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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bobcat_fisherman" data-source="post: 240163" data-attributes="member: 7660">I've got an old Sears V-hull that I'm fixing up for duck hunting. So far I've wire wheeled the sides and interior and painted a camo job. 1) What's the best thing to put on the bottom of the boat? Bedliner, just leave the old paint, or wire brush it back down to bare aluminum?You can't really see the bottom from the sides so I don't care what it looks like. But if it's better for the hull and rivets to have it painted or have cheap spray liner applied I can do that too.2) The old transom was rotted. I took two 3/4 in pieces of plywood, nailed and glued them together to make a 1 1/2 in transom. Do you think this will work or will it crack? It seems pretty solid.3) My next big step is building some sort of a deck in the bow of the boat. Is putting a wood framed deck in the boat going to add a lot of weight or should I try to use aluminum angle for all the supports? And when you use wood or aluminum for the frame do you screw it to the boat from the outside of the hull? Or are just pop rivets strong enough (for the aluminum) to hold a good amount of weight?4) Right now it has a 9.9 hp Evinrude thats not in running condition. Should I fix up the 9.9 (new tiller handle gear, carb rebuild, plugs, impeller, etc.) or should I try to buy a larger motor like a 15hp? Would going down to a smaller, say 8 hp motor be too little power?Thanks for the tips, any other tips would be appreciated too.<img src="https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/texasjeep2004/camo_boat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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