Thread: New project-like I need more to do

I've been thinking about picking up a second boat, a project boat, to fix up and leave in Louisiana. I've seen a few that would have worked but just weren't quite what I was looking for. About a month ago, a CDC member from Kentucky, Sourmash, listed a boat for sale in the classified section. It's a 16'4" Grumman GMF aluminum v bottom with a 50 hp Force on the back. No electronics or trolling motor, which is OK, between me and Jeff we have most of what we need to make it usable. The plywood was getting bad so sourmash had partially dismantled it but never got it back together. He saved all the tricky pieces for templets and even threw in the new carpet. It also came with the Chilton style shop manual for the motor. I talked to sourmash on the phone and a deal was made to buy the boat with an agreement to back out if it wasn't as described.

Monday I picked Jeff up at 3 am and we headed to Kentucky. Sourmash had the boat ready to go, the bearings checked and greased and the lights in working order. A quick stop to transfer title and we were headed back north. We avoided the interstate and thanks to Jeffs GPS were able to find a shorter route home. It took 2 hours longer and we went down some Indiana donkey trails, we even had one road closed with a bridge out sign, but we made it home with no issues.

The plan is to work on getting it how we want it over the summer, use it around here some and then haul it south in the fall, hopefully for the D'arbonne camp in November. I think it will be perfect for how we fish down there and it sure beats pulling a boat down and back when we go.

Here's a few pics of our "project"