The Bass Destroyer -PICTURES!! / BUILD

Heres the new "project". picked it up off ebay for $250 with the trailer and like a 9 gallon gas tank with the priming hose and what not, and an anchor.. its a 14' tri-hull fiberglass boat. And im going to convert it to a mini bass boat. looks kinda rough right now but for the price, it was a steal, and everything that needs fixed can be done in a weekend or two.

So heres the basic rundown

Fiberglass repair is needed on the transom stringers, and around the seats

New plywood transom needs to be cut and installed.. its bolt in on this boat, so no big deal. cut it out with a jig saw, Seal it up and bolt it in.

Trailer lights need to be gone thru and possibly re-wired, And its going to need a new set of lights, And probably some tires too. I may change the winch also, and the ball reciever to accept a 2" ball, so i can use 1 7/8s OR 2"

Going to put a plywood deck on the front and back of the boat with some bass boat seats, Would like to put a rod locker to hold some fishing rods. A live well, And some storage compartments for the batteries, PFD's and all that ****

Trolling motor in the back and in the front. and a gas motor. would like to go with a 15-25hp, but for now will probly settle between 4-9 hp for financial reasons.

And its also gonna get a fish finder, bilge pump to pump fresh water in and out of the livewell,

After i get all the fiberglass work done, Im going to get a bucket of paint and paint it all up nice. then start working on the decking and what not.

should be able to get it out there on the water this summer.

Pav came by today. We went to home depot to get some supplies and one thing led to another and i decided to do some work. i cut out the new transom insert out of 3/4" ply wood, and fit it, but then realized that the whoel transom needed attention. The stringers were pretty well rotted, The corners were cracked, And the Wood inside the fiberglass shell of the transom was completely rotted. So i cut apart the fiberglass holding the transom together, Scraped out the old wood, Made a new piece, fitted it, and glued it in place for now, Filled in the gaps with bondo-hair. Weather permiting, tomorow im going to sand it down, put the new stringers on, and start laying down some fiberglass mat over the new wood. The transom is already rock solid, compared to what it was, And i still ahve some glass work to do. I also have the plywood insert to bolt to the inside of the transom too, so that should keep it even stronger.

Fiberglass cut, old wood scraped, New bolt in transom insert cut

then once i cover over that with the fiberglass, The bolt in piece will get bolted in over all of that.. So it will be really strong.

Also picked up a 35hp johnson outboard on ebay for $113. Definitely should go pretty good.

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