Thread: Crosby sled

I think I have talked myself in to doing away with the original fiberglass floor and gonna use 1/2 inch plywood and glass it to the sides to make it watertight and add foam via holes drilled through the floor. I believe this would work better to secure the seat bases for my stick steering setup. I just have to figure out how I am going to get the wood to take the curve as the floor turns up to the bow. One more question, this may have been asked a hundred times but with a trihull boat if you have a leak below the deck and it is in one of the channels to the left or right of the center how could you get the water out without having a drain plug per section of the hull.

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These are the pictures I am referring to. It's the closest thing I have found to my boat only mine does not have the side console anymore. The previous owner had it set up for stick steer.

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I used 1/2 inch plywood. I drilled about 2 inch holes with a holesaw in each chamber of the hull. I drilled them about every 3 feet. I tilted the boat nose up so the foam would run to the back. Measure foam parts, mix and dump, allow the foam to expand and start to set before i made another pour. . I had tabbed the plywood to the hull around the edges, poured all the foam, put wood plugs back in the hole, fiber glassed them in and layed in a thick layer of fiber glass cloth, built it up and was ready to go. It was an awesome little fishing boat. 25 hp would zip you along nicely. Set up with stick steering would be even better.

The model I have is rated for 65hp. And had a 50 on it when I got it. So I imagine its gonna be crazy fast as long as I can keep the weight down.

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Great project and those old tri hulls ride real good.

I do like the looks of it. A 50 hp motor on that front drive stick steer would be pretty quick.
Do you know the year model?

I do not. The title to it states 1967 but looks nothing like any pictures I have found during that time frame. Closest thing I have found is a 1980 model. The hull ID plate is missing at the bow eye and the capacity plate says it was manufactured in Marianna FL. I read that the facility burned in late 1967 and was relocated to Panama City Florida. So to be honest I have no idea what I truly have. It doesn't have the cable steering like boats from that era and I cant find where those holes would have been repaired either. I believe it was a side console at one time but was changed to stick steer by the PO.

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My dad had 2 when I was growing up. Both console steer. Of the three I have been around none of them look like the one you have. It looks like a great fishing boat