Recent content by looserivet

That's pretty much what's so great about aluminum boats, they're easy to fix and just about anything can be fixed with a welder, a pack of rivets, or the right sealer. For me, Alumaweld sticks and Gluvit has kept many of my boats on the water for years. The beauty of a metal boat is that no...

I'd probably start with a compression test and see what I had in each motor. Also check the lower units for leaks. I've owned both Merc and OMC 25hp motors and prefer the OMC overall. The Mercury was a bit cold hearted in the winter, and mine also idled rough, enough to be annoying. The OMC...

Darn and it said "Waterproof". Well, then if this one does as you say, then I'll put it in the Portable Garage, I'm getting from HF this next month as a flooring then figure a different way of doing the boat floor. Take a piece of it and soak it, see if absorbs water. They have three types at...

I added a deck to my Starcraft 14SF, before adding the flat deck, which runs just below the bench seats and sits on both sides just inside the roll that forms the outer spray rail. Before adding the deck the boat was tippy, stepping to one side would roll the boat drastically, now with the deck...

When I was a kid there was an old guy down the road that did something similar with his old International Travelall. He had keel roller off a trailer, with the bracket mounted to the top of the bow of his Sears row boat. He had a length of pipe mounted to the roof rack as a guide. He'd roll the...

A number of years ago I had a neighbor who built his own aluminum boat. He started with a drawing, then a table top model out of cardboard, then he made full scale patterns. The bottom was one piece, sort of V notched and turned up where it formed the V bow, then the sides were welded along an...

I'd be cautious of that EVA foam mat material. We have both EVA and PVC foam mats at work around every work station, they made the mistake of taking a few of them outside to clean with a hose and they held water like a sponge. Its also available by the roll from most floor covering stores and...

I cut up a truck bed liner for one of my boats. I have a plywood deck though that extends from the last rib to under the front bench seat. I lined the rear section so the battery didn't bang up the aluminum hull, and the front to protect it from the anchor which sits up there. On my other boat...

I used to fish with a guy who owned one of those Starcraft SF16 boats, he ran a 35hp Evinrude tiller motor and it flew with two big men in the boat and way too much ice and beer. Price wise it don't look out of line to me here. Since NJ is mostly an electric only state in Freshwater, most boats...

I think I looked at that same boat back in the spring, I can't believe its still for sale. Its built like something meant for commercial use or the millitary. I'd have grabbed it but I was thinking that I'd find something cheaper but ended up buying a flat bottom boat on a newer trailer for...

Hi, First post here, I saw this and had to sign up and chime in. I answered an ad on CL over the summer that read "good used trailer, needs tires". When I got there the thing had no tires at all, the axle was held onto the springs with two huge hose clamps, and both 12" rims were ground down and...