Re: Sportboat max hp
The numbers on that boat are on a PA Fish and Game Comm. tag, it's a 6 digit number with the prefix PA.
The boat is called a 1984 on the title which calls it a 'Homemade Vessel' 'mfg Duratech'
The boat apparently got named a 1984 since that was when it was inspected in PA for a title or lost title.
I still haven't pulled the trigger on it, I don't think its going anywhere the way it sits now, and he's no advertising it.
He wants $1500 for the hull alone, no motor no interior.
The boat is painted red on top, white down the sides with blue bottom paint. The deck inside is 3/4" plywood over 2x2" wood cross members atop 5 large boxed aluminum stringers.
I can see where it was sort of an aqua blue before under the bow deck. The transom wood is in good shape except for the bottom 3 " or so beyond the top of the stringers. It's V cut to clear the middle stringer with aluminum angle and bolts securing it to the transom.
The boat is heavy, I measured the total length with a tape measure from the top rear edge of the transom to the tip of the bow I get 17' 2" long, the beam width at the widest point measures about 6' give or take an inch.
Someone else also thought that it needed more weight, the forward storage compartment has 6 huge lead railroad weights in it, probably about 300lbs or so. They're mounted to plywood panels made to straddle the stringers.
The battery is now at the rear under the splashwell. I'd consider putting the tank in the storage box, losing the weights, and depending on voltage drop issues, maybe put the battery all the way up in the bow, there's enough room under the bow to hold at least one battery, maybe two if I raise the floor a few inches and make hold downs.
As it sits now there's no rear deck, no console, and no motor, the forward deck looks to be intact. The hull looks great, not even a dent or ding anywhere.
If I knew what to do for a console, I'd probably go get it tomorrow. I'm a big man, so a side console may make the boat unbalanced when I run it alone, but I don't feel its narrow enough to put a center console in it, nor would I want to deal with cables run under the floor.
Also, there appears to be no flotation in the boat other than a few chunks of polystyrene under the front deck.
I'd consider either soda bottles or maybe insulation foam?
I have the 110 hp motor, controls, and plenty of other spare parts to put a boat together, all I need is a vision or plan for how this should look when it's done.
Something else that I saw and liked was stick steering, which would mean a row of seats down the middle, leaving the gunwales open to fish from. The only concern there is that the forward drivers seat would interfere with the in floor storage area, making mounting a seat pedestal a problem.
