Thinking about restoring an old boat.

[drhunter1]

When driving around I sometimes see old hulls on people’s properties and I thought to myself, if I could get them to let me have that old hill to get it off their property I could take it home and work on it and restore it.

I could make into an outboard driven fishing boat. Put a deck on it and what not.

I’ve never done it before but I bet I could watch enough YouTube videos to put one together over time. Have minimal costs and make it the way I want it.

Thoughts?

 

[Alex from GA]

Look @ some restorations on youtube or other sites. Depending on the condition of the boat you might be replacing stringers and the transom along with the decks. Can get expensive and depending how handy you are, take months or even years. Good luck.

 

[specialk]

When driving around I sometimes see old hulls on people’s properties and I thought to myself, if I could get them to let me have that old hill to get it off their property I could take it home and work on it and restore it.

I could make into an outboard driven fishing boat. Put a deck on it and what not.

I’ve never done it before but I bet I could watch enough YouTube videos to put one together over time. Have minimal costs and make it the way I want it.

Thoughts?

@bilgerat might be able to give advice on anything boat related, i believe he was born on a boat....lol....

 

[drhunter1]

Look @ some restorations on youtube or other sites. Depending on the condition of the boat you might be replacing stringers and the transom along with the decks. Can get expensive and depending how handy you are, take months or even years. Good luck.

I can work on it on my spare time and really just pick away at it.

 

[antharper]

Sounds like a great idea , and there’s plenty to be had .

 

[antharper]

I had just seen on another site someone around Newnan trying to give these away . (Clean up their property)

 

[bilgerat]

I’ve restored many old boats over the years, I figured out it would have been cheaper to just buy a running boat and not spent all the money and countless hours fixing an old one . But it can be satisfying to redo one the way you want it and finally get it in the water and enjoy it . Here’s the last free hull I was given and spent 2 years to restore , it was bare hull when I got it , it was a 18’ proline I kept it a year the sold it to get up a down payment on my hunting property .

 

[The Original Rooster]

When driving around I sometimes see old hulls on people’s properties and I thought to myself, if I could get them to let me have that old hill to get it off their property I could take it home and work on it and restore it.

I could make into an outboard driven fishing boat. Put a deck on it and what not.

I’ve never done it before but I bet I could watch enough YouTube videos to put one together over time. Have minimal costs and make it the way I want it.

Thoughts?

I say do it and record your progress and process so that we could all see it and learn as you go.

 

[bilgerat]

Hers the one I wish I’d kept , from bare hiull to totally restored. A 86 Henry-O 17 ‘

 

[The Original Rooster]

I’ve restored many old boats over the years, I figured out it would have been cheaper to just buy a running boat and not spent all the money and countless hours fixing an old one . But it can be satisfying to redo one the way you want it and finally get it in the water and enjoy it . Here’s the last free hull I was given and spent 2 years to restore , it was bare hill when I got it , it was a 18’ proline I kept it a year the sold it to get up a down payment on my hunting property .

I may need to reach out to you when I go to rewire my old Lowe 16 bass boat!

 

[drhunter1]

Hers the one I wish I’d kept , from bare hiull to totally restored. A 86 Henry-O 17 ‘

That is beautiful. I got a lead on a 60’s Wellcraft ski boat that I want to turn into a center console deck boat. It’s a cruiser bit I want to turn it into a fisher.

Is it possible?

 

[The Original Rooster]

Hers the one I wish I’d kept , from bare hiull to totally restored. A 86 Henry-O 17 ‘

That hull looks like it could take some weather!

 

[bilgerat]

That is beautiful. I got a lead on a 60’s Wellcraft ski boat that I want to turn into a center console deck boat. It’s a cruiser bit I want to turn it into a fisher.

Is it possible?

yes you can but its a lot of work , I took a old 1972 20' seacraft cuddy and turned it into a center console . It took almost 4 years but was awesome when I finished it

 

[Blackston]

Smaller scale but this was one of those hulls with trees growing in it , It was a side console 15 ft bass boat type rig ….

 

[antharper]

yes you can but its a lot of work , I took a old 1972 20' seacraft cuddy and turned it into a center console . It took almost 4 years but was awesome when I finished it

That is unbelievable ! Great work

 

[bilgerat]

That is unbelievable ! Great work

Thanks, wish Id kept that one too

 

[drhunter1]

yes you can but its a lot of work , I took a old 1972 20' seacraft cuddy and turned it into a center console . It took almost 4 years but was awesome when I finished it

That’s what I’m talking about.

I get that it’s gonna be a lot of work and a lot of my free time. Being that Im a novice at this it’s going to be probably mor difficult and time consuming but the end result will be rewarding.

I was thinking I’ll have to cut the side gunnels off entirely and go from there.

 

[westcobbdog]

My buddy bought a 1958 aluminum boat once used as a Great Lakes dingy, it was rough he paid $500 for it. He has 5k in it.

 

[paulito]

I took an old fiberglass bass boat off a guys property. turned it into a stick steer duck bot and it worked pretty darn good fo a number of seasons. it can get addictive tinkering with one

 

[drhunter1]

After doing a little research it looks like the top cap is a separate piece that can be removed by drilling out the rivets. That will hopefully make it easier.