What an inspiration to take an old boat (or a newer one) and fix it...wish I had those skills! Waiting to see the next set of pics, Pls show us the center console set up. Nice going! Capt PJ
I talked to Bobby and , yes, he is waiting for warmer weather to paint and I can't wait to see it done as He does NOTHING 2nd class. I have been to his house and seen his work and all I can say is WOW
There have been a couple of guys try to talk me into going with a fan motor.
A couple of reasons why I will not do that.
#1 It will not fit in the garage.
#2 We found last year that the Flounder in our area can Camo up pretty damn good. Not like the pix's you see of them in the sand, [yet we have that too] but you have to go REAL slow to see them in these area's. I'm talking walking slow and a fan will just not do that.
#3 The noise of a fan motor.
"Just 'cause it's New, doesn't mean it's worth a Damn."
Never been gigging with this guy and his 100K gigging boat operation/charter service. But I hope he's making enough to pay for all that...he says he even drives via Night vision goggles!!
The guys in La. of course use both I've seen, trollers and fans....
Looking forward to more pics with fish with holes thru them
Put a call out on the local Fishing Forum and they showed up @ 9:00am Friday morning. Unfortunately it was raining cats and Dogs. We had to wait about a hour to get a break in the rain.
Anyway we got the boat flipped. It's heavier than I thought.
"Just 'cause it's New, doesn't mean it's worth a Damn."
Took the trailer and weighed it yesterday. [540lbs]
Anyway a guy had stopped behind me at a Red Light. Then proceeded to ram me from behind.
It bent some brackets and sheered the lag screws off that are in the bunks.
He made restoration to me for my trouble. I then spent a little more and made the bunks 4ft longer. They are now 12ft long. They were 8ft long.
Before
After
"Just 'cause it's New, doesn't mean it's worth a Damn."
WOW Thank You Everyone that came and helped. It was a Breeze to make this happen due to the help I had. It was actually easier than when we flipped it the first time. :)
The Weather was Ausome and the people that came to participate were 1st Class. :) I never did get a count on people, but at least 20 showed.
"Just 'cause it's New, doesn't mean it's worth a Damn."
I've been busy burning the midnight oil. Monday I was still in the shop at 1:00am Tuesday morning.
Tuesday Dwayne Creery of DB Signs .....1-850-284-1519 was out there with me until 11:30pm and look what he brought with him.
Here's just a few pix's of whats going on, but still have a LOT more to do.
House Battery and Jackplate pump.
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"Just 'cause it's New, doesn't mean it's worth a Damn."