project no-bucks

here she is guys. the plan, build one bad *** fishing boat that can run the barrier islands all day, run 24 miles to chandeleaur light, and run the marsh when she gets there. she needs to be strong, efficent, stable enough for 7 ft seas, and nimble enough for the bayous. in short, she needs to be a V-20. the trick is i gotta build her for under 4g's.

the hull---$1825

she is a 92. the biggest obstacles are windshields and motor. while we are searching for glass lets get started on that motor. the motor is a 92 johnson 175, it was submerged and is siezed. i contacted the former owner and he told me it ran fine before that little thunderstorm rolled through here back in august. so i guess we will try and fix her since we have no money for repower. skools offered his help so i will post pics and info for this phase in the how to section where someone with simular prob will most likely find it easier. tx

[charlie_the_tuna]

Looks like you have a great start to what will surely be a nice boat when finished. Good luck getting her off the ground.

[phester]

.. an outboard mechanic I am not, but I do have the same motor, a 150....on the front of your engine cover, does it say "silver star series"....looks like it does in pic #5. Good reliable motor if it's worth fixing, best of luck to ya. The hull looks like it didn't get that beat up,with the exception of the windshield......the boat in the left background, pic#1 looks like it didn't fare to well

[Skools Out]

that's one great looking boat, do you have a trailer? you could buy this and use it's trailer and windshield then sell the parts off the hull and make some off the boat.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/No-Re...QQcmdZViewItem

tx guys, and yes phes, it is a silver star. does that mean it runs better at night,lol. there are a lot of tore up boats down here! but, the old v20 is strong. she was in diamond head harbor. they got a 35 foot (three and a half stories) tidal surge there! and hurricane force winds for over 15 hours. she held up pretty dammn good!

tx skools. i already had a single axle that would haul it, and i bought a dual axle from stinky yesterday. i am still waiting to here back on size of that glass though. i may have windshields and a back up trailer for the back up trailer.

[phester]

WOW....I'm not likin' the N.E. winter so much any more, but I think I'll be stayin up this way...."F" those huuicanes!

[Skools Out]

that 1968 Alim is the same boat as all ours. If i had room i'd buy it to just have it for another project but have way to many boats now.

so you think windows are the same? i fso i got windows, a trailer and hatches for sale, and another reef