Tracker Tournament TX-17 Duck Boat Build
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Are you doing the full camo on the inside or just the base layer? I hope my paint job turns out as well as yours! Boat looks awesome.
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Probably the full camo, just for extra layers of paintdirty dave wrote:Are you doing the full camo on the inside or just the base layer? I hope my paint job turns out as well as yours! Boat looks awesome.
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Been a while since I’ve updated this. Been out on my friends new prodigy boat a few times last week and got me motivated to start working on this again. Sanded down the floor and installed the hydroturf yesterday. Also went to dmv and finally got it registered after owning this for 6 years.
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Nice looks good. never been duck hunting myself. and its been many years since ive been able to do any hunting since my uncle died. Who is the one that got me into hunting and the one who always took me. havent found places to go.

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I’m really digging the hydroturf stuff. I’m a fan of the pattern as well. Looks great!
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Put the 40hp tiller back on the boat and was able to take it for a ride last week. First ride ever, it felt great. Boat sat nice and level and jumped up on plane really fast, boat ran good and handled very well.
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Also added hydroturf to the rear pods and an extreme nav stern light
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I'll be interested in the build of the blind. I've started on one for my boat. It's a slow process.
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Got my seat pedestals in today
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That’s quite a hiatus!
Nice build you are doing. I have a Tracker 1754 that I’m just finishing rigging. It’s new, so I didn’t get too crazy.
What is the camo motor cover you have? I’m curious why you took the decals off the Mercif you just put a cover on it? I expected you to paint it to match the hull after stripping them off.
Nice build you are doing. I have a Tracker 1754 that I’m just finishing rigging. It’s new, so I didn’t get too crazy.
What is the camo motor cover you have? I’m curious why you took the decals off the Mercif you just put a cover on it? I expected you to paint it to match the hull after stripping them off.
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Just a camo cover i bought for cheap a long time ago. I pulled the decals off the cover because they were pealing. I'm actually going to sell this 40hp tiller and my 22hp longtail in the spring and buy a mudbuddy or gatortail mud motor for this boat.Redthies wrote: ↑01 Dec 2021, 00:40 That’s quite a hiatus!
Nice build you are doing. I have a Tracker 1754 that I’m just finishing rigging. It’s new, so I didn’t get too crazy.
What is the camo motor cover you have? I’m curious why you took the decals off the Merc if you just put a cover on it? I expected you to paint it to match the hull after stripping them off.
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Love that hydroturf stuff. Good call putting it on the pods, it looks awesome.
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Got the holes drilled and the seat bases positioned.
Need to pickup some hardware for the bases and I’ll drill and tap all the holes to hold them in place. I had measured out the bases and took this first picture before I did the hydroturf so I wouldn’t hit any of the floor bases. I also installed some bunks on the trailer.
Need to pickup some hardware for the bases and I’ll drill and tap all the holes to hold them in place. I had measured out the bases and took this first picture before I did the hydroturf so I wouldn’t hit any of the floor bases. I also installed some bunks on the trailer.
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Got the seat bases installed. Drilled and taped the holes for 1/4-20
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