1968 (?) 15' Richline V-Bottom

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Nice boat, JGibson! I re-did a 1958 richline Big 16 a couple of years ago, really like how these boats are built, very sound hulls for the weight. Have you looked at the Richline boats page at Yahoo Groups? You have to sign up but there are 180+ members, some of who are super knowledgeable about these boats. The guy who put the page together grew up next to the plant in the 50's and has a lot of old catalogs posted. Here is the link:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Richline_53/photos/albums/285091846
 
Final coat on bottom, turned pretty good. I figure no one will be seeing the bottom too much (at least I hope not). Black shows EVERYTHING...

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Sides painted, two coats. May end up doing a 3rd once it's back on the trailer.

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I hate it, lol. It doesn't let all of the water drain out like a transom plug would. I may end up sealing it up and adding one thru the transom.
 
Interior first coat. Went with same color as the sides.

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Had some decals made but gonna have them remade a little bigger:

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The boat is looking good, coming along nicely.

I don't like the drain plug style either. I always had to wrap my plug in thread tape to keep it from letting water in. It didn't let much in but I don't like any coming in. Lol.
 

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