Thread: Boat Repair and Restoration (aluminum & fiberglass)

Originally Posted by 1perchjerker

Hanr3,
Suggestion for your boat re-do.
Place your batteries under your seats. Doesn't take up any more room than the seat.
You won't be able to use a pedestal seat but most of the area immediately around a pedestal is unused territory.
My seats are mounted on 2 supports (1 on each side) that reach from just behind the front of the seat to just before the rear of the seat. The simple ball bearing seat swivel spans the space on the top of the supports to which the seat attaches.
This leaves a space more than large enough for my battery tray and battery. Can leave the batteries in place for recharging. Have never had a problem with acid corrosion of the seat swivel being above the battery. Have had the rig for 34 years and changed out the swivels twice, due to me being a large person, not corrosion.
Hope this gives you an idea.
1perchjerker

You mean something like this?

Tried the Mr. Clean magic eraser on the dock rubs. It worked great, took off 5 yrs. worth of them off the boat. Thanks for the advice.
Dennis

INGrandad
Will try to photograph but give me a few days. Have to get the wife to use her camera and then go about learning to post the pictures.
On second thought, a quicker way may be to draw it out, scan it and then post it.
1perchjerker

You might find some of the fiberglass boxes in a boat boneyard -
lots of older trihulls had them. Room for a battery or two underneath,
a short 6" or so pedestal on top with seat. All that I saw just mounted to
the floor with screws around the flange, be easy to put down on plywood.

Hey, I called it quits on my boat, time to go fishing. Just today I thought of how could make a frame from my leftover aluminum angle to mount a frnt Anchormate and to clamp the trolling motor onto. It's gonna have to wait, I'm tired of messing with it. Wish now I'd painted the outer hull this year, gonna be a b!tch doing it next year with the added weight now, I'll never get it off and turned over.

It's only a 1436 so I really didn't want too high of a front deck. Plus, on a weekend evening there may be 2 or 3 of us walking around in it bowfishing, so I want to maximize stability. I'll find out this weekend if I've accomplished tt. (Fingers crossed)






Old Evinrude is new to me and this boat, got a new Minn Kota Traxxis on it. New depth finder, Humminbird 565. The old livewell I converted to a battery box. Need some more storage, next winter I may have to build over the stern fuel/battery area.

Originally Posted by INGrandad

Hey, I called it quits on my boat, time to go fishing. Just today I thought of how could make a frame from my leftover aluminum angle to mount a frnt Anchormate and to clamp the trolling motor onto. It's gonna have to wait, I'm tired of messing with it. Wish now I'd painted the outer hull this year, gonna be a b!tch doing it next year with the added weight now, I'll never get it off and turned over.

It's only a 1436 so I really didn't want too high of a front deck. Plus, on a weekend evening there may be 2 or 3 of us walking around in it bowfishing, so I want to maximize stability. I'll find out this weekend if I've accomplished tt. (Fingers crossed)






Old Evinrude is new to me and this boat, got a new Minn Kota Traxxis on it. New depth finder, Humminbird 565. The old livewell I converted to a battery box. Need some more storage, next winter I may have to build over the stern fuel/battery area.

Pretty nice set up there,my friend,...and that Evinrude motor looks good on there. I currently have a 1973 Sea Nymph 14R "Big Water" boat that has
anchor mates fore and aft,nav lights,and horn. My rig is powered by an 18 HP
Evinrude Fastwin made about the same time yours was. For a 1973 rig,mine is
in pretty good shape for her age.

Here are some pics of my new deck extension on my 2001 bass tracker pt 165 .

1648 Alumacraft Livewell mockup for fabrication. Installing it in the center seat. Will post final video including plumbing when it's done.

Originally Posted by KevinWI

1648 Alumacraft Livewell mockup for fabrication. Installing it in the center seat. Will post final video including plumbing when it's done. ]

Should have updated this awhile ago....Here is the livewell installed and in action

That Mr. Clean is some good stuff and good for a multitude of applications.

aj