bonz_d
Well-known member
Picked this boat up a few months ago thinking it would be a quick project to get back on the water while I completely rebuild a 1988 Alumacraft Classic 16. It was just a bare hull and trailer that someone had already started to strip out to rebuild. This is a short shaft transom that had a Mini Jacker already on it for a long shaft engine. So again I assumed it wouldn't take much to get it on the water. Wrong!!!
Found a very nice 1994 Johnson 30hp and put it on, ready to go. Not! Even with the Jacker on it the engine was too low in the water and was throwing up a huge spray from the lower unit. Tried raising the plate and it helped but did not eliminate it all. So I took off the Jacker and built a plate. Took 22" to get the Cav plate even with the bottom of the boat and it was still throwing spray. So now I suspected that the flotation foam was soaked and weighing the boat down too much.
After all this I decided the season was done and I would tear into it. Opened up the compartments were the foam is and started ripping it out. Got towards the bottom and sure enough wet foam. From the bottom up into the foam about 3". Got that all out and then started to tear into the transom to repair and rebuild that. Which is where I'm at today.
Here are some pictures for you all.
What it looked like when I got it.
With a new deck and on the water.
The home made plate.
Foam and transom out.
Found a very nice 1994 Johnson 30hp and put it on, ready to go. Not! Even with the Jacker on it the engine was too low in the water and was throwing up a huge spray from the lower unit. Tried raising the plate and it helped but did not eliminate it all. So I took off the Jacker and built a plate. Took 22" to get the Cav plate even with the bottom of the boat and it was still throwing spray. So now I suspected that the flotation foam was soaked and weighing the boat down too much.
After all this I decided the season was done and I would tear into it. Opened up the compartments were the foam is and started ripping it out. Got towards the bottom and sure enough wet foam. From the bottom up into the foam about 3". Got that all out and then started to tear into the transom to repair and rebuild that. Which is where I'm at today.
Here are some pictures for you all.
What it looked like when I got it.
With a new deck and on the water.
The home made plate.
Foam and transom out.