Wbrownlee
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[im playing with this old monarch boat. It was my grandpas. It’s a 16/48 but it’s a 1969 monarch from Monticello Arkansas. He bought it used in 72. And we did a lot of crappie fishing out of her. So far I’ve stripped it back to basics foamed the floor with the 2” polystyrene and built free aluminum floors side panels and rail caps. I got some scrap from work and the aluminum is the skin off an 18 wheeler and the caps are from the floors that hold everything together I took off the 69 Johnson and found an 86 25 horse tiller steer. I have a huge trolling motor for the front. But I’m going to run the 50 pound one for a bit to see if it does the job. Planning on a big front deck as soon as I find some cheap hatch lids to build too. Any suggestions? Going to cover the aluminum with foam stuff and steel flex the outside this summer.