheet then .09 aluminum. Tony

onthewater102, Thanks for the advice. I've read similar threads that make the same suggestion. As for the foam, I've done a ton of research and landed on making billets of the XPS pink stuff you purchase at big box. I can shape that and seal it with an epoxy coating to protect it from any...

Day 3 & 4 The re-framing part of the bow is 80% complete. Raised the floor 6 inches up from the factory and added an additional 18-20 inches in depth. This will allow for a larger fishing platform and more storage. The original live well is in place and braced. Everything seems rock solid. The...

Hey Jethro, Nice to hear from you! This is my first boat ever. Trying to rebuild it right. I love the fact the aluminum is a foundation you can build on. Only researched Sylvan since buying the boat but looks like the made descent fishing boats until 2014. Tony

Day 2 Demo complete!

Day 1 Four hours of demo completed. After hacking small chunks of foam out using a claw hammer, we figured out that a sharp garden spade was much more efficient at foam removal. The foam is fairly easy to pry off the aluminum bottom. What I don't understand is why the manufactures poured foam...

I forgot to mention that the original owner had titled this as a "1990 Bass Catcher". I can't verify that. All my internet searching has only found one other image of a sylvan troller with this exact paint scheme. A search of "Bass Catcher" appeared to show a completely different model. The...

My brother-n-law purchased this boat, motor, trailer combination for $800 and sold it to me last Christmas. We are in the process of gutting and rebuilding this summer. The carpet and decking were in severely bad shape. After removing it, we found the factory flotation foam was also...