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So I tried filling it up today to check for leaks... however about half way through my sawhorse the boat was sitting on started to sink... and it started raining right after I picked the boat up off the sawhorse... Maybe will try some concrete pads to set the sawhorses on. From first glance...

Hi all... I have been away for a really long time since I sold my Arkansas Traveler, but this weekend I picked up a 1970 Ouachita 1636 Jon. I also picked up a outboard to go with. I need to take all the paperwork down to TPWD to transfer everything over... hopefully it doesn’t take too long...

I guess so.

I hear ya...I have to go on a workout and exercise plan to get into my boat lol.

Well I went to look at it and its not 15'-6" its 14'-6"...and the usgs plate was under the carpet...didnt know you could legally do that... Its a 3 person or 740 lbs of total capacity... No bigger than the one I have now...darn. Oh well I will keep working on the one I have lol.

Ok I will check for that when I go look at the boat. Thanks for your help!

Ok thanks for the info! What is the capacity for your duracraft?

Hi guys I am looking into another boat mainly because of capacity. I am trying to identify this 1987 Duracraft boat. I have looked up the Texas parks and wildlife info and it says it's 14' long. The guy selling it says it measures 15'-6". With the bottom of the boat being 4'-10" wide. Not...

So to clarify I did 1 rivet. I wanted to see if the rivets would work for the holes. I have never riveted a boat before. So instead of buying a whole bag of rivets and them not working. I used one of the free ones that came with my rivet gun :-D

A little more progress lol. All of my old hardware is rusted and I think I am going to have to get the grinder out to remove some of the angles and rusted screws.

So I got my new rivet gun :-D It looks like the holes I patched with the screws and rubber gaskets are 3/16" holes. Here are the results. I used an open blind rivet but I am going to switch to the closed rivets for the actual repairs.

So I got my boat back to the house this last week...I ended up finding a bunch of my old parts and pieces in the shed that I can still use so I wil be staying with my original color scheme of gray inside. Found my seats and my carpet! So here it is sitting at my folks place. She's in...

So all the plates I see state: Max Persons = 5 people or 750 lbs Max weight (Gear, persons, & Motor) = 1050 lbs Like this I have been doing more research on this and every plate I see seems to have 2 options the max number of people and then to total max weight which includes the motor...

its a 14 footer... I count at 2 people lol... I guess I will have to keep the build weight down as much as possible...

Would 1/2" plywood work for decking horizontal surfaces and 1/4" plywood for vertical surfaces work? I am going to be doing framing out of aluminum or 1x3s & 1x2s Trying to keep the weight down.

Okay I did the calculations and came up with about 780 lbs. from the USCG website. This included the weight of the motor, fuel, and 100 lbs of building materials... I also did the calculations from another boat building website and came up with 750 lbs. This is the same figure that is like...

Hi guys...I am trying to restore my old Arkansas Traveler and install decking and etc. I have gained a little weight since I first started my project lol. I also have a little one and the wife. So I am trying to figure out what would be the best way to determing what the capacity of my...

Is this stuff salvageable?

I forgot to mention...the seam that looks to be leaking is near a dent in the hull...can I get the dent out without messing stuff up? You can kind of see it in this pic. Here it is in an old picture circled.

Here are the pictures. Looks like one of the rivets is totally blown out... Here is the seam that's leaking... Here are the hole patches I attempted a few years back... want to try to replace these with rivets. And totally on a side note...why are my pictures turning when I post then...