brittonp83
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Good morning and hello!
Long time looker, first time poster. I've gotten a lot from just reading posts on here but just now joined after a few years of reading.
My fishing buddy and I have been fishing out of a 1232 for the past few years. We're in an electric only jon boat club here in the the Piedmont of NC. It's been a blast but it was definitely time for a bigger boat. I found a 1448 up in Hickory last week and had to jump on it after loosing a couple other deals off craigslist.
I'm pretty excited to get it all setup. The plan is for relatively small casting decks fore and aft. I've already got 3/4" pin pedestal bases, 11" fixed height posts, 17" - 20" adjustable height posts, seat plates, 20 oz marine carpet, glue and a 36v Riptide for the back.
I'd like to do the decks all in aluminum. The framing with aluminum angle won't be tough at all, but aluminum sheet was more expensive than I thought so I'm looking at other options. A couple of my buddy's have access to old road signs, so they're checking around for me.
I'm gonna wait a couple weeks or a month to save up for a bigger bow mount motor. We have an old Motorguide 35 on the old boat. I think it'll work for steerage for now.
The Riptide will get a bigfoot switch to be operated from up front and a 36v continuous duty solenoid in the back. I've also picked up a 3 bank onboard charger.
As you can see I already started the mods by cutting out the partial benches and the side livewell behind them. The livewell had a hull penetration that'll need to be patched and sealed, no bigger than 3/4". I was thinking just a rubber washer inside the hole, then a bolt and nut to sandwich the first washer between two bigger rubber washers and two regular washers. Then Gluvit.
I have a gallon of Steelflex. That's my project this weekend. I also have a 2lb Gluvit kit. My plan for Saturday is to leak test the hull after patching the livewell hull penetration. Hopefully nothing or not too many rivets need to be rebucked, because I don't have the tools. I was planning on stripping the bottom, sealing all rivets with Gluvit, then Steelflexing everything below the waterline. Should I seal the rivets with Gluvit from the bottom of the hull at the head or from the inside at the ribs?
I pulled the transom apart. It's solid, stable and thick. I'll treat it to some sealer then reassemble. I'm missing a starboard transom corner piece so I thought about replacing both with a fabbed up piece with angle and a brace.
All the work and material costs seem a little overwhelming, so I'm trying to break it down one piece at a time. Electrical will be the big cost, as I tend to go overkill with wire sizing and sealing.
Any advice, suggestions, lessons learned, ideas or anything would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Britton
Long time looker, first time poster. I've gotten a lot from just reading posts on here but just now joined after a few years of reading.
My fishing buddy and I have been fishing out of a 1232 for the past few years. We're in an electric only jon boat club here in the the Piedmont of NC. It's been a blast but it was definitely time for a bigger boat. I found a 1448 up in Hickory last week and had to jump on it after loosing a couple other deals off craigslist.
I'm pretty excited to get it all setup. The plan is for relatively small casting decks fore and aft. I've already got 3/4" pin pedestal bases, 11" fixed height posts, 17" - 20" adjustable height posts, seat plates, 20 oz marine carpet, glue and a 36v Riptide for the back.
I'd like to do the decks all in aluminum. The framing with aluminum angle won't be tough at all, but aluminum sheet was more expensive than I thought so I'm looking at other options. A couple of my buddy's have access to old road signs, so they're checking around for me.
I'm gonna wait a couple weeks or a month to save up for a bigger bow mount motor. We have an old Motorguide 35 on the old boat. I think it'll work for steerage for now.
The Riptide will get a bigfoot switch to be operated from up front and a 36v continuous duty solenoid in the back. I've also picked up a 3 bank onboard charger.
As you can see I already started the mods by cutting out the partial benches and the side livewell behind them. The livewell had a hull penetration that'll need to be patched and sealed, no bigger than 3/4". I was thinking just a rubber washer inside the hole, then a bolt and nut to sandwich the first washer between two bigger rubber washers and two regular washers. Then Gluvit.
I have a gallon of Steelflex. That's my project this weekend. I also have a 2lb Gluvit kit. My plan for Saturday is to leak test the hull after patching the livewell hull penetration. Hopefully nothing or not too many rivets need to be rebucked, because I don't have the tools. I was planning on stripping the bottom, sealing all rivets with Gluvit, then Steelflexing everything below the waterline. Should I seal the rivets with Gluvit from the bottom of the hull at the head or from the inside at the ribs?
I pulled the transom apart. It's solid, stable and thick. I'll treat it to some sealer then reassemble. I'm missing a starboard transom corner piece so I thought about replacing both with a fabbed up piece with angle and a brace.
All the work and material costs seem a little overwhelming, so I'm trying to break it down one piece at a time. Electrical will be the big cost, as I tend to go overkill with wire sizing and sealing.
Any advice, suggestions, lessons learned, ideas or anything would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Britton