I bought this 2009 1546 Alumacraft as my first boat and without doing enough learning before hand. The previous owner had done some decking and placed a center console- and I liked the appearance. Once I got it home I really started considering that there was ~250-300 lbs of plywood that had not been sealed and was already weathered, open cell spray foam, corroding screws, poor wiring, etc. I wasn't comfortable taking it out in that state. So my true lesson has begun- I am going to redo this myself with no experience except the internet and, most importantly, this website.
I plan to use aluminum to do the deck supports. I like the concept of using the ACM material for decking as I saw in Brine's build. I need to add a trolling motor, bracket, and GPS/Sounder. I also like the center console layout and plan to do that in this rebuild.
The outboard it came with is a 2005 Mercury 25hp bigfoot and its mounted on a manual jackplate. For the sake of money, I think I will be keeping this with the boat.
Anyone with ideas or hints.... please feel free to chime in. Again this is my first boat- I'd rather hear about issues now than when I get it finished.
Thanks!
I plan to use aluminum to do the deck supports. I like the concept of using the ACM material for decking as I saw in Brine's build. I need to add a trolling motor, bracket, and GPS/Sounder. I also like the center console layout and plan to do that in this rebuild.
The outboard it came with is a 2005 Mercury 25hp bigfoot and its mounted on a manual jackplate. For the sake of money, I think I will be keeping this with the boat.
Anyone with ideas or hints.... please feel free to chime in. Again this is my first boat- I'd rather hear about issues now than when I get it finished.
Thanks!