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C.Painter

Posted 3/25/2009 8:13 PM (#368330)
Subject: Old School Shell lake rebuild

Posts: 1245

Location: Madtown, WI

OK, I thought about putting this on the Lund boat rebuild page, but this boat is SLIGHTLY different in layout then the lund I did. So I decided to start a new. This is a 1972 shell lake fiberglass 15 footer. This obviously is my second of this type. And for its age...its in really good shape. So here are some pics as I go through the deck building process.

I will say up front I am not a carpenter...so it ain't pretty but it works. If you look at the lund vs this boat you will notice I had to anchor the front deck differently and actually build up the very front of the shell lake deck over the lund since the anchor point on the shell is a lot higher then the lund was. Also I think I over build the lund front deck, and this time I downsized on the framing. I got up on it after I laid the decking and it was stable to me.

more pics will follow as I progress....
Got my two young boys helping me work on it too...which is fun since a perfectly straight cut isn't a requirement.

Cory

Edited by C.Painter 3/25/2009 8:21 PM

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