found it. for anyone else here it is
http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=590067
found it. for anyone else here it is
http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=590067
Congrats on the new boat. You're correct that most everyone leaves aluminum boats in for long periods. But as the guys doing the great restorations here on BBC will likely tell you, gelcoat is actually porous and fiberglass matt (gouges/scrapes) can deteriorate if left exposed to water for a long time. Here on the St. Lawrence River, the majority of larger fiberglass boats are kept in water, but usually for only about 4-5 months. After a few years, many of these boats develop "osmosis", which shows as small bubbles in the gelcoat...Long term they just get worse and the only way to repair them is re-gelcoat the areas $$$. I live on the river, so I don't trailer much and I boat about 8 months/year, so 30 years ago I built my own simple "marine railway"...absolutely best thing I did for my boating. It only takes 10 minutes to operate and then cover my boat, so I almost never leave mine in water overnight. If you can do some type of ramp or vertical lift, depending on your river bottom, it's really worth it in my opinion...
2002 Skeeter ZX200
2018 200SHO
thanks. ill definitely get a lift down the road, but my gut is telling me to just stick with a Lowe or something similar with a welded hull. safer bet. then it removes the worry. Im glad i posted because i wouldnt have known the long term issues of glass boats sitting on the water. honestly though, im sure i will have had a lift for it in a season or 2. maybe then ill upgrade to a glass boat.
could easily develop a easy manual or electric winch and connect it to the boat trailer. When you wanna go out, let out the winch, launch the boat and fish. When you got work or something and not going to be able to fish for the week or few days, load it on the trailer and winch it out the water. All in all would most likely take a few minutes or build a lift. Again would be easy to weld a frame or even find an old boat trailer and use the frame off it. Put the bunks and adjust to the hull, all you’d have to do then is put the boat in place and pick it up.
I don't see any hull numbers. Do not send any money to "hold the boat". Other than the non conventional carpet which might fry your feet, if the motor and hull are good it seems reasonable. Does the motor have automatic oiling? Is it still working?
Cheap bass boats with no side numbers are used in a lot of money scams.
Yeah it has hull numbers on it. If by that you mean the state registration numbers? For his privacy I just blacked them out. No he's a nice young kid who does the fishing circuits. He just told me today that he had somebody coming to buy it for 5K instead of what I offered. I'll keep looking if he sells it.
I really like this one. A much safer but since it's a welded hull, almost 10yrs newer, and no problem keeping it in the water for convenience reasons until I find a lift. If I can get it for six it would be great I think. Looks taken care of.
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I think that would be the one you should go for !! For what you're looking to do, just fish-not tournaments, and on a small private lake it should fit the bill. Leaning it in the water is the only thing I would avoid. If you can get it on a lift or pulled out on a rail, you'd be way far better. the other thing is, COVER it !! You won't believe how fast everything will deteriorate !! If you do leave it in the water, make sure you have an automatic bulge pump !!
Ranger Boats / Mercury Motors
G Loomis Rods / Shimano Reels
Raymarine / MinnKota Ultrex
Garmin / Live Scope Plus
Pepper Jigs / Robo Worms
Troll Bridge / V-T2 Vents
Cool old boat..
If you plan on trailering much, you will need to replace the trailer bunks. Someone used none-marine/none treated wood on them and they will rot quickly.