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Smack, sorry I've been gone a while. I didn't realize your boat was riveted, mine was welded but stumps on Livingston and rocks on the coast left dents on the underside of the boat. This and the rough ride of my flat bottom boat had me looking at what it would take to add some "Vee" to the...

Smack, this one post has cost me many sleepless nights. Possible? Know anyone who has/can do something like this? If you can strip and reskin , I should be able to strip, reskin, and add about 12 degrees of deadline with a smooth bottom. I have looked at lots of new used boats recently...

https://www.genuinedealz.com/ They were recommended to me to buy wire for my trolling motor battery relocation. Prices and shipping speed were great. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks, wish I could take the credit. I think my deck and boat is 0.100" thick. I did only use this method on the front hatch which has gravity holding it in and the screws just keep it from rattling. You can't go wrong through bolting it though. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Couldn't be happier with R&R work. I cut the rectangle first and set the hatch in place. Each mounting screw hole is only partially drilled which centers your drill to drill out the hatch and deck. I then removed the hatch and tapped each hole, sorry I can't remember the screw size, I'll look...

Seats are as solid as standing on the surrounding deck. In all honesty, I copied G3's design with the starboard blocks which provides a solid base for the seat backs to close on. Give Dawson a call/email at FishOn Fabrications. If you decide to make a set, try your local Excel boat dealer for...

Thanks Jim, yes, it needs lockable rod storage. Before I did the seats I was considering making some lockers on the side. With only 18' of boat, I had to go with the seats instead. Drives me nuts having to keep an eye on it when we stop for gas on the way to the coast. Thanks for the...

Two days of disassembly, painting, reassembly with minor modifications: Ended up having to add mylar washers under each stainless screw, 1/16" nylon washers under each cushion to preventtrapped water under the cushions, and liberal use of Tef Gel where each screw joined the aluminum...

My 1870 has to fill several roles, my fishing boat and the family boat/ski/wake boat. When the whole family is on board, we run out of room and seats. Looking at bigger boats I have always like the flip up seats like G3, Xpress, and others use behind the leaning post. Still don't see why no...

Thanks. Hope to have pics in the next couple of weeks of the seats. Hoping for paint over the winter too.

This summer I finally got fed up with all the phones, wallets, and purses that get stored on the console when on the boat. Everyone like to tuck their stuff behind the fish finder and GPS and the windshield. Decided to call R & R Fabrication in Terrell, Texas and have a glovebox made. $150...

My weldcraft 1870 runs exactly like you describe. Similar looking pods. These things don't really have any weight up front so they need very little nose up trim. I've got 115 hp and it still isn't what anyone would call fast. It is what it is.

Thanks for the compliments, definitely not patent worthy but they seem to work. I will have to look into some foam rubber for the back and a split piece of hose to glue onto the outside edge of the PVC.

My boat has vertical storage for twelve rods between the rocket launchers on the leaning post and two sets of plastic rod holders. Only problem is the hour and a half drive to the coast with my rods whipping in the wind, and leaving stripes on the Chick Fil A drive through. I bought a set of...

Thanks Jethro, Hoping to add horizontal rod storage along the sides this winter, and hopefully TuffCoat.

Yep, the forward anchor locker has a hard time holding paint because I stand on it to fish. Going to cover it with TuffCoat this winter.

For aluminum hatches, call the guys I wrote up a year or so ago: https://forum.tinboats.net/viewtopic.php?t=36070 Cheap and well made.

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I used to brew and developed similar symptoms. For me it was an excess of yeast in my gut that caused gas problems. You might google that and look at taking acidophilus to counter as well as drinking only pasteurized beer for a while. Ymmv