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Lots of work and effort goes into those builds, great job! I agree that welding would be the best way to repair those cracks. You will have a wonderful boat when you are done, Crestliner makes a great boat IMO.

Sounds like a nice set up to me! I have much the same in the electronics and am mounting a 80lb Ulterra and am running three 100AH Lithiums in a little 13'4" boat. That set up wouldn't be really possible with lead acid. My bulid is behind and I've side lined for a number weeks due to some...

The whole erosion of our freedoms makes me sick to my stomach. True at both the State and Fed levels. The level of debit is mind numbing, totally out of contol! I need to put up a storage/shop to keep my stuff in, the level of permits required, plans drawn to scale and enginner approved and on...

That is what I'm currently doing, but I would have liked to use some pour foam because it provides some added stiffness to everything. I thought about pouring some on top of the sheets just as mentioned above, but I need to have those deeper sides because my balance and walking issues only seem...

As Thill pointed out ~this is an old post, I'm pretty sure he either got it fixed or sold the boat - it's only been almost 16 years.

With that method getting to the hull would be a issue. Typical subfloor is only .030 so not much weight, the two floors and framing is still less then a 3/4" plywood floor, certainly more costly too. In the OP's case he is going to use .060 on the subfloor, so a little heavier. Normally the foam...

Pouring the foam on top of the sub floor and under the main floor keeps it from being in direct contact with the hull. That stuff gets water logged over the years and can end up causing some corrosion. Doing it that way helps it from getting water logged. The pour foam can add lots of weight to...

Adding the pour foam on top of the subfloor is IMO the best way to do it. Using closed cell sheets under the subfloor and you should have a nice set-up that should last years and provide non water logged service. In the transom area you can wrap the sheets to prevent fuel from getting on them...

That would have been true years ago, todays world however.....

Looks great! I am a fan of the shark nose, but I have a soft spot for that tho as my Dad was in China with the Flying Tigers durning WWII.

That makes prefect sense to me. Guess I'm done looking at lithiums for that purpose. I sure don't need any problems with EFI and other electroinics in a brand new motor. I would guess none of those issues would be covered under warranty because the wrong battery was installed. Great...

Isn't that the truth! Sad how much of that is out there. This one is just what he had said. In his ad he didn't even mention it was new. I almost didn't even contact him because I didn't want a used one.

If the paint on the outboard looks good yet, just a good wipe down with wax and degreaser remover then scuff it good witih some 600 grit. Then you can paint with just about anything you like. They do have some nice paints in rattle cans now. Others will disagree with this, but I wouldn't think...

Interesting is right, I was planning on a dual purpose for my start battery. Seeing as you used it for five years without issue I may still go that route. I really need the weight savings. Did Merrcury say if the stator set-up would harm the battery or the Motor charging circuit? If it's the...

I ended up getting an Ulterra. Believe or not I ran across one on one of the fishing pages I watch. Brand new in the box never opened and I saved over $900, so the man upstairs was watching out for me....again! Now to put on the deck, mount it and finish up the battery installs. Thanks for all...

I have seen some reviews on that battery and they were not glowing. Great price!

I don't think I will have to drive the boat up on the trailer. I put Gator Glide on the bottom of the boat and replaced the bunks with redwood and topped them with HDPE, plus its a tilt trailer. I have taking the boat off and on, on dry land and it slides off and on very nicley, trying to set it...

You might be convincing me that the Ulterra is the way to go, getting a trolling motor shouldn't cause one so much consernation! I wasn't sure how the adjustment for motor depth worked so that helps me. I got the lithiums for it yesterday, but the decking wasn't ready yet.

The approach sideways is a good tip. Honestly I didn't even think about doing it that way. Does it seem to affect the retractment of the motor at all with forward speed? The lakes here are all reservoirs and most are rocky so that concerns me on having to run the motor up to a point where I can...

I am not able to run two motors due to regulatory restrictions or that would be the route I would go, I think that would take care of my concerns. I'm sort of surprised I have not heard anything back from TinyBoat on the AutoBoat system. I am sort of leaning that way, of course this is due to...