alabamajon56 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 after looking over all the jon boat builds on here i decided to overhaul mine. i got most of my ideas from fluke masters build. it definatly was a learning experiance but i was a lot of fun to do. i started off with a 16 ft lowe with a 54 inch beam and decked it with plenty of sturage and leg room.let me know what you think i now flukes pics helped me out a bunch so maybe these will help someone else. its going to get carpet when its all said and done . figured i would fish it for a little bit so see if there are any kinks that need to be ironed out. i will post more pics whene it finished. it will definatly make fishing the big G more enjoyable Quote
70skibarge Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 nice looking boat, hows does it push with a 50hp Quote
alabamajon56 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Posted February 26, 2008 it hit 32 on the gps with just me in and a full tank of gas plenty fast enough for me in this boat anyway Quote
maxke01 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Is that a steering column u set up? ( the little lever on the left(right in the pic) of the seat? If so can u post a detailed pic on how u did that? Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Looks Great, thanks for posting! Quote
alabamajon56 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Posted February 26, 2008 yeah that is the steering setup the boat had a stick steer on it when i bought it i just adapted that setup. it is a 2x8 that i mounted to the deck with four L-brakets the picture also shows the seats on hinges im planning on putting rubbermade storrage bins under them to creat dry storrage. the long mounting bolts will be cut down that is just a temparary fix Quote
Cujo Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Very Nice! I love looking at Jon Boat projects! Quote
skillet Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 What Cujo said X2 ! Seems you do really good work and great pics. I bet that motor does kick it in the butt pretty good. A lot of folks have shown a lot of good ideas on here... As Ever, skillet Quote
snapperd1 Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Looks great just be certain the stick steering is thru bolted to the deck. You don't want that coming off while you are flying down the lake. Also check that you have the correct one for that outboard. I think some states have regulations about the max HP you can run with stick steering. Don't want the man busting your chops on the water. Keep up the good work. Tom D. Quote
GatorTom Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 You also might want to cut those bolts on the backside of the stick-steer mount shorter and put some type of plastic cap on them. Those things are bound to give you a nasty scatch sticking out like that. Quote
alabamajon56 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 the bolts are just a tempary fix havent had a chance to make it to the depot. Quote
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