12ft V project

[J-MO]

I decked a jon boat a few years ago but I didnt like the way it turned out . It looked good but was not as stable as I wanted . SOLD THAT ONE. And picked this boat up for 150$ . I will be decking this one . Love the site and missed being away from this tinboat craze. Well I'm back and will post more pictures as the project moves forward ....

 

[sixgun86]

Welcome back J-MO.


If you keep the deck low it will make the boat more stable. Looking forward to seeing your mods.

 

[J-MO]

Some more pictures of the boat . Did some cleaning on it today and a little painting .

 

[J-MO]

Ok finally gonna start working on this boat I'm gonna the the seats off and put a low deck on it . If anyone has done this before please help me avoid common mistakes . The only hard part I can see so far is leveling the deck against the unlevel bottom..

 

[sixgun86]

What was the width of the floor on your last boat? Was it a Vhull? Width of the floor in the back of this boat?

Small Semi-V's aren't really ideal to deck up front. You might find similar results... That is a very pretty boat. How about a floor? Ideas for a motor? Lighter the boat, quicker it will be!

 

[J-MO]

Six guns my last boat I cant remember the width but it was a sears gamefisher 14ft flat bottom . This new boat has a app..40inch wide floor at the back..As far as motor for now just trolling motor electric for small ponds but maybe a 7 or so later down the road..After some thinking and head scratching Im actually thinking about not removing the seats and just deck the floor between the middle and back seat and put a raised casting deck between the middle and front seat . I am gonna take it out this morning with some boards and test the balance up there..This boat is a truck bed hauler and is just a one man deal most times so I think I will be ok as far as balance but before I get crazy I wanna test it out...