Never thought of restoring a boat, I just liked to fish out of them. But, back in '09 I didn't have one, and was saving for a house in advance of my second child's arrival, so when my dad said I could have the old boat sitting out by the scrap metal pile--I took it.
14' 1960 Duracraft - light and narrow
1970 Evinrude 6 hp.
My grandpa owned it and sold it to my dad who fished it for a little while, and then returned to his larger procraft. My brother used it duck hunting just long enough to nearly destroy it, and then it sat in the yard for 5 years and was eventually moved to the "haul off" pile.
I hadn't yet discovered this site until well into the project, so I learned a lot restoring this boat--the hard way. For starters, if the guy at the paint store says, "If you use the right primer (aluminum self etching), you can put a latex enamel over it and it will work," that is false. Yes, it will adhere, until it spends some time in the water. Thus, I painted the thing twice. In fact, the project was two stages. Fix it up, fish out of it and decide what you don't like, and re-fix it up (including stripping and repainting it).
I recently inherited a TX-17, which is in progress, and sold this one to another family member. In advance of my post on my latest project, I thought I'd post this one. Just remember, I was, and still am, a novice. And, I invest too much in diapers, formula, preschool, etc., to pour a whole lot into either one of these projects (<$1500). Fortunately, neither of them have required that much. I caught a lot of fish out of it in a year and a half.
Here are the pics from when I started, first phase, and finished product. Start and end of phase 1 in this post. Finished product in next post.
14' 1960 Duracraft - light and narrow
1970 Evinrude 6 hp.
My grandpa owned it and sold it to my dad who fished it for a little while, and then returned to his larger procraft. My brother used it duck hunting just long enough to nearly destroy it, and then it sat in the yard for 5 years and was eventually moved to the "haul off" pile.
I hadn't yet discovered this site until well into the project, so I learned a lot restoring this boat--the hard way. For starters, if the guy at the paint store says, "If you use the right primer (aluminum self etching), you can put a latex enamel over it and it will work," that is false. Yes, it will adhere, until it spends some time in the water. Thus, I painted the thing twice. In fact, the project was two stages. Fix it up, fish out of it and decide what you don't like, and re-fix it up (including stripping and repainting it).
I recently inherited a TX-17, which is in progress, and sold this one to another family member. In advance of my post on my latest project, I thought I'd post this one. Just remember, I was, and still am, a novice. And, I invest too much in diapers, formula, preschool, etc., to pour a whole lot into either one of these projects (<$1500). Fortunately, neither of them have required that much. I caught a lot of fish out of it in a year and a half.
Here are the pics from when I started, first phase, and finished product. Start and end of phase 1 in this post. Finished product in next post.
