Making honey out of Horse sh.......

[crabcrusher]

Thanks Fishyman, i never really considered that option, but it could be a goer.
I certainly dont want to load up the boat to much and that is a great way lighten up the load.

[crabcrusher]

Have been a tad quiet on the construction front due to the Cold weather. So i recommenced last Saturday on the back section of the hull.

As well as the flooring, a livewell was in order, so after doing a bit of field testing to work out the best location to stick the well. I came to the conclusion that there needed to be more weight down back. The area was measured and the best product to fit the bill was a Nylex Recycling tub.

So i collected all the ingredients and started cooking.... by Saturday night the base of the well was in a plumbed...

[crabcrusher]

After a bit more cutting,drillling,bending,folding,sanding and ironing the rear section of the deck was almost there

Will finish off the final pieceof deck, to sit behind the motor this week, and then work out some chairs

[crabcrusher]

Also labelled all the switches with Trefolyte labels for convenience

[ruski]

Top work Nick, looks awesome mate!

[Justin Boyle]

beautiful workmanship there. Would love this boat for myself. I imagine though you will be working that 15hp pretty hard though. If money permits an upgrade to double that would probably be worthwhile. Wouldn't be surprised if it was more economical because you don't have to work it so hard. Thanks for going to the effort of posting the progress up because it has been quite interestin.

Justin

[crabcrusher]

Originally Posted by ruski

Top work Nick, looks awesome mate!

Thanks Paul. its getting there slowly

[crabcrusher]

Originally Posted by Justin Boyle

beautiful workmanship there. Would love this boat for myself. I imagine though you will be working that 15hp pretty hard though. If money permits an upgrade to double that would probably be worthwhile. Wouldn't be surprised if it was more economical because you don't have to work it so hard. Thanks for going to the effort of posting the progress up because it has been quite interestin.

Justin

Thanks Justin. I managed to take the boat out for a run a few weks ago, to get a feel for how it sat on the water, prior to fitting more gear in. I was quiet impressed with how the 15hp went considering. I will more than likley upgrade to a larger motor in the near fiuture, and i certainly agree with your thery on the economy.

I initailly thought that i would have trouble getting the boat on the plane, but she popped up with ease. My biggest concern was the front dipping while fishing, as the motor is so light it doesnt counter balance weight when two are up on th front casting deck. It will handle this but there was certainly a tilt to the setup. This is the reason i decided to put the well at the back and i will also shed weight from the front by moving the deep cycle batteries to either the very back or centre.

More field testing is required.

[IceManDude]

Coming along really nicely Nick. Looks great. Very neat.

[kingo]

great work nick, ive been away for a while mate,,,,just finished reading your post from wo to go...awsome stuff buddy ive done the same thing over the years to my boats....very rewarding.

[junior_fisho]

looks great nick, pretty professional job on it
if you need help testing im here

cheers james

[crabcrusher]

Thanks gents, ive still got a bit to go, so fingers crossed. I would recommend to anyone thinking of giving it a go

[gtxrally]

Originally Posted by crabcrusher

Thanks gents, ive still got a bit to go, so fingers crossed. I would recommend to anyone thinking of giving it a go

That's some quality workmanship there Nick, I'm with james, happy to help test it if you need a bit of dead and useless weight that doesn't do much and cathes donuts. oops sorry greg I forgot that I was not allowed to speak about you in public


Nah really looks the good nick, well done
cheers Dale.

[greggo_1]

Originally Posted by gtxrally

That's some quality workmanship there Nick, I'm with james, happy to help test it if you need a bit of dead and useless weight that doesn't do much and cathes donuts. oops sorry greg I forgot that I was not allowed to speak about you in public

Thanks for thinking of me Dale.

Looking good Nick.
How many more sleeps before WE give it a run?
I'm not real good on boats though, here's a pic of Fats' and me on his maiden voyage.

Greg

[dylman]

Nice job Nick, very smooth looking setup......and no bream boat's complete without a few of the old AFN stickers on the back either