Badbagger
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For those of you who've read my "It's arrived" thread, time to start a build thread and for those that haven't, here you go: https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28792
I picked up this SeaArk 1872 Center Console for quite literally a song. Boat and trailer cost me $1800. She came with an engine which I sold to a good friend since it was way underpowered. The hull is rated for a 140. The boat is a 2007 hull bought brand new in 2009 and the trailer is an 09. She's a standard 1872 SeaArk Center Console. They're a very rare boat to find in Florida. So much so that I actually found it on Craigslist in TN. The boat is a tank... I've owned 3 G3's and they make a really sweet boat. However, the build quality on the SeaArk is far and away better.
On tap for mods first up is the fabrication. The boat lacks any storage for the most part and that's a must. I also wanted an anchor locker in the bow to make life easier. I was originally thinking to extend the front deck but it's already 6' long so I chose to use the rear bench and go with fabbing up some drop in boxes with lids. The bench is 88" wide so plenty of room. I'll have two storage boxes 30" wide to the port and starboard of the seat that will be added. The anchor locker will be about 44" wide x 16" deep. Mr. Fabricator is also custom building a TM mount. I spend all my time fishing the flats chasing Speckled Trout, Redfish, Cobia and the like.
All in all it should give me some decent storage. Behind the bench seat is some wasted space so I'm adding some stern lids to give some more standing room in the stern and walking space. The boat has the ribs exposed and I was going back and forth with covering them. Country Dave had a great point and it does give the boat some attitude. In looking around for rod holders and figuring ways to mount them and also some good flat surface mounting area, I chose to cover the exposed ribs.
Once the fab is done, I'll be running the boat South West to Sarasota for Linex and a visit to my bud Brian at Sarasota Linex https://www.sarasotalinex.com - They specialize in marine linex and have experience doing some very high dollar boats. From Sarasota she'll be heading closer to home for a paint job in Tampa and once that's done, back home St. Marks where I'll have the new Evinrude 115 Etec hung off the stern. There's quite a few other little things that'll be done and I'll update this thread as I do them.
Below are some pics of the boat as she sits, some others with the hull marked up with the storage area and anchor locker and some others yet showing the planned mods.
I spent a pretty fair amount of time looking at the work of others here and this site is a wealth of great information. It'll be a slow build but it'll get done as the fab work, Linex and paint aren't cheap but it'll be worth it. Exterior paint in a classic white and rub rail done either in linex black or a very dark maroon and an off white linex interior.
Once she's all done, going to setup a simple Nmea 2000 Network for my GPS and Lowrance HDS G2 12 Touch unit.
Bagger out.
I picked up this SeaArk 1872 Center Console for quite literally a song. Boat and trailer cost me $1800. She came with an engine which I sold to a good friend since it was way underpowered. The hull is rated for a 140. The boat is a 2007 hull bought brand new in 2009 and the trailer is an 09. She's a standard 1872 SeaArk Center Console. They're a very rare boat to find in Florida. So much so that I actually found it on Craigslist in TN. The boat is a tank... I've owned 3 G3's and they make a really sweet boat. However, the build quality on the SeaArk is far and away better.
On tap for mods first up is the fabrication. The boat lacks any storage for the most part and that's a must. I also wanted an anchor locker in the bow to make life easier. I was originally thinking to extend the front deck but it's already 6' long so I chose to use the rear bench and go with fabbing up some drop in boxes with lids. The bench is 88" wide so plenty of room. I'll have two storage boxes 30" wide to the port and starboard of the seat that will be added. The anchor locker will be about 44" wide x 16" deep. Mr. Fabricator is also custom building a TM mount. I spend all my time fishing the flats chasing Speckled Trout, Redfish, Cobia and the like.
All in all it should give me some decent storage. Behind the bench seat is some wasted space so I'm adding some stern lids to give some more standing room in the stern and walking space. The boat has the ribs exposed and I was going back and forth with covering them. Country Dave had a great point and it does give the boat some attitude. In looking around for rod holders and figuring ways to mount them and also some good flat surface mounting area, I chose to cover the exposed ribs.
Once the fab is done, I'll be running the boat South West to Sarasota for Linex and a visit to my bud Brian at Sarasota Linex https://www.sarasotalinex.com - They specialize in marine linex and have experience doing some very high dollar boats. From Sarasota she'll be heading closer to home for a paint job in Tampa and once that's done, back home St. Marks where I'll have the new Evinrude 115 Etec hung off the stern. There's quite a few other little things that'll be done and I'll update this thread as I do them.
Below are some pics of the boat as she sits, some others with the hull marked up with the storage area and anchor locker and some others yet showing the planned mods.
I spent a pretty fair amount of time looking at the work of others here and this site is a wealth of great information. It'll be a slow build but it'll get done as the fab work, Linex and paint aren't cheap but it'll be worth it. Exterior paint in a classic white and rub rail done either in linex black or a very dark maroon and an off white linex interior.
Once she's all done, going to setup a simple Nmea 2000 Network for my GPS and Lowrance HDS G2 12 Touch unit.
Bagger out.
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