Summer Project Boat

[Panthrosan]

My buddy works for 1800GOTJUNK and he pulled this boat out of a guys backyard and thought he was going to fix it up.....his wife had other ideas so it is now in my backyard and I think I am in a bit over my head lol. It is a 13.5ft long by 3.5ft wide plastic flat bottom boat with aluminum tube framing.

The biggest challenge really is going to be the bottom of the stern as there was a fiberglass patch put on that while it still is waterproof(as evidenced by the 8 inches of water in the boat when I picked it up) it is ugly as sin and I don't think it will hold up for long. The support brackets were shorn off at the bend but I think that if I extend the flat part of the aluminum and bolt on an L bracket to each of them I won't have to replace the side support brackets. I figure that since I have to remove the brackets anyways, I might as well put a new fiberglass resin patch on the stern of the boat.

I have to title and register it here in Maryland but since there are no identifying or registration #s visible on the boat it might be a challenge but since I didn't pay a dime for the boat it shouldn't be too expensive. The key is to do the registration and new title before I do any work to it, as I have to pay tax on the value of the boat and as it sits now it is pretty much zero lol.

I will try to take video footage of this project as I go along and hopefully not document my failures lol. Starting this weekend....wish me luck....any thoughts or suggestions are MORE than welcome lol.