Chris244

36”

I have literally never built anything really and just gave it a try and surprised myself a little bit. It came out really well. Thank you!

I used 1 1/2”x1/8” thick aluminum angle from Home Depot. It was a bit pricey. Riveting is super easy and honestly it was my first time using them. I used 5/8” plywood up front and then the floor and bench seats and rear hatch are all 1/2”. I have a portable fish finder I’m going to use. I’m hoping just find a spot and anchor and not really troll but I’m sure I’ll change my mind. Thank you

No I riveted it all. Used stainless self tapping screws on floors and then rivet nuts to run the bolts through the seat bases into the aluminum bench seats.

All done

Both benches and rear hatch are done. Next is mounting the seats and I think it’ll be done.

Yeah hopefully I don’t go for a swim lol.

Why dry rot?

No I didn’t. All the videos I see people usually don’t. I for sure would have but I just did it the way all the other guys seem to do it. Hopefully sealing and painting does the trick.

I used minwax sealant on all the wood and then used oil based paint two coats on all of it on both sides. I am really nervous about it getting wet though. I’m using silicone on my screws. I honestly had no idea how to do any of it but YouTube is my best friend. Hopefully it holds up. It does have a drain plug. I did all this after buying the boat and not even knowing if it floats lol but before I fastened anything in I finally put it in the creek and it seems like a dry boat thank god. Next is mounting my low back seats. I think I’ll buy a g5 slider track for the back seat so that I can offset it to run the motor and then center it to fish. I pretty much just got into fishing last year and spent all my time in a kayak but that gets hard on the back. Looking forward to this. It’s been a fun build but has gotten more expensive than I expected.

Yeah something tells me one wrong move and I’m swimming lol. It’s a 1436

Well thanks. I never really thought so lol. This is my first real attempt at fabricating something like this so it’s actually going pretty well. It’s a fun project/learning experience.

No I’m not. Unfortunately I wasn’t thinking when I was looking and found a great deal on a stern trolling motor. Thanks you though. YouTube is a wonderful thing lol.

?? wouldn’t that be nice?!