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    Western W-17 Rebuild advice needed and build thread

    Yeah I grew up on the south end of Whidbey. Live south of Seattle now but looking to get back to Whidbey full time soon. I’ll be doing a little bit of everything with this boat. Lots of crabbing and salmon. Would like to get more into shrimping and bottom fishing. Also want to try some boat in...
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    Western W-17 Rebuild advice needed and build thread

    Thanks for the idea and picture on the splash well. I will have to do some thinking on how to do this but this makes perfect sense. This boat definitely never had anything like this on the the transom has no drainage holes. As for some of the other questions it definitely had a hook to the...
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    Western W-17 Rebuild advice needed and build thread

    I will be using a removable / portable gas tank probably a 12 gallon in that center compartment under the stern deck. I will have a hatch that opens for access and will have some vents that open into to the splash well right in front of the outboard.
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    Western W-17 Rebuild advice needed and build thread

    A few more. The hull had a bit of a hook to it that the previous owner filled with some sort of filler material that was cracking off. I removed all that and pounded the hull back into shape and used some G-Flex epoxy to fill a few low points. Will be adding some reinforcements in from the...
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    Western W-17 Rebuild advice needed and build thread

    I picked up a Western, Shasta Aluminum Product W17 side console boat a few weeks back. Boat was forfeited during a divorce and sat in this lady's yard since 2009 rotting away. Luckily all of the aluminum is in near perfect shape and its on a nice shur lander trailer and 60 hp Johnson. I believe...
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