Half Cabin Boat Restoration and Modification Project - Part 2 

Thank you very much. 😊

Thank you 😊

Yeah the cabin is really something. It’s a good stabbin cabin! 😃

Thanks, appreciate. 😊👍🏻

Thank you. 🙂

Thank you ☺️

Thank you ☺️

@@Maxxifull that really is a sweet boat now. Now that I have kids and I’m older now than when I bought my boat, I’d rather have a boat like yours than having my open bow

Lights are done 👍 There is something about the lights in part 3. Thanks.

Thank you Rodney :)

Thank you Ken. ☺️ Posted a before and after pic in my community section. ru-vid.com

Thank you. The boat is now sold. It was fun to use it, but I wanted something a little bit bigger, and without the hard top/cabin. Next project vid coming soon. ☺️

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Thanks. Yea, the actual bilge is only in the rear part of the boat. The crossmember makes a wall so no water will go under the floor. Of course there is a possibility that some water finds a way under there, so in the future I will make a service hatch and fit a emergency bilge pump under the floor.

This is a very small boat, so it would not be parctical to sit in the cabin when driving, as you can not stand up. Now it's possible to drive the boat and use the fishing equipments from the same seat. And it's also possible to drive standing up.

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Thank you. 😊

Hi, and thanks. I have seen many projects where they glass in the floor ply. Don't know which is better..? I just used marine sealant/glue to fit the floor in this boat. Sealed off all the edges. I use weather proof plywood with a plastic anti slip surface.

Thank you. Do you mean stickers like this? :) pro-ht.mbnet.fi/boat/IMG_20200627_133743__01_copy_1024x1451.jpg

@@Maxxifull Absolutely yes.

@@Maxxifull It looks so different I thought it was another boat! See you have a few cars on your channel too, I have just sub to you. I'm building this BMW if you want a look ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VIVmIwzd6gk.html

Will see. Have been fishing the whole summer so havn't done anything for it yet. Have noticed that weight also affects how it lean. If I'm driving the boat alone it goes perfectly stright. But with a friend it easily starts to lean to the left a little bit. I have two batteries on the left side so there may be too much weight on that side. Also the transducers are on the right side, so they tries to lift like a small trim tab.

Yea, thats because I don't want bilge water under the floor. If some condensation water is trapped there I can get it out elsewhere. I don't understand, how would it be 3ft off? I would say max 0.5ft off from the keel. Transducers usually isn't mounted on the keel anyway, so they are always a little bit off.

Thank you. That boat sounded like lot of fun 😵😅 This boat is also made in Finland.

@@Maxxifull Launching and recovering it was, but once in the water it was as fast as a wet bike. I think it might have been the same boat as yours.

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I don't know if it's availabe globally, but here it's named Tuff HD vaner.

That would propably be too difficult to arrange. 😅

That sucks. Luckily we don't have that kind of tax here. This was also registered but had been sitting for a long time.

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Usually here on local small lakes the max amount of rods you can leagily use is 4. But on the sea or on bigger lakes, trolling with big planers and 10 rods is perfectly fine.

@@Maxxifull I had a picture of 10 guys with 10 rods lol

@@merlin1346 🤣🤣🤣Hahaa lol. 😅

Havn't done it yet, but yes I will do at some point. Whole summer fishing trips has been on different lakes.

Havn't calculated any exact amount, but everything is expencive these days. The boat was 650 euros, and only polyester and fiberglass cloth was maybe something like 300 euros in total, fillers and paint ~400 euros. But it doesn't feel so bad when you buy only small amounts here and then. 😄 Of course the new motor was the biggest investment in the project.

No sorry, I bought the rod holder used. It's from another boat, but it's self made.

Have to check the dual transducers. Could maybe lift up a 1-2cm. Can be that they push up the right side. But also weight is not equal on both sides. Have quite heavy batteries on the left side and a passanger on that side would push down. When boating alone, it goes totally leveled at full speed. Going to change my 110Ah lead battery to a 90Ah lithium, that will save some weight on left side.

Thanks for your comment. A T-top would be nice on a bigger boat. This types of small half cabin boats are quite popular here where I live, and the purpose is that the cabin gives some cover from cold autumn wind when you are out trolling fish. Will also add a small diesel heater to keep the windows clear and warm up cold feets.

Thanks for your feedback. Also negative critic is welcome, then you can learn new things and make next project better. Trust me, there was not much loving feelings when cutting and sanding, totally covered in fiberglass dust, haha! What do you mean with the wooden mess, I don't understand? Had to replace the orginal wet and rotten plywood. How would it have been done right?

Maxxifull thanks for the reply. My comment about the wooden mess was with regard to 2:31 on part 1. I’ve reviewed it several times over again and maybe I’ve been overly critical. On the new transom wood being replaced, there are large gaps on the left side. I would have assumed that neat joints all round would be better. There’s maybe a reason why the gaps are so big which you didn’t comment about. As I said I’ve never owned a boat I’m only going on my building experience where joins are important. You’re project is actually a good one, is it your first. I intent to get a boat in the not so distant future and this size would be a great start. Please don’t take offence at my negativity, I’m just a grumpy old man, unfortunately I’ve watched many boat project videos but those were expert ones. You worked hard and finished with a cool looking boat. Well done All the best.

@@mufuliramark Of course it would have been best if the plywood was done in one piece and tight fit also in the upper part. But then it would have been needed to remove the whole upper part(skin) of the boat. One thing I didn't want to do. Now I had to do the transom plywood in pieces so I could get it tight under the fiberglass cut(edge) that was left from the outside skin. It was a pita to get the pieces fit, so thats why there is gaps on the top part of the plywood. All gaps was poured and filled with epoxy, so the strenght should be very good. The boat has been in active use the whole summer and there is no marks of flex or any stress cracks etc. in the transom area. Also, there was quite amount of small things done, that I forgot to document or I couldn't include in the videos, as they would have been too much and maybe not so interesting. Have done many different projects, mostly with cars and metal work, but this was first fibeglass project in this scale. At younger age I have done different car speaker enclosures out of fiberglass, but that was many years ago. No hard feelings, now we got a great conversation going. 😊

@@Dunkolunk hi! No, I sold it when I started with my next boat project. You can find videos of it in my channel. 🙂

Thank you, and good luck with your boat. 😊

Thank you. 🙏

No fancy dacals, but I did add something. Maybe full wrap in the future, will see.. pro-ht.mbnet.fi/boat/IMG_20200627_133743__01_copy_1024x1451.jpg