From trash to GOLD.. boat build

Jdpber · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 12:42 pm

INFO: this is my cousins boat that i did a lot of consulting and helping him with on his first big project.. My family is involved in the marine industry and we have all grown up in it and on boats for 7 generations.. great great grandfather was a founding member of the Carolina Yacht Club 1883 in Charleston, SC on of the oldest Yacht clubs in the US.. My father is owns a Marine survey and delivery company that surveys and inspects boats for insurance companies and banks.. Basically our lives revolve around boat and the water..

ok to the Trash to GOLD project.. this hull.. yes naked hull (pop out aka never trimmed, never rigged, never built) it does not even have stamped hull ID numbers it is a prototype hull for a company that was only alive for about 5 years in the mid 90s.. well she sat at a family friends boat yard in the back corner for years and years.. I actually almost bought it for $25 when i was 15 to build but dad pointed out the costs to make it how i envisioned.. well last october during an oyster roast and a few cold beers the old boat hull came to topic again and well short story short. "hell if you drag it out of here and promise to make it stunning, it is yours" this was said to my cousin. So he had to grab one of the family many small trailers and fetch the boat the next day... and well he now had a winter project...

the foam under the floor had standing water for years and had turned the foam to muck so all of that was removed and a new floor was installed.. then filled with expanding closed cell foam for a solid foam hull structure.. Now the entire floor is 2-5" thick of solid foam..

goop that seaped out of the foam

raw out the mold.. gel coat issues..

mid 2000s low hours Yamaha 60Hp 4st power trim and tilt with alternator and key start was picked up on one of cousins boat deliveries to FL..
should push the 16' nice..

Ruffing in the benches

SAFTEY FIRSY

mock up of tiller length and location

Blue LED cockpit lights.. small but they flood the area with light

PRIMER - time for sanding and fixing any imperfections in the glass work..

Final top coat...

15 gallon tank in the bow..

all of the paint and non skid is AWLgrip and the bottom paint is blue..

note the stereo control face on the right that drives the BLACK box inside of the center hatch.. there is also a Lowrance depth/fish/chart/gps that mounts to the rear bench right side under the top cap so all you do is look straight down when driving to read the screen, out of the way.

all flush hardware... in this pic look at the rear bench on the left and you will see the Lowrance it is gray with a cover over the screen.

LVChris · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:01 pm

That is amazing....want to be my cousin?

john55c · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:14 pm

LVChris wrote:

That is amazing....want to be my cousin?

+1 Looks fantastic, hard to believe it is the same boat! Looks like a fun little boat, perfect for a day on the water.

JohnnyMarlin · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:20 pm

Fantastic workmanship!.........Wouldn't it be awesome if someone made a TV show around that build..........I'd watch every minute of it!

Jdpber · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:53 pm

yea it turned out great.. if you think about it technically its a brand new boat.. as the hull was never even drilled for the joining the top cal and bottom nor was the motor cut or the edged final trimmed of the top or bottom.. so basically its a New Old Stock hull from a company you cannot even find on google lol.. local made, local few... and every element other than the shell is new. the cool thing is it will be registered as a 2013 custom home build so if he ever decided to sell it its a 13'... and think 60hp on a light 16' boat will zoom. the two of us can pick up the transom with the motor attached. bow on the trailer. 3-4 could pick it up and walk it where ever...

This is a dual purpose boat. His Yacht detailing & marine services company now owns the boat and it will be a work boat with 2 large 18' orange round bumpers and he can detail the sides of the boats. Then on weekends fish and hit the beach. nothing like sweat equity saving money and then being able to rite off your new boat on next years taxes...

my favorite thing about the boat is how packed with features it is while remaining super clean and simple. Everthing is thought out and hidden and well placed. in a matter of a couple minuted he can toss on the motor cover trim up the motor, toss all the tools in the compartments lock the latches and walk away leaving it at the dock masters slip or the transom free space at the boat he will return to the next day. the rear bench compartment is hidden under the cushion. the gas tank is hidden in the bow out of the way. Its not flopping around banging feet. the boat will be very well balanced at higher speed even with one person bc of the gas acting as a bow ballast.

yall can probably tell by now that sweat equity and making boats nice is something my family does...

my 22 year old little brother he buys old alum jon boats (no motors most of the time) rebuilds a motor fixes any dents in boat. does a custom marsh grass paint job and duck blind. he flips ready to hunt duck boats for 2-4000 dollar profits.. Last summer he had 8 boats. he constantly is adding a new boat. between him and his 2 roommates at any given point in time there yard can have 4-15 boats in it. He has a small house on the marsh (no deep water or a dock) but the landing is in the culdasack between his house and the neighbors. They use a riding lawn mower to launch the boats lol and can beach them in the side yard..

neutron · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 3:01 pm

wow that came out amazing,nice work!

boater · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 3:56 pm

Really nice!!

JeffLW · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 4:27 pm

Nice work! I love boat build threads.

One of these days I'm going to do something like this.

deafwish · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 4:36 pm

Exceptional job!
How does it handle with the 60 Yamaha?

230 Mike · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 4:45 pm

If I had that much time & ambition, I'd own the God particle. Nice work.

TX H210SS · **Joined:** Thu May 27, 2010 9:10 am **Posts:** 1488

I agree...looks like a Fun boat to be on...really nice craftsmanship. I'm curious to bout how she hqndles with the stick stear.

JDW250 · **Posted:** Fri May 24, 2013 6:11 pm

Pretty cool! Thanks for sharing.

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