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Worked on the back deck a little this week and can finally pretty much put a check mark next to it. 2x4 (Thompsons Water Treated) construction with 1/2 ply and covered in Indoor outdoor carpet.

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I noticed by your signature that you own a 71 Sea King. Do you have any info on hp ratings / weight ratings and what not? My sticker is MIA and would love to have some info.

Thanks! I am hoping to get the Back Deck going this week so i can get the running lights working. I have been really wanting to run some Yoyo's.

I did not use pressure treated but regular exterier grade plywood.

The Bow Step was shot on it due to them using it for a jumping platform of something. It was really bent up and broke all the original rivets and they redrilled and put in Hollow Rivets. While i was welding the cracks, i filled in all the rivet holes except for the originals. I decided i would...

Next on the list was the transom. The original was 1" so i got a piece of 3/4 Ext Ply and a piece of 1/4 Ext Ply and Tite Bonded them together. Thompson'ed them the next day and and installed into the boat with all Stainless Hardware

Getting the boat sound. I Started out with getting the floor, rails and everything else back straight. ALot of pounding with a dead blow hammer. Got it all straight Before After I put the boat on horses and filled with water. Lets just say there was more than a new slow leaks. Two angle...

Hello everyone, i have been asking questions on here about my project for a bit and finally decided it was time to share my progress with the forum. This is my first boat and to be honest, i didnt have a clue up til this point. It has been a learning experience. The boat is a 1968 model but the...

Yea, the 5 gallon bucket does work really good but like i said, i keep the bucket in the center of the boat and i sit on the side of it while hanging them out. I usally get 4 or 5 hooks tangled in my pants leg in a night. I did think about using a StyroFoam minnow bucket and having the barb...

What do you use to carry Yoyos around in while out on the lake? I was using a 5 gallon bucket with the hooks on the top edge wityh the Yoyo on the inside but i kept getting the hooks caught on my jeans. What do you all use?

This can be fixxed. I would start by contouring the surface back to the original shape. Then make a patch that is about 2 inches bigger than the hole all the way around. Weld around the outside of the patch on the outside and then weld the hole itself to the patch on the inside of the boat. I...

More Air in means more fuel in which makes more power. Bigger Carb and intake ports are a must on N/A engines. On top of that, Porting requires not really bigger but better flow. You can gouge out the intake port and actually do more damage to the cfm than you do good. Two stroke engines also...

I have always hauled my boat in the back of the truck but with the planned Decking coming up, i decided i needed a trailer. I was wanting to get some advise on how where the boat should ride and what not. Basically get some of the "I would do this" or "What ever you do, dont do this" type of...

If i have heard correctly, marine grade and exterior are pretty much the same except Marine doesnt have any voids in the layers. For decking and what not, everyone pretty much just uses exterior grade ply.

From what i have noticed, temperature is key. You want to have the temperature around 730ish degrees. The material (Brazing Rods) will melt at much lower than that. I think it is in the area 550 degrees? Get the metal hot and allow the rod to melt on the clean, roughened surface. This is the...

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I am tearing down a boat that i got a few weeks ago to repair the hull the correct way. I stumbles upon a patch that was done really crappy and decided to remove it and fix it the right way. Well, the patch they applied didnt work so they filled under the rib where the hole was located with...

Also, tap the metal as you move it with a hammer. The vibration fom the shock will allow the metal to release more as you move it and be less likely to crack. Take it slow and tap, tap, tap. We use this when straightening frames. You would be supprised how much more you can move a piece of metal...

Here is a picture i took this evening. I did manage to get the bow out of them. I placed a 2x4 under each side and worked the bow down checking it with a level side to side. It turned out pretty good. This is a before picture!