EddyMoney
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Well here we go... So, we've had this boat laying around up north for a while now, mostly collecting dust in our garage up north. My grandma bought it for the grandkids to use about 10 or so years ago, and it got a little action for a couple summers but for the past several years has sat around. Since my grandma's passing my dad has acquired ownership of the boat, and after pestering him for a little bit he has given me a green light as far as remodeling the boat goes.
I won't be able to work on the boat for a couple more months now until I finish school, but it should be a fun project to work on while making it a bit more aesthetically appealing and fishable/functioning. This is what I've come up with thus far as for the major undertakings for the boat:
1) Paint job - The camo needs to go. I believe the previous owner used it for duck hunting and thus went with the camouflage color (it actually works - me and my dad almost "lost" the boat one time - true story). I don't anticipate that I will be doing any duck hunting or spec-ops missions through swamps any time soon so I think I can go with a new scheme. (pics below)
2) Floor - the boat currently doesn't have any true structure of a floor, or it least any that I recall, and the one that does exist is basically just a number of random pieces of lumber laid in there. True flooring with some possible storage would go a long way.
3) Seating - the current benches have been cut up and modified for storage purposes by the previous owner. Some of them are a bit flimsy, a little sharp, and overall unappealing and uncomfortable. One of them has accumulated a little bit of rust (I don't think this is the overall structure of the hull has but just underneath/inside the benches - I hope). In any event, I'd pretty much like to scrap the entire current assembly and start from scratch, which I think I'd have to do if I wanted to put in a true floor anyway. I'm not exactly sure what the future seating will look like - perhaps some legitimate seats, possibly some new benches, or possibly seats on benches.
There are a few other projects that need attention as well. The engine needs a little bit of work (I'm sort of considering that a separate project that will require special attention further down the road). It would be really cool to throw in a deck at some point. A legit steering unit would be fun too, but that may be well beyond my level of expertise here. On the positive side, the boat seems to be doing well structurally. We were able to take it out on the water last summer and I don't recall any problems with leaks, so that is a definite plus.
I'm not exactly sure what the order of operations will be here. The obvious first step seems the clean the boat as well as possible and remove any undesired existing components, but after that it seems like some people paint first, while others work on the interior construction first and paint last. So, I'll have to figure that out. I do intend on scrapping the entire interior and basically working from the ground up afterwards.
Anyhow, this should be fun! I'd like to iron out my plans and get a good feel for what I'm trying to do before I get started. I will gladly accept any help with this as I am pretty new to the whole process. I've searched the forums for a while now and have a feel for how I need to go about things, but could always use help with my train of thought or specific tasks. If you see an errors in my though process thus far, please feel free to help me!
I will upload some pics when I have a chance, sorry it's being a bit difficult at the moment.
I won't be able to work on the boat for a couple more months now until I finish school, but it should be a fun project to work on while making it a bit more aesthetically appealing and fishable/functioning. This is what I've come up with thus far as for the major undertakings for the boat:
1) Paint job - The camo needs to go. I believe the previous owner used it for duck hunting and thus went with the camouflage color (it actually works - me and my dad almost "lost" the boat one time - true story). I don't anticipate that I will be doing any duck hunting or spec-ops missions through swamps any time soon so I think I can go with a new scheme. (pics below)
2) Floor - the boat currently doesn't have any true structure of a floor, or it least any that I recall, and the one that does exist is basically just a number of random pieces of lumber laid in there. True flooring with some possible storage would go a long way.
3) Seating - the current benches have been cut up and modified for storage purposes by the previous owner. Some of them are a bit flimsy, a little sharp, and overall unappealing and uncomfortable. One of them has accumulated a little bit of rust (I don't think this is the overall structure of the hull has but just underneath/inside the benches - I hope). In any event, I'd pretty much like to scrap the entire current assembly and start from scratch, which I think I'd have to do if I wanted to put in a true floor anyway. I'm not exactly sure what the future seating will look like - perhaps some legitimate seats, possibly some new benches, or possibly seats on benches.
There are a few other projects that need attention as well. The engine needs a little bit of work (I'm sort of considering that a separate project that will require special attention further down the road). It would be really cool to throw in a deck at some point. A legit steering unit would be fun too, but that may be well beyond my level of expertise here. On the positive side, the boat seems to be doing well structurally. We were able to take it out on the water last summer and I don't recall any problems with leaks, so that is a definite plus.
I'm not exactly sure what the order of operations will be here. The obvious first step seems the clean the boat as well as possible and remove any undesired existing components, but after that it seems like some people paint first, while others work on the interior construction first and paint last. So, I'll have to figure that out. I do intend on scrapping the entire interior and basically working from the ground up afterwards.
Anyhow, this should be fun! I'd like to iron out my plans and get a good feel for what I'm trying to do before I get started. I will gladly accept any help with this as I am pretty new to the whole process. I've searched the forums for a while now and have a feel for how I need to go about things, but could always use help with my train of thought or specific tasks. If you see an errors in my though process thus far, please feel free to help me!
I will upload some pics when I have a chance, sorry it's being a bit difficult at the moment.