Buster's 1966 14' Foremost

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bbarbee

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Hope I finally post this in the right place. I got this boat from a neighbor who passed away a few yrs. ago. He took me fish'n several times in this boat when I was about 8 yrs. old. That was about 34 yrs ago. Glad I could get ahold of it.
I finally got started with the decking today. Any pointers and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 

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Slow go'n but go'n
 

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Largest part finished. It was a job....more than I thought. I lucked out and picked up 15 ft. of piano hinge for $10 at the scrap yard.

One useful thing I found is if you jigsaw cuts as bad as mine, you can run a few layers of foam tape around the edges of you wood before glue'n carpet and it fills the low spots left by the saw.

Notice I used camouflage straps for the hatch pulls....but the didn't hide well...ha,ha.
Still have to put the floor in in front of the back seat and do something with the middle bench.
I'm think'n a place for the battery. Any suggestions???
 

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Thanks guys!
Took the boat out for the first time with the new deck. Sat purdy good in the water. A little lower than normal but it didn't sink. But thats about all it did. Motor wouldn't start fo nothing!! I had just started it up before we left. My luck. Messed with it all day one the lake and no fish'n!!! Got it back home and it was what I thought. The float was stuck. 10 mins. I had it fixed but the day was gone. Note to self: Put a tool box in somewhere! Oh well...I'm gonna take tomorrow off and give it another try.
Hopefully this week I can do something with the middle seat, cut it up or cut it out and put the floor in just in front of the back seat!
 
Ah some days are like that. I learned my lesson on tool kits the hard way too. Went out a couple years back in my old boat and made a mad dash up river. After fishing one spot went to fire up again and she was a goner. Why do sparkplugs wait until you are a few miles away from the dock to foul out ? Lol that's just Murphys Law I guess. Good luck on your next outing !!
 
Went back out today. Boat done great thanks to the lord.
Now to start on the floor!
 
Question....will a lawnmower battery be enough to run a trolling motor if thats the only purpose for the battery? Thanks!
 
No... I dont recommend that. You would only get like maybe an hour or two out of it. It just doesn't have enough capicity.
 
Will one marine battery be enough? Sorry .... my first trolling motor ever!
 
Yes, but it will depend on how large the lake is, and how much you use it. I have 2 for my boat. 1 is for the rear trolling motor and 1 for the front trolling motor. On a 1700 acre lake, fishing about 6 hours, I only use about 20-25% of my rear battery, and about 30-35% of my front. Hope this help
 
See who's catch'n the fish!!
 

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bbarbee said:
Question....will a lawnmower battery be enough to run a trolling motor if thats the only purpose for the battery? Thanks!

I bougt a small deep cycle battery for around 40 bucks at acdemy that was about th same size and weight as a lawnmowr battery and is good or a little trip out on the lake but not for a full day or tounament.
 
Floor in front of back bench. Wrap it in carpet tomorrow.
 

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Looks really good and at the rate you're going you'll be done in no time !!
But then again are we ever really done with modifications ??
There is the "snowball" effect and I've learned that very well with my Mustang II.
I'm going to assume it works the same way with boats too......And probably airplanes even or anything else we decide to improve. Maybe I'll try to mod a submarine to see if those become an obsession too lmao.
 

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