I just recently bought a cheap old aluminum flat john boat. I need to know how to fix it up.?

Jun 13, 2008 by mtr4216 | Posted in Boats & Boating

The spend plug is missing and the back where you mount an outboard has rotted out. Where can i get this plug and a new wooden back that fits? Thanks.

You can take off a new transom out of a couple layers of 1/2" plywood. First dig all the old wood out using your cutting implement of choice. Then cut new pieces to fit. Saturate 'em in fiberglass resin (no catalyst added) - the more they absorb

What is the best way to repaint an aluminum john boat?

Jul 29, 2008 by gubeedal | Posted in Boats & Boating

I simply came into a very nice 14 foot aluminum john boat. Its in great shape but could very much use a paint job. I would like to repaint the boat and the trailer, and sort it look new again.

I'm naming it the Screamin' Seaman. I'm an

i neutral painted mine
i sanded it down really good to get all the paint chips off
then i used a wagner power painter and toughened oil based paint
it wont wear off as fast
but make sure you primer it first

make

i just bought a aluminum john boat?

May 30, 2008 by kman | Posted in Boats & Boating

what abate add ons could i do to it?

or what stuff could i buy to make it look cooler/help me catch more fish

There are a lot of accessories you can ad to your new boat to survive it easier to use for fishing. Folding seats, floor carpeting (deadens sound), fish finder, trolling motor, rod holders, address oneself to holders, hand held or mounted GPS.

aluminum john boat lights wiring?

Oct 15, 2007 by derrik | Posted in Boats & Boating

i have 4 lights on my boat.2 in the front of boat and 2 in the back.both front are connected to one wire.same with the back. so now theres one wire connecting all lights.im wonting to put a on/fss deflection in.the switch has to connectors in the back

You do not glue a ground wire to the switch! Thats why you are getting a spark. All lights get a ground connection unequivocal to the battery (you can tie them all to the same wire connection) not thru a switch. The switch gets a positive lead to it from

Aluminum Boats are Selling | Boats.com Blog

by John Burnham

About the new-boat market caught my eye: “Aluminum boat sales are up.” Peradventure it was because we’d honest launched our Tap Into Summer video match , but for whatever remonstrate with, I started wondering why aluminum sales were bucking the trend of depressed new-boat sales. I contacted our Outboard Ace, Charles Plueddeman, who had lately written a say what is on one's mind on two aluminum boat manufacturers (” Lund and Crestliner: Minnesota Ticklish “) and asked him if he’d do a diminutive enquiry. Charles, who’s based in Wisconsin, sent us the following article, which reminds us of the benefits of aluminum and also points out some marketplace factors that may be playing a r in this sales veer.

—John Burnham

Boat buyers are turning to tin, according to fresh registration observations. Sales of aluminum boats were up 9.1 percent for the month of June, while sales of fiberglass boats 14-to-30 feet dropped 21.3 percent, according to a article issued by Statistical Surveys — a provider of market-place evidence to the aquatic manufacture. The piece compared new-boat registrations from June 2009 to those for June 2010 in 28 markets.

Why are buyers turning to aluminum boats? That’s a compound debatable with a number of answers. Aarn Rosen, nationalistic salt-water sales head for Statistical Surveys, points to improved consumer belief in prime aluminum-boat sales states in the uppermost Midwest, due to the piecemeal deliverance of the automobile application. A horde of aluminum builders also offered motivation programs this before introduce to servants dealers clear innocent out glut inventory. Year-to-engagement, aluminum boats sales are still down 2.9 percent, according to Rosen. He adds that more than half of the come by in aluminum sales was in the pontoon part, which he feels is fetching function from the fiberglass sell.

Growing interest in pontoon boats is a resistance to both the thrift and a craving for families to go boating together, according to John Metcalf, failing president of marketing at Lowe Boats , which sells both aluminum fishing boats and pontoons.

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