bluegillfisher
Well-known member
Hello,
I got my lowes big(1448)jon four summers ago. I found this site in spring of '08 and have worked on my boat as long as it didn't keep me from putting it in the water. My boat is from the mid '80's and the evinrude 25 is a '89.
Here's a picture from the second summer.
I put new bunks on the trailer that spring and had the motor worked on so she was running fine. The P.O. had installed the front light and the beautiful astro turf.
This last fall I stepped through part of the floor in the back and I knew it was time to replace the 15 to 25 year old plywood.
I am not looking for a fancy boat. I like to fly fish and the third year I added a rear deck to stand on. My 45 lb minn-kota goes on the back and I re-wired the switches for lights and the bilge pump I started using the year before.
A picture before the deck.
I made the rear deck(and plan to make the front) from a plywood sign that the local library had put up when they were building a new building.
The rear deck locks. And I have to remove the seat to fully access the storage.
Of course, I need to clean the mildew off and repaint(again).
I am a "big" woman and I used 2x4 and filled the sides in with shaped cypress. The hinge is a piano stainless steel one that I got at an estate sale. The front of the deck over laps on the seat and I put a piece of pine on seat so I could screw seat base on to it. These pictures are this spring and I had been using this for 2 years now.
Picture of rear deck closed:
The outside of the boat is butt ugly. And I have to paint the numbers this spring, cause you can't really read them anymore. But the plan is to get this thing in the water.
I started calling my local recycle yard and today I went and picked up my new floors.
This panel is over 48" wide and longer that 96" It has tubing welded every 12" or so. I will fill the boat ribs with pink foam I have and pop rivet the panels to the ribs. Angle will be added as needed. I am priming the alum and painting with Cabela's non-slip paint.
The front of the boat is getting the most changes. I tried to "draw" on photo what I want to do.
I got my lowes big(1448)jon four summers ago. I found this site in spring of '08 and have worked on my boat as long as it didn't keep me from putting it in the water. My boat is from the mid '80's and the evinrude 25 is a '89.
Here's a picture from the second summer.
I put new bunks on the trailer that spring and had the motor worked on so she was running fine. The P.O. had installed the front light and the beautiful astro turf.
This last fall I stepped through part of the floor in the back and I knew it was time to replace the 15 to 25 year old plywood.
I am not looking for a fancy boat. I like to fly fish and the third year I added a rear deck to stand on. My 45 lb minn-kota goes on the back and I re-wired the switches for lights and the bilge pump I started using the year before.
A picture before the deck.
I made the rear deck(and plan to make the front) from a plywood sign that the local library had put up when they were building a new building.
The rear deck locks. And I have to remove the seat to fully access the storage.
Of course, I need to clean the mildew off and repaint(again).
I am a "big" woman and I used 2x4 and filled the sides in with shaped cypress. The hinge is a piano stainless steel one that I got at an estate sale. The front of the deck over laps on the seat and I put a piece of pine on seat so I could screw seat base on to it. These pictures are this spring and I had been using this for 2 years now.
Picture of rear deck closed:
The outside of the boat is butt ugly. And I have to paint the numbers this spring, cause you can't really read them anymore. But the plan is to get this thing in the water.
I started calling my local recycle yard and today I went and picked up my new floors.
This panel is over 48" wide and longer that 96" It has tubing welded every 12" or so. I will fill the boat ribs with pink foam I have and pop rivet the panels to the ribs. Angle will be added as needed. I am priming the alum and painting with Cabela's non-slip paint.
The front of the boat is getting the most changes. I tried to "draw" on photo what I want to do.