Against my better judgement, I picked up that busted up 12' Riverhawk from Oliver a few months back.
I cut out the front seat, cut out the busted fiberglass on the side, and made sure there was no damage below the waterline...
Started out small and built on little patches to rebuild the side, grinding out some gummy resin I didnt get hot enough, (been a while since I did glass work). I've got maybe a week of afternoons working on it so far.
Ended up filling in the big voids with chopped up glass matting, mixed in with Bondo. Yeserday, I mixed some dust from the sander and grinder in some resin, and used it to fill in the wavy repairs on the outside. I'll add one more sheet of thin matting to the starboard side where the seat was glassed in, some roven on the deck to support a seat and pedestal base.
I called Mitide to get some green gelcoat and those crackheads want $75 for a quart, picked up....so...I am going to gelcoat it with $25 white, and rattlecan that bisch.
Last weekend, I picked up a 15hp Evinrude from a neighbor, and am toying with adding stick steering considering where the boat sits in the water with my big ass, and that motor. I've been recommended to a forum on those little boats for build ideas, but welcome suggestions from this pack of jackals too...
I dont want the front seat back, I will add flotation, but it will be under the deck in the bow, where I will put a gas tank, trolling motor battery, and a trolling motor. I'll add lights and some bigger tires on the trailer.
I cant wait for this project to finish. I cant wait to get this baby bloody...
Ya'll pipe up with suggestions, or snarky comments. I'll have to wait until I have the gas tank, front deck, and battery in place to determine true weight distribution in the boat and how she runs...but I like the idea of stick steering in this thing.
I probably could have documented this a little better, A few pictures of the progress:
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