Rebuilding a 1977 Ouachita

[brewfish]

Finally at long last I'm done with the build. I still need to create a mounting point for flounder gigging lights in the bow and put in a bilge pump but that's it. The boat doesn't want to porpoise now that I have the trolling motor & battery mounted, thank goodness.

baptistpreach - It's a 1436 and is pretty dang stable.

wbd - The different colored grey toward the bottom of the boat is where the steel flex starts. I bought gray pigment for the steelflex so what you see is what you get.

Here's a few pics of the final product. The wood piece in the bow where the switch panel is mounted was measured incorrectly so there is a small gap in the left hand side but it doesn't really bother me so it's getting left how it is.

 

[Zum]

Looks real nice,great job.
I bet she'll fly with that 20hp on her.

 

[seaarc]

=D> Nice clean job bro. Time to wet a line :fishing:

 

[RBuffordTJ]

Very nice and very clean build!

Not sure where your at but I am in Orlando. I only hope my boat is that nice when I'm done.

Bufford

 

[brewfish]

Yeah she runs along at a pretty good clip. I wish I had a GPS so I could get the exact speed but I would guess that it runs about 25 mph or so depending on if I have a passenger or not.

RBuffordTJ - I live just outside of Flagler, about 15 minutes from the ICW.

 

[RBuffordTJ]

Nice, the coast over there is beautiful. When I was in high school a buddy of mine and I used to take his jon boat over to the Indian River and fish for sea trout.

Bufford

 

[wbd]

Great Job,looks awesome
Was wondering how much steel flex it took to do the bottom?

 

[brewfish]

I bought a gallon and ended up using about 3/4 of it. I could have gotten away with less but I really wanted to make sure any suspect rivets were coated with a thick layer of this stuff.

 

[wbd]

Thanks brewfish just ordered 1/2 gallon on recom. from fasco Im doing 1436 hope that will be enough.
Again boat looks great

 

[Rubin56]

I asked for a copy of what that color looks like but now I really love it. I just wonder how white looks. I see you are using that same paint of top coat I was thinking white on the inside. But I do love the all grey. Thanks :mrgreen:

 

[pajam]

hate to interupt here but did it have any leaks after the remodel? Thinkin about puttin that steel flex on my71 starcraft 18ft.

 

[sgtfletcher]

great looking boat

 

[zuknuk]

I liked the LED lights. That is a very nice build and I may have to incorporate some into my future build.

 

[Express]

I need to find out where this guy got his hatches!