Recent content by Troutfitter

Thanks Dale, I have used West products on a Boston Whaler I restored and have faith in their products. How would I find the tutorial you mentioned regarding sweating the product into the seam? That sounds like a great permanent solution. I am grateful to everyone’s reply’s.

Hello everyone, I have a mid 80’s Valco 10’ Jon boat (pram) that by the looks of it. It looks hardly used. But, the bottom seams leak in multiple places. I circled one of the areas in the photo. I have done repair before on the big bottom rivets using JB weld after proper prep work. Seam leaks...

Here are a few of my projects. 1)The Willie drift boat I just sold and miss already. 2) The 11’ Boston Whaler was my first restoration on a fiberglass boat. This one is going up for sale this spring. 3) This is a 14’ Valco Jon Boat that I want to fix up for flyfishing. 4) This is a 10’ Valco I...

Hey everyone, just joined up and looks like a good bunch of people from the post I have read.I am semi-retired and live in Mt. Shasta CA. I have 4 aluminum boats and a 11’ Boston Whaler that I just finished restoring. I flyfish a lot and was going to use the Whaler for my one man and a dog boat...

I just purchased. 14’ Valco Jon Boat. I already have an 8’ & 10’ Valco’s. The 8’ is set up nicely as a 1 person flyfishing pram. I am setting the 14’er up as a nice two person pram for flyfishing. I did a spray paint job that turned out well on the 8’er, but I wanted to know if others who have a...