What have you done for your boat lately?

skyriver said:
The main reason is it was affordable and nice looking. And it's not gonna be my boat for long. 😁

Having said that, as @Chucker mentioned, I think carpet is good for noise reduction in a tin boat. This is very low profile, rubber backed, mildew resistant carpet so pretty durable. Also gentle on fly lines.
If it does get really mucky from carpin or something you could remove a few screws and take that panel out to easily wash it off in the driveway or street.

Back to the fly line friendly- I've seen people ruin fly lines pretty easy in hard bottomed boats. Even in smooth hard bottoms, but especially with that gritty bed-liner shit.
After having this boat that had that gritty shit all over inside I'll never have it again. Scraped knuckles, knees & elbows on top of the fly line damage.
And NO blue, green or red turf or carpet! I'm probably going to have nightmares about that blue turf. Got the last of it ground off today.
So that means there are some 1998-2003 Crestliners and Lunds that are off my list. Why the hell they put those colors in their nice boats I'll never know. I can't do it!

I could've gone with a nice EVA foam, but I didn't want to put that much $$ or effort into it. I've already put in too much.
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Carpet: I bought a salmon mooching boat about 1990; it had outdoor rubber backed carpet GLUED (CEMENTED, stock in 3M adheisves?) to the bottom. My brother and I headed to the Big White Salmon to fish the Columbia and boated some nice fish including a big Chinook that bled on the carpet. We were staying in a motel for several days so by the time I got home, the stain was fixed. It took me several days to strip that damn stuff out and I was left with a nice fiberglass finished floor with a slight texture but no grit. The perfect floor.

Carpet: I used to use cut to fit carpet in my pram but when you're on a two week trip up to BC, the damn carpet became loaded with sand, mud, gravel and all kinds of crap. No way to really clean it except to dunk it in a lake. I used the carpet because the guy who built my pram added non-skid to the footwell. Now: Smooth paint, no sand, no carpet. Can I damage a line if I stand on it and twist my foot. Yup, I can and probably have. I don't like carpet. I like what @Evan B did with his tiller boat; that makes more sense to me. But, man, that's just my old man opinion.

Nice job fixing your boat up! I'm still looking for the perfect boat. There's a gently used 16.5 Alumacraft at a nearby dealership, price is almost affordable but the boat's half carpeted.
 
Buzzy said:
Carpet: I bought a salmon mooching boat about 1990; it had outdoor rubber backed carpet GLUED (CEMENTED, stock in 3M adheisves?) to the bottom. My brother and I headed to the Big White Salmon to fish the Columbia and boated some nice fish including a big Chinook that bled on the carpet. We were staying in a motel for several days so by the time I got home, the stain was fixed. It took me several days to strip that damn stuff out and I was left with a nice fiberglass finished floor with a slight texture but no grit. The perfect floor.

Carpet: I used to use cut to fit carpet in my pram but when you're on a two week trip up to BC, the damn carpet became loaded with sand, mud, gravel and all kinds of crap. No way to really clean it except to dunk it in a lake. I used the carpet because the guy who built my pram added non-skid to the footwell. Now: Smooth paint, no sand, no carpet. Can I damage a line if I stand on it and twist my foot. Yup, I can and probably have. I don't like carpet. I like what @Evan B did with his tiller boat; that makes more sense to me. But, man, that's just my old man opinion.

Nice job fixing your boat up! I'm still looking for the perfect boat. There's a gently used 16.5 Alumacraft at a nearby dealership, price is almost affordable but the boat's half carpeted.
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Alumacrafts are nice. Their Trophy, Dominator and Navigator 165, 175 & 180 are all on my list. They widened the beam by 6" between 2004 & 2007. The 2004 175s have a beam of 88", which is in my preferred range. The 2007 is 94" which might be too big, depending on the trailer, for me. I can do about 96" wide max total package. And about 22' or 22.5' for max package length. A folding tongue for sure.
Good luck!

Btw, I've only had a few bleeders in my Valco. I don't salmon fish much. Usually while trolling for trout or walleye. They go in the far back where there's about 20" of bare aluminum. Or the cooler!

And @Buzzy you gotta at least dunk your foot in the water before putting it in the pram. Were you born in a barn or something? 😁
 
skyriver said:
Alumacrafts are nice. Their Trophy, Dominator and Navigator 165, 175 & 180 are all on my list. They widened the beam by 6" between 2004 & 2007. The 2004 175s have a beam of 88", which is in my preferred range. The 2007 is 94" which might be too big, depending on the trailer, for me. I can do about 96" wide max total package. And about 22' or 22.5' for max package length. A folding tongue for sure.
Good luck!

Btw, I've only had a few bleeders in my Valco. I don't salmon fish much. Usually while trolling for trout or walleye. They go in the far back where there's about 20" of bare aluminum. Or the cooler!

And @Buzzy you gotta at least dunk your foot in the water before putting it in the pram. Were you born in a barn or something? 😁
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You are right, getting in and out of a pram means tracking in water and all that stuff mentioned above. One great thing about a pram is the little plastic bucket the precludes trips ashore, serves as a bail if it's really raining hard and holds the automotive sponge. It's ths sponge that I always employ to mop up that dirty water keeping the floor (sort of) pristine.
 
Buzzy said:
You are right, getting in and out of a pram means tracking in water and all that stuff mentioned above. One great thing about a pram is the little plastic bucket the precludes trips ashore, serves as a bail if it's really raining hard and holds the automotive sponge. It's ths sponge that I always employ to mop up that dirty water keeping the floor (sort of) pristine.
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Buzzy knows…

I never take the skiff out without it !

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I am also a fan of auto sponges to keep the floor clean, squirty toy super soaker-style bailers, buckets to go pee without have to go ashore or tip the boat peeing over the side, and cam cleats. But that looks like a nice SS cam cleat, @_WW_ ; mine are just cheap plastic ones.
 
Well, I think she's ready. Decided I'm not going to install the bow mount. I'll include it for an extra $400 if someone wants it.
If not, I'll keep it and then sell it if I don't need it on the next boat.
Only thing left is to pull the bimini out of the rafters, install it and then list it.

Boats are crazy right now. I've looked at a lot of similar boats. Gonna list it on FB market place and Craigslist for $3200. $400 more if they want the bow mount motor.
And for forum members... $3000 without the bow motor or $300 more with it. Hell, I can even help install it if they want.

Let me know if you're interested or know of someone that is. Listings will probably go up on Sunday since I have a busy day tomorrow.

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Been putting off getting a Minn Kota Terrova for some time now but finally pulled the trigger and got it last month.... Mounted it off to the side so it was out of the way and had more room on the bow for getting in and out. Have the foot controller plus the remote and each have their own advantages. Mated it up to the LiTimes 100AH deep cycle with blue tooth and so far am liking it although i can't seem to get the app to work so i can monitor battery usage etc. Ran it for 2 days and only used 20 AH.... Installed a pedestal removable seat mount too and really like it. The Primary plan for the set up is to sneak in on rising fish and have more control of the boat etc. Pretty happy with how things turned out.VHOezBa+Sny9s3cJ%iGiKQ.jpgxq4az8VxQEeOfk1NJApO7w.jpggFPnxTzbT3a5kKsY7wyc0g.jpg
 
Saltwater is not kind to trailer jacks. Just swapped out for a new one. This one has a grease fitting up top so I can fill the gears full of grease. Hopefully get a little more life out of this one.

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Also a handy tip is using this corrosion inhibitor on all nuts and bolts on the trailer including the lug nuts. My last trailer when I got it brand new I used on all lug nuts and every other bolt on the trailer. Reapplied once a year and the only surface rust that started to show after a couple years of saltwater use was the leaf springs themselves.

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Saltwater is not kind to trailer jacks. Just swapped out for a new one. This one has a grease fitting up top so I can fill the gears full of grease. Hopefully get a little more life out of this one.

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Also a handy tip is using this corrosion inhibitor on all nuts and bolts on the trailer including the lug nuts. My last trailer when I got it brand new I used on all lug nuts and every other bolt on the trailer. Reapplied once a year and the only surface rust that started to show after a couple years of saltwater use was the leaf springs themselves.

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That’s great stuff. I’ve used it on past boat trailers I’ve had and it works great (I sprayed the whole trailer jack with it too 😉).
 
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skyriver said:
Eh...maybe.
I got $3600 for the boat and the bow mount, uninstalled, so pretty happy. And that was the only person that had actually come to look at it so far. So yeah, I could've priced it higher, but I'm happy with the sale.
Except...I don't have a boat! 😂
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sensible move...lotta boats sit unsold because owners are unwilling to accept buyers set the market.
 
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