11.5' v- hull needs help!

[bluegill slayer]

Hello,
I am new to this sight, but have been reading over it the last couple days and have been inspired by all you guys with your absolutely awesome conversions! I have been been working on and off on a 11.5 ft v-hull for the last few years, obviously more off than on :lol: , mostly the reason is because i never really knew what to do with it. It really could be a neat boat and it feels really sturdy. Its beam width is about 47" and at the back it is about 43-44". Really at this point i would really like some suggestions on paint, what type what brands, etc. i have been researching and i like the blue marine stuff but man is it expensive for the whole deal! ialso got boat for free with a pretty neat traileras a gift from my grandpa so that helps the budget Once again comment suggestions would be greatly appreciated from the experts on this stuf. I really mean it!

 

[alumacraftjoe]

:WELCOME: aboard! Pics would be helpful and maybe a little bit of what you plan to do with it (what do you fish for, etc.)

 

[bluegill slayer]

Thanks, well first of all im not familiar at all with putting pic on forums (this is my first one and i'm not the most computer oriented). Well i plan on fishing for bluegill, crappie, bass, maybe some catfish. but mainly panfish and bass. iwould like to have a rear deck and a front deck that i could stand up on it wouldnt have to be a really tall front just a decent elevation that i can put storage under and a level area to stand up on also a floor on the bottom but just an i dea , Good ,Bad?

 

[alumacraftjoe]

Thanks, well first of all im not familiar at all with putting pic on forums (this is my first one and i'm not the most computer oriented). Well i plan on fishing for bluegill, crappie, bass, maybe some catfish. but mainly panfish and bass. iwould like to have a rear deck and a front deck that i could stand up on it wouldnt have to be a really tall front just a decent elevation that i can put storage under and a level area to stand up on also a floor on the bottom but just an i dea , Good ,Bad?

Things to check would be how much weight your boat is rated for. I would look through as many mods as possible and pick and choose ideas. I looked for several months before I started mine. Posting pics isn't too hard. I just go through photobucket and you can resize pictures on there. Then click on bottom link of picture and it copies it. Then just paste into post.

 

[bluegill slayer]

The boat is rated for 375 pounds, but i know a guy in my town who owns a welding buisiness and was thinking of adding pontoons to the sides of the boat and have them match the shape of the boat more capacity and way more stable. just a thought. :-k

 

[bluegill slayer]

But my main concern with the boat is to paint and and would really like advice on that first please. Because i have here completely gutted and sanded on the outside completly. There is like three coats of paint on it. I figure if i just sand and clean really good then that will be good enough plus i didnt want to strip all the paint mainy because as much any thing if seals up the boat really tite

 

[Jim]

Read this topic if you have not already.

Waco did an awesome explanation.

https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3090

 

[alumacraftjoe]

Read this topic if you have not already.

Waco did an awesome explanation.

https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3090

Beat me to the punch... I had started to post the same thing and some steak salesman :twisted: came to the door. :LOL22:

 

[Jim]

Read this topic if you have not already.

Waco did an awesome explanation.

https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3090

Beat me to the punch... I had started to post the same thing and some steak salesman :twisted: came to the door. :LOL22:

:LOL2:

 

[bluegill slayer]

Yeah i actually did read that but thanks Jim for sending me to it because i did read it again and understand more on how the etch works but there is only few places where it is bare aluminium, which is where i took a rotary sander and spent like an hour and a half sanding, you should be able to see that once (if) i get the pictures loaded up!