12ft. (11.8) 19?? Starcraft V-hull fishing boat mod.

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

Seth, Im located in Yakima Wa. Ictalurus, Thanks for the advice ive done lots of research on leak seal, its not like others that crack or peel, its plyable. But if it doesent work ill give you the right to say I told you so lol. I hope the boat is somewhat stable but if not its a learning exp. ive seen lots of other boats similar with this set up and decks were stable enough to stand on. but hey at least i can say i gave it hell

 

[Kier]

My 12v bottom is 36 inches at the bottom and i decked it 3 inches from the bottom. It is pretty tippy. I would test your idea before making it permanent.

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

Got my Aluminum angle ordered and put in the boat this weekend, I ordered it all from https://www.onlinemetals.com and it came to a lil under 60$, well plus 20$ shipping and it came the next day Aluminum angle is 1 1/2 x1 1/2 x 1/8th woulda cost me 2ce-3 times as much at homedepot or lowes

 

[rscottp]

Looks good! A weekend well spent!

 

[mfbear]

Which side you mount your trolling motor is a personal preference. I mounted mine on the right. You just want to make sure shaft ends up as close to centerline as possible. You can check it out at this link https://www.trollingmotors.net/trolling-motor-mounting-guide

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

Finally Finished the boat! just got a few minor things got to add and fix, took it out and had a bad leak, apparently i drilled a hole all the way threw the boat when i was framing the floor to a rib. Also I used a lil bit of wood for the side storage for the framing because aluminum is just too expensive . Need to get a good motor and another battery and add some lighting but other than that just about finished! Thanks for everyone who helped out! Oh I also Bought the trailer and a 15 ft fiberglass for 100 bucks! great steal!, so im gonna need direction to a forum that does fiberglass boats

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

Has anyone tried durafix rods? for small aluminum holes in their boat? I just ordered a few to hopefully fix the hole that i drilled in the bottom like some feedback befor i just go at it thanks!

 

[nctlspider]

I didn't have any luck with the Harbor Freight version of the rod... I think it had to do with too small of a torch and the rest of the boat acting as a heat sink.

Anyways, how big is the hole? Blind rivet with steel mandrel and 3m gooped around should fix anything 3/16 or so.

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

I think its a 3/16" hole directly on the botom of the boat and under a rib opn the inside of the boat so theirs no way of getting to it from the inside

 

[nctlspider]

Blind sealed rivit is the way I would go, unless you can get someone to TIG weld it. You only need to access from the outside that way.

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

Thanks I believe I will try that rout, now only to find a place that sells blind sealed rivets in my ares

 

[nctlspider]

Fill in your location and info, someone may have some close by or can even mail a couple since you usually have to buy in quantity.

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

Thanks Again!, I decided to use the durafix rods, filled the hole nicely, and ground them off flush, cant even notice their was a hole. I should have took pics but it was getting dark out.

 

[shu2kill]

suscribed as your boat is very similar to mine and i really like what you have planned....

however, i have one question. have you put the boat on the water yet?? i ask because my boat is very unstable, and i would like to have a setup very similar to your design, but im sure on my boat it cant be done without some type of pontoons. maybe yours is wider, my boat is 48" on the widest part (right in front of the middle bench) and i have a hard time standing up while on the water just by myself, with somebody else it would be very risky...

EDIT: i hadnt noticed the rest of the thread, i had just seen the first page when i posted the above reply.... very nice work!! thats basically exactly what i would like for mine, however, im still unsure i could do it without pontoons....

do you know how wide is your boat??

 

[MmmFishing]

This is perfect, you did exactly that I want to do, I searched the thread and couldn't find an answer to this question though. Have you had this in the water and used the deck to fish from? Seems like it may be tipsy, basically wanna know if I should omit the deck and just level the floor... Great job though, if I came across your boat I would think it was a 12ft pro bass boat! Nice work!

 

[shu2kill]

what happened to the pics??

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

the boat is 53" in the center, Yes its a little unstable but not too bad where im too worried about flipping over (No Drinking in the boat) lol, And what happened to what pics?

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

Also to help stabilize the bow of the boat I have put all my access weight in the front evenly spread out ( the two marine batteries, and the gas tank). And Like I said before, the front center of the deck is removable in case i have 1 two many kids in the boat

 

[swing&amiss]

I'm a new member and my first post. Your boat looks like it is going to work just fine for you. I built a 14ft. Sylvan semi V years ago,,,I will dig up some pix of it for on here. I just re ently finished up my 12ft. Sea Nymph 12K semi v rowboat, only a few more small things to add to it. I'll share a pix of if for you on how I did mine. The boy driving around at slow speed in the one is loving it! The new Lowran e depth finder and new 40lb. Minn Kota trolling motor isn't in this one,,I will have to take some new ones. Someday I will get some auto paint and do the sides and new sti kers like my old boat was. So far so good and loving it. Holds 20mph on plane while fully loaded whi h is fine. Its an old 9.9 Gamefisher I found with very low hours. Very stable for two people and all our gear. We walk all over it while out fishing...Earlier posted about adding weight to a v bottom does mira les for them in the stability department. I only have the batteries and trolling motor and dekking weight up front. The outboard and 6 gl. tank for the rear and its balan ed very ni ely....Sorry my letter ( is broke,,lol! Good lu k with your build, and hopefully you will find a good 9.9/15hp Johnson/Evinrude or Merkury to power your boat..Keep us posted on how it goes.

 

[Ta' Beat-A-Banshee]

Nice boat! cant wait to see your other pics as well