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I am planning on rebuilding my smoker craft boat. I want to get some of the weight dispersed more evenly in the boat. Right now it is a little heavy towards the transom. I was thinking of repositioning my battery for starting the motor up towards the bow.
The only issue I see is that I will...
I have a 17 ft smokercraft that needs a little TLC. I am planning to put a new floor in and reconfigure some things. I want to paint the inside of the aluminum boat everywhere that I will not be putting vinyl or carpet. Right now it is carpeted everywhere. I pulled back some of the carpet...
I have a 1989 17ft smoker craft with a 60hp VRO on it. It also has a 1996 15hp Johnson kicker. I have had this motor since new and love it. It ran great on my smaller boats and does well trolling and slowly getting me around on hp limit lakes in PA.
At full throttle, only me (240lbs) and...
Okay here goes. I have a 1989 Fazer 172. The floor and deck are starting to get soft and need replaced. I spoke with a dealer and he told me on some years they actually glassed the decking to the strigers for structural purposes. He was checking into my boat with the factory but has not...
