67 19' Bowrider conversion to bay style center console

[parrott]

Thxs frizzle. This is gonna have front and back casting decks w the back deck having two storage compartments and livewell. Prolly incorporate a bench seat on the back casting deck the width of boat.

"If not -- I hope you get really wet!"
Only thing getting really wet in this sexy ride will be the chics..lol..sorry couldnt help it.

[parrott]

Look at most bay and flats boats today, hardly any freeboard. Im guessing this will have around 11-13" of freeboard from the break in the shear to stern.

And yes this thing was built like boats should be. Plenty of glass everywhere. Gunnels dont even have wood in them. Just solid thick glass.

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

R and R build the boats to spec!! the rod holders are there for the wat they fish on the south east coast of florida... alot of drift and kite fishing.. as for the broken shear i love both the original and the swept shear and will be watching close because this is what i want to build for my next boat to replace my bassboat !!!!!! there is one on here osmehwere built very similar to what you are wanting to build but i can't remember who.. IT WAS AWSOME !!! low slung console ... bench seat pad with backrest on top of a back casting deck... looked like it was going 60 mph at idle !!!!!!

[DonV]

Hey Chuck, that's a good one!!! Could you imagine if those rod holders and other hardware came in gold color?? You could pull that thing through "da hood" and be a hero!!! The whores would line up just to get a ride.

[NoBones]

Silly boys, all those rod holders are for Crappie fishin'

[DonV]

This Cracker thought they were called specks, as in speckled perch.

[parrott]

All I know is the putty they used back then was tough as nails. Used the grinder to sand down the sides where the liner was attached and the top of the stringers. Got the transom all sanded down and is ready for the wood to be glassed in hopefully sometime this week.
After glassing transom gonna take boat and blast the whole inside of it to save me a bunch of sanding. Then bring it home flip it over and start working on the bottom.

[parrott]

Transom glassed in

[Islandtrader]

OMG!

No Bones was out with his AR-15...

[philfish]

Hey, someone did a heck of a job getting that old transom out!