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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1976 Fisher Marine 15' flat bottom
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<blockquote data-quote="11B3G" data-source="post: 274470" data-attributes="member: 8989"><p>I plan on keeping the console... i will be hitting a lot of rivers with this thing and like to stand up and look forward of the boat for logs and so on against the banks...I will however be cutting it down and reducing its signature by about 50%.....</p><p> </p><p>I just finished my second coat of the spar varnish on my wood... I am replacing the old aluminum floor with wood.. I know its heavier but I wasn't interested in shelling out $250+ for the aluminum... I have a 76 Johnson 40HP on the back of it so I'm not so much concerned about not having enough motor... more or less I am worried about the boat weighing too much. I look at it like this though, I pulled out close if not more than 200lbs of that "upgraded" styrofoam you mentioned. The flooring doesnt weigh half of that.. If you use that tuff-coat over that spar varnish let me know how it adheres...I'm thinking I may use it as well...</p><p></p><p>As far as the front hatch, yes mine is gone.. I have a diamond plate cover that I'm using right now, there are 4 self tapping screws holding on little taps that I can rotate around to secure the hatch on it.... I'm coming up with a few ideas on how to make it look nice...maybe just a nice piece of aluminum with a hinge, then use that tuff coat on that whole deck...who knows..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="11B3G, post: 274470, member: 8989"] I plan on keeping the console... i will be hitting a lot of rivers with this thing and like to stand up and look forward of the boat for logs and so on against the banks...I will however be cutting it down and reducing its signature by about 50%..... I just finished my second coat of the spar varnish on my wood... I am replacing the old aluminum floor with wood.. I know its heavier but I wasn't interested in shelling out $250+ for the aluminum... I have a 76 Johnson 40HP on the back of it so I'm not so much concerned about not having enough motor... more or less I am worried about the boat weighing too much. I look at it like this though, I pulled out close if not more than 200lbs of that "upgraded" styrofoam you mentioned. The flooring doesnt weigh half of that.. If you use that tuff-coat over that spar varnish let me know how it adheres...I'm thinking I may use it as well... As far as the front hatch, yes mine is gone.. I have a diamond plate cover that I'm using right now, there are 4 self tapping screws holding on little taps that I can rotate around to secure the hatch on it.... I'm coming up with a few ideas on how to make it look nice...maybe just a nice piece of aluminum with a hinge, then use that tuff coat on that whole deck...who knows.. [/QUOTE]
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