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Posts: 317 Location: Grafton, WI | Since the idea of getting a new boat this year was somewhat out the question, I decided to turn my 1989 Tuffy Marauder into a new boat. It was in pretty rough shape when I bought it 8 years ago, but it was fishable and I didn't really care. First thing I did was add a rear deck about 5 years ago to make things easier on the peron fishing in back. The somewhat mis-matched carpet didn't bother me, cause it was still fishable. Three years ago, I decided to have the outside done with new paint and get a new trailer at that time. With the outside looking so good, I finally started thinking the inside needed work. The old fiberglass lids were an eye sore, and almost caused me to go swimming a few times while manuevering around the boat doing battle. The final phase started about 3 weeks ago with completely gutting the boat.... all carpet and wires removed. Next, the fun task of removing the old glue. After the boat was clean, I needed to do some intensive planning for the flush mounted livewell and rod storage lids (no more goofy lids). With all the other stuff layed out, time to carpet (carpet bought at boatcarpetbuys.com) After the carpet was layed, I re-ran all the wires with new wire, and hooked everything back up. Well, everything is done now, and she is ready for the water... finally! Here she is Edited by esoxsmd 5/18/2004 8:09 AM Attachments ----------------  1.jpg (53KB - 1127 downloads) 3.jpg (67KB - 1096 downloads) 4.jpg (75KB - 654 downloads) 6.jpg (62KB - 1253 downloads) 8.jpg (92KB - 2033 downloads) | ||
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| GOTONE |
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Posts: 317 Location: Grafton, WI | As appealing as that sounds chuckinwood, I would probably pass. This is the second boat I have done a complete refurb on, and hopefully the last. lambeau - here's a closer look at the back deck. First thing I did was figure out the size of the deck and cut that from 3/4" marine plywood. Next, measure down just over 3/4" (just over to compensate for carpet height) to figure out where to put the bracing, in my case, I used 1x2 anchored to the sides. Then, I cut another piece of plywood for the face of the deck. I used a couple L-brackets to secure it in place. I left the pedestal and post back there to give the deck more support. Finally, I added hinges to the back of the deck - going from the 1x2 to the top of the deck. Hope that makes sense Attachments ---------------- rear_deck_1.jpg (85KB - 358 downloads) rear_deck_2.jpg (90KB - 365 downloads) | ||
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| esoxsmd |
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Posts: 317 Location: Grafton, WI | Setme31, The gas tank is in the far back of the boat behind the casting deck. I installed a 13 built in tank. You can see the filler and vent in the picture. The flush livewell was done by creating the same thing as the side that has the rod locker. If your boat is the same, you have a 3/4" drop on the side with the rod locker. I added 3/4" plywood to the livewell side where it also drops down at the front deck. Once I knew where the lid was going to go, I cut the plywood so the lid would fit... then glued and screwed it down, and fiberglassed it. The rod locker was done basically the same, only with that I cut a new hole where the lid would go, added new 3/4 plywood to the area that was not needed, and mounted the supports to the bottom side. I was able to fabricate a drain lip around the rod box from the old lip around it. In the picture, it is supposed to show a cutout of the way the plywood was mounted as a support. - everything was fiberglassed prior to carpet. Hope I didn't confuse you too much. If you want more pictures, or chat - shoot me an e-mail - [email protected] Attachments ---------------- livewell_1.jpg (73KB - 482 downloads) livewell_2.jpg (61KB - 498 downloads) rod_locker.jpg (77KB - 368 downloads) rear_1.jpg (81KB - 574 downloads) | ||
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| esoxsmd |
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Posts: 317 Location: Grafton, WI | |||
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Posts: 317 Location: Grafton, WI | |||
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Posts: 317 Location: Grafton, WI | Thanks for the kind words guys  She will be making her maiden voyage next Tuesday or Wednesday. Hopefully to remove the new carpet smell! As much as I wanted a new boat, I feel like I got one. And knowing I did the work myself is a bonus. | ||
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| Scott, What a beautiful job! You are a man after my own heart. I restored a 1984 Steury 14' tri-hull bass boat because it was the only craft I had access to for 3 years. It became a very nice casting platform in spite of it's small size. When I finally bought a deep-vee a year and a half ago I bought another older boat and modified it to my liking. What a joy to take it out even though it doesn't turn heads like a fancy Ranger, Lund or Crestliner (etc). It's all about making them "our own" unique fishing platform, eh? Attachments ---------------- 76 Steury.jpg (150KB - 736 downloads) Magna19.jpg (174KB - 514 downloads) | |||
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