Can you believe they want $3,700.00 for a jon boat all-be-it 20ft and> welded.>
Still I could eventually rig this baby with a 115-125hp outboard and> seats and trolling motor and this and that...you get the point. Is> there a better solution to my problem?>
Am I overlooking the obvious? I want a boat that I can walk around in> unlike a 14' jon boat. Though I don't want to break the bank or have> to rob one.>
Thanks,>
Randolf>
Build one from 2 by 3" studs, 1/2" exterior G1S voidless plywood, tar (or epoxy) and ring nails. Put a 1/4" ply bimini on it and solar cells. The Minn Kota will take you to the ducks in time for a breakfast of fresh fish. Maybe you could build it up into a houseboat eventually, or add steps or foils and a rooster tail chevvy?
I saw a jon boat with a slant 6 on a swivel, and they told me they could run the ducks to death, catching them on the windscreen. It had an expanded mesh windscreen they could hang a weather top on, with clear plastic windshield for rain or camping in, built in storage and a camper potty.
It looked lovely in brown green camo.
It had a welded bracket for the motormount swivel, with a thrust bearing under the flywheel. No reverse, I guess. An electric motor and fan from a Datsun heater and a battery would work for an electric motor for trolling or reverse. It might even charge the battery at speed.
Keep it painted, it'd last good. Maybe cheaper to rebuild in 10 years.
