Fickin to throw a 14x46" together with a short shaft 40hp 2 stroke
 

Decided to sell my Alweld 12x42" and gonna throw a 14x46" with a hybrid V kinda copying the Havoc and Edges sport john boats. I will post new pics as I progress. Got my aluminum and hull sheet with some bends from Pierce Aluminum press brake.

Awesome looking boat love to have one of them to weld up myself.Nice work.....

Got some progress done.

keep us posted.

Looking good !

Shaped the nose of the hull, then tacked some thick channel in to keep the bottom true while I build the 4" set back transom, run my stringers, and frame my front deck.

Dude that's starting to look great...

Got the transom tacked together, gonna weld the stringers in tomorrow and then start framing fron deck.

Got the stringer tacked to the floor and front deck cut out. Ran out of Argon and have not finish welded the interior seams yet.

Gonna finish weld the interior seams, all the stringers, weld the front deck in, and weld in the gunnel and transom C channel next. Then i will flip it and weld the underside.

Here are the pics of progress, my daughter came down wit the Flu and slowed me down.

Got some channel for the transom notched out and some more front deck work done.

Great Job !! Im definitely impressed. Please keep pics coming .

Great
job coming together good....

Started cutting out the rear deck, it's gonna be open so I can slide my battery and 6 gal fuel tank under it. Gonna have a Yeti 20qt roadie mounted in front of the deck I will sit on and build a 12x18" dry box across from me that a passenger could sit on. I mostly plan on a passenger riding on the front deck since it is a drop deck.

Looking good. How much have you spent on materials so far if you dont mind me asking?

$1800 with a case of aluminum wire and I bought an extra 4x12' sheet of plate to double floor it and have some left over to build me a crawfish cooker. So prolly actually $1600 if I only bought a 4x8' sheet and not so much extra wire.

About the same price as an Alweld cost and more than the cheaper Academy boats cost the same size, so not the cheapest way to get a boat, I just enjoy it and like thicker hulls.

Got the interior seams welded, transom channel, and stringers welded to the floor. Flipped her over and welded the front exterior seams up. Still have to weld the rear exterior seams up.

Then I will flip it back over and will be throwing the floor and decks in which I already have cut out.

Got the bottom welded up and the rear deck/seat in. Ran my first lateral brace under the deck, will add 2 more between the rear and front deck on 24" centers and put a double floor between the lateral braces.
Then it's off to the front deck. ...

Looking really nice !!! Can't wait to see end product !

Got my double floor in, just not rivited down yet. Then built channel amd hinges for front deck lids. It will be dry storage as all the channel will drain water off the front deck to the back. Just lack the final 2 feet of the nose now.

Fickin to throw a 14x46" together with a short shaft 40hp 2 stroke
 

You got mad skills....That boat will be handed down to several generations of family. Great job and keep us posted on the new build !

Got the gunnel on and finished the nose out. Built a slight tapered duck bill on the nose to protect a 4x4" LED for a head light/frog light that will be mounted on the underside.

Only thing left to do is finish weld the front deck, grunge a little, gonna try a carbon fiber 3m vinyl wrap on the sides and Sharkhide aluminum clear coat the bottom and interior a bare aluminum, gray hydroturf floor.

Always nice to get them on the trailer. Got to finish weld the front deck, gunnel and weld on the bow eye, and then start test running. I will post some speed numbers with my high performance short shat 40hp yamaha soon.
Prolly wait a few weeks to paint and wrap it.

I was thinking it was more than that. Who you buying from? I have a couple crawfish burners that I need to make and I need a cheaper source.

Pierce Aluminum, Broussard La.

Did Pierce move to Broussard from St Martinville. We always got aluminum from Pierce in St Martinville.

It is a newer building in Broussard. I have been going to this location about 7 years.

Pretty welds.

Glueing some imitation Hydro turf down, looks and feels nice. Only got the front deck glued down, the rest is sit ting there.

What product is the imitation hyrdro turf?

I guess you can call it imitation hydroturf, it's a diamond plate 4x8' sheet of foam acadeny sells to put under workout equipment. I think this is it, they had them by the exercise bikes, the guys on mudmotortalk.com recommend it as a cheap alternative, but I will say it is not as tough as hydroturf, but should be plenty good for a non commercial used boat that kept covered like mine. I am looking forward to frogging with it under my knees.


http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/bcg-...ildCatid=34561

What'd you glue it down with? I got the same stuff just haven't put it in yet. Was hoping to use something semi permanent in case i need/want to remove it down the road.

I 220 sanded aluminum, wiped the aluminum and mat with acetone, brushed each surface with the glue and waited 3 minutes and stick them together.

https://m.lowes.com/pd/DAP-Weldwood-...Cement/3033218

Thanks. Was hoping for something a little less permanent, but this may have to do.

Use some 3M double stick tape or get some marine grade hook and loop tape from McMaster.... https://www.mcmaster.com/#hook-and-l...eners/=17riemp

The matt you used turned out really nice.

Got it all mounted now. Gonna run it with my yeti 20 I will be sitting on and a full size ice chest on the port side and see if I want to build a rod/gun box on the port side somewhere.

Now I am gonna decide if I want to polish it or wrap it.

Got it looking great......

Drafting well, went frogging last night with a trolling motor cause my 40hp rebuild is not finished.

Darn that's very nice.......

Lets see some frogs !! lol

Went frogging one night with a trolling motor, but they were not out.

Just got my motor from the shop a few days ago and have been trying props. Hit 42mph with my 14P black stainless and 40 mph with a 17p Powertech SRD off my grandpas boat. I think I had a few more RPM in it if I had power trim and could of got the bow up a little more. Going to pick up a power trim unit for it tomorrow and this weekend finish the interior details now that I have the motor on and can see where the tiller is gonna be.

I also have a sweet wrap I am putting on.

I added power trim and picked up 6mph!. I was rolling 47 and bumped 48mph in a lake, not a down stream speed like my friends quote. I was impressed at 48 mph maiden voyage with trim. I am gonna raise the motor 1 " and run again to try to get my 50mph atleast 1 time sense I am so close.

That Is rolling with a tiller!