So I finally was able to pick up my boat from Tennessee. It is pictured below (sorry for the poor quality pictures). It is a 2000 Sea Ark 1652 Modified V Flat Bottom with a 40 hp Evinrude 4 stroke electronic fuel ignition, live well, and Johnson trolling motor. I bought it for $3K off of my uncle with a trailer. He just had a new water pump and fuel pump put in after it had sat for two years without being run. It run's ok now. Anyway I have reconstructing this boat. I have already stripped the boat down to just the boat. I removed the decking front, rear, flooring and all the unnecessary wiring as I plan on reconfiguring everthing. I sanded it down and have the first coat of paint on already. I primarily plan on using this boat for duck hunting and want to also use it for fishing. I bought Parker's oil based "Duck Boat Paint" from Cabelas yesterday and have already been hard at work. I bought a new Camo Max 4 seat from Cabelas, anchor, anchor line, Johnson 400 GPH bilge pump, fuse board with ground bar. I plan on redoing the decking with 1/2 inch pressure treated wood that I just bought on Tuesday. I think I am going to order Cabelas Non-Skid Tuff coat to put on the floor unless someone has a cheaper suggestion other than carpet. Anyway, I plan on mounting 3 seat mounts in the back to allow people to sit 3 deep in the stern, and then 2 down the middle so you can change your position as to where you want to hunt/fish, and then one up front where the old one used to be. I am open to any suggestion anyone may have about anything. I will need help soon and this is why I started this thread. Hope you enjoy reading.
This is the boat before anything had been done to it (where she sat for the past 2 years):
Finally in home in my shop!
The old bow and front decking, Not sure how I want to redo this quite yet. Something similar, just not sure what yet.
The stern:
Scraping and sanding this took a lot of work. I used spray bomb self etching primer to cover all bare metal before spraying my first coat of paint, as well as a heavy pressure washing.
Next, I suspended the boat using pulleys, webbing from my climbing gear, parachute cord, and my bow line. The handle in the transom made a great place to tie to and of course the front hook.
First coat of paint (still wet)
Color looks funny in this one:
Question: I was thinking about how I'm going to run all my electrical, and was wondering if I drilled holes through the ribs big enough to put a 1 inch pvc pipe through to act as conduit, am I going to weaken the strength of my boat? I plan on creating a similar set-up for my boat, as it was prior to tearing it apart. I would like to change battery position though, and move it up under where old bow decking used to be with a second battery for trolling as well. Any suggestions on anything would be greatly appreciated.
This is the boat before anything had been done to it (where she sat for the past 2 years):
Finally in home in my shop!
The old bow and front decking, Not sure how I want to redo this quite yet. Something similar, just not sure what yet.
The stern:
Scraping and sanding this took a lot of work. I used spray bomb self etching primer to cover all bare metal before spraying my first coat of paint, as well as a heavy pressure washing.
Next, I suspended the boat using pulleys, webbing from my climbing gear, parachute cord, and my bow line. The handle in the transom made a great place to tie to and of course the front hook.
First coat of paint (still wet)
Color looks funny in this one:
Question: I was thinking about how I'm going to run all my electrical, and was wondering if I drilled holes through the ribs big enough to put a 1 inch pvc pipe through to act as conduit, am I going to weaken the strength of my boat? I plan on creating a similar set-up for my boat, as it was prior to tearing it apart. I would like to change battery position though, and move it up under where old bow decking used to be with a second battery for trolling as well. Any suggestions on anything would be greatly appreciated.