Hello guys. First post here so still trying to figure this out. I read Richg99's thread about lurkers who should register and join the fun so here I am. From what I have gathered from my time here, it seems a lot of projects are geared towards fishing rigs. I am mainly a duck hunter with a slight interest in fishing so my project boat will be mainly a dedicated hunting and scouting boat. I still think much of the information and content on this site can be helpful for my end goal. Anyways, to the project at hand...
I searched pretty hard for a boat over the last few months. I stumbled upon this 1998 PolarKraft 1648 with 1998 40HP Mariner and 1998 trailer a few hours from my house. The gentleman I purchased the boat from was the original owner and purchased everything in a package so I was somewhat confident that he knew the entire story on the boat. Turns out that he was retired and hunted many days out of the season from this boat but had recently ordered a slightly larger 17' War Eagle. Upon inspection, you could definitely tell it was used for duck hunting, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with some elbow grease, tools, and of course money!
Being my first boat, I am a little overwhelmed with what all needs to be done to get this boat the way I want it. I keep telling myself "one thing at a time". First thing I did was pull the plastic box to expose a piece of the original floor foam. It seems pretty waterlogged so I will start drilling out the riveted down aluminum floor today. This will also allow me to give this thing a bath. There are years of mud, sticks, and leaves in this thing.
I always have enjoyed following build threads so I will try to update this from start to finish. Please stop by and leave any comments, thoughts, advice as I am new to this and may need it! I look forward to it!
I searched pretty hard for a boat over the last few months. I stumbled upon this 1998 PolarKraft 1648 with 1998 40HP Mariner and 1998 trailer a few hours from my house. The gentleman I purchased the boat from was the original owner and purchased everything in a package so I was somewhat confident that he knew the entire story on the boat. Turns out that he was retired and hunted many days out of the season from this boat but had recently ordered a slightly larger 17' War Eagle. Upon inspection, you could definitely tell it was used for duck hunting, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with some elbow grease, tools, and of course money!
Being my first boat, I am a little overwhelmed with what all needs to be done to get this boat the way I want it. I keep telling myself "one thing at a time". First thing I did was pull the plastic box to expose a piece of the original floor foam. It seems pretty waterlogged so I will start drilling out the riveted down aluminum floor today. This will also allow me to give this thing a bath. There are years of mud, sticks, and leaves in this thing.
I always have enjoyed following build threads so I will try to update this from start to finish. Please stop by and leave any comments, thoughts, advice as I am new to this and may need it! I look forward to it!