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    Painting Aluminum boat

    sorry for the late reply, when painting your aluminum boat did you use the same paint type for the whole exterior? I am about to begin repainting my boat and wasn't sure if i needed a separate paint for above and below the waterline.
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Been making some good progress lately, the angle aluminum flat bar is all fully riveted in and installed, i pre-primed everything prior to installing so when it comes time for paint i wont be struggling as much to etch the surface and apply primer. I used solid rivets all the way around on both...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Good to know, thank you!
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Slower production lately but the one afternoon this week I had the chance to take the two 4” strips I had cut off the 4’x8’ sheet used for the livewell. I used the brake to bend it to fit against the existing gunnel sidewall and then wrapped it along the bent aluminum angle. Where the two strips...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    got my livewell welded up and did a leak test on it, managed to hold all 21.5 gallons at full capacity overnight without any leakage. Drained it out and went to work on drilling my fill and overflow holes. With the location of the overflow it’ll hold about 12.5 gallons and be about 60% full...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Was a bit milder today, a nice -5° C so got some work done in the old uninsulated shed. Measured, measured again, cut, measured again, bent the sheets needed for my livewell design. Initial fit up went well and it fits within my rear framing perfectly. Tomorrow before work I’m hoping to get it...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Thank you, what did you do to reinforce the tabs? For mine I used the 1/8” angle and welded it to both the knee brace as well as the back sheet. I did lap joints all the way around, inside and out. I figured the sheet would be good so when mounting the motor and knee brace it’ll have the...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Progress on the boat has been at a standstill lately, the -10° days in my shed and holidays were no help to me. My Christmas present to myself was this Primeweld 225X. Got a cart all built for it today to tackle the rest of the fab work on the boat (livewell, consoles, etc.) Waiting for our...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Knee brace modified to give it a sheet of aluminum that will span to the lower motor mounting bolts. The deadrise of my transom was 1-2° off from what I bent and fabricated the knee brace to. chopped the vertical tabs off and welded some angle to the knee. Fits like a glove now. Not sure if...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    I haven’t had the time to get much done lately, the cold snap we’ve been facing held me out from working in my uninsulated shop until our insulated one cleared out. I got the remaining bracing in for my rear deck and modified the sidewall compartment pieces to fit perfectly with the rear...
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    Livewell design

    The drain has a screen on the bottom of my livewell, it won’t allow anything to clog the lines and if needed I can remove the screen on the drain and the pump suction to flush the system
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    Livewell design

    The valve would be the flow-rite system with the cable control where I can manipulate the position of the valve for fill, drain, or recirc. Eliminates the need for additional holes in the livewell. I’m going to go with the normal method that has 1 thruhull in the transom and 1 off the side above...
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    Livewell design

    I'm currently building an aluminum livewell to add into my boat, i'm going through what fittings i would all need and exploring my options. There is the standard design (#1) with a thru-hull at the transom for fill and drain. This seems to be pretty common in the livewell plumbing systems i've...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Upon getting the main frame of the rear decking in, I kept on looking at it for a while and thought how much of a pain in the a$$ it always is to bring a big cooler in my other boat whenever I’m fishing to hold the catch of the day. With all of the scrap aluminum I’ve got from other things I’ve...
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    Fuel Tank Fill&Vent

    ok thank you for the quick & helpful response, its apprciated!
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    Fuel Tank Fill&Vent

    I was somewhat unclear with my post, will this fill/vent component vent the tank with the cap closed or do i need another separate vent fitting through the hull as well?
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    Fuel Tank Fill&Vent

    I've got a 15 gallon in floor fuel tank for my 18' aluminum boat and i am redoing the fuel lines. Previously it had one line from the fill cap to the fill port on the tank, one line from the vent out the side of the hull to the vent port on tank, and the fuel to motor port. Would this Perko fuel...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Welded some 2” flat bars onto the bow casting deck framing. Added it to the 3/4” leg sections to add some area needed when I have storage compartments and need the area to support the hatches. Everything went well with the welding; 110 amps, 30% AC balance, grey tungsten, 3/32” 5356 filler...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    One thing i noticed last night as i cleaned my workspace, i may have slightly miscalculated the dimensions of my splashwell. The splashwell fits perfectly from gunnel to gunnel in the boat, but the two pieces of aluminum that were supposed to rivet to the side of the hull and join with the side...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Continued on with framing the casting deck. I’ve got 4 vertical supports still needed and 1 more horizontal brace at the very front to allow to fore-most part of the future deck to be secured and be a meeting spot where the deck will connect perpendicularly to a cover beneath the cap. Hoping to...
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