Almost a V-20

When 4-stroke outboards have been out there for a few more years and you can buy one for less than a million bucks, I intend to do the Macojoe conversion w/ a bracket. I just have a personal bias toward 4-stroke power.

Macojoe: What did you end up doing with the well where the motor was? You'd have to glass it over and make it into a livewell of something or else you'd break your ankle every time you were back there fighting a fish! What a great place to stash the catch! You could drain the swill with the transom plug when you got home too! I guess if you made a well there you would NOT want to have a tight seal on the lid. Thats where the bilge & the pump should be. Its the lowest spot in the boat. If you took on a wave you want all that water to go right in there.

I'm curious what you did w/ that spot. Great conversion by the way!!

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I left the engin cover there as it is a great place to cut bait, lean when jigging, ect ect.

I toyed with the idea of taking it out a few different times, but it is always been great to have there!!

So what I did is added a 25gal gas tank there as I have saddle bag tanks under the gunnels, 20 each, so now I have 65 gal and can go were ever I am going to go!!

I made my bait tank out of a 55 gal barrle long ago and all I did now is cut it down a hair shorter and I keep it empty under the engin cover on to of the gas tank.

When I want to use it it is always there and not in the way!! But when I use it it comes out on deck right in front of the engin cover.

Its a little big but when I am live lining there are only 2 lines in at a time and only two of us. If a third person goes I will drive while they fish and so on. It works out great!!
I use to always leave it at home and then whis I had it :( But now it is always there and out of the way.