rivermudcat
Cadet
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2011
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- 9
After many good years in my 83 17 ft bass tracker, the mercury went out and the transom finally rotted . Well after further inspection i found all the foam under the seats was water logged and mostly rotten . So since the hull was still in good shape only a few leaky rivets to rebuild it . I have started totally gutting the boat my plan is to make it into utility type Jon boat , Has anybody ever done this with a bass tracker hull ? my next question is I'm thinking Of converting it over to a tiller type boat and running a 30-35 horsepower outboard , It would do about 30 miles an hour with the fifty horse . I was thinking since im removing the seats and all there would be a enough weight reduction that i could get away with the smaller motor ? any input would be great , thanks