I picked this 14 foot boat up from a property that was getting cleaned out. it had been sitting out for a long time rotting away. lets fire up the pressure washer then rebuild the transom.
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Too much space on the plywood sides. The aluminium is going to flex and eventually split. If it hasn't already after 4 years.
I've watched this video several times. /the anchor alone sells for over One Hundred Bucks. Great find.
Just this week I lifted a Mariner 9.9 out of an old Mitchel boat that sat there for 32 years. It was locked up tight. Bothe bottom and top. Removed the lower end and now it turns over, amazed it still has compression, looking forward to getting it running.
Those are mosquitoes….
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Liking this series! Great video!
I think the brackets on the floor of boat were support for center of seat
Jack plate. Just cut out the same shape with plywood, seal it and bolt the inside plywood through the back of the boat and the jack plate. In Louisiana we use stainless steel, but plywood works just as well.
Piece of aluminum. Cut the ends of the wood at an angle and two strips for the edges and glue with epoxy.
Pressure treated is supposed to be bad with aluminum, corrosion thing
You are the most aggravating guy on the internet…just love hammers!
Most bleach is only 6 percent so when I have a job like that I use it straight
mustie1, long time sub. I just bought a 1966 sears 16' aluminum boat. I'm trying to find how you recommend patching random holes in an aluminum boat. I'm not finding much on youtube. I have seen various compounds and soldering. What do you think?
I would use carriage bolts and silicone between each piece of wood and the aluminum
If the 5 horse Merc is the last generation Merc made in Sweden then it's rather valuable and coveted by canoeists because it has both remote gas tank and internal 1 liter tank. If you can fill the internal tank by turning the gas mode to internal and then pump the gas can bulb then its the valuable one. I had one and sold it to a great friend and he still uses it on his canoe. Most small motors for canoes do not have reverse so you have to spin the motor; these lightweight Mercs are great ans have complete transmissions; the only thing that goes bad on them is the thermostat.
I would of tooken all wood off to sand and seal it on the seats the backbroads I drill all holes and make sure all lines up then seal the all the way around then put it together
Found out he hard way that Non-epoxy will dissolve with high test cleaner for metal prep for a repaint of the boat metal.
Good job on The Minnow, Gilligan!
Anchors your throwing money away . The Boat looking good
Think about gussets near to motor mount
I love your videos but…… You'll never do repairs to my boat. When it comes to the transom, half-ass is half-ass. I figure if you're going to invest the time and effort, make the quality worth that time and effort. You should watch Boat Works Today with Andy you could have picked up some important info from his transom video. That dude is a quality professional with boats. Engines?
I would and have gone to you, boats, I go to him. Bristol Shipwrights is another that can help with anything boat building and finishing specifically varnishes.Hope no offense is taken, but I assure you I am way more than a keyboard commando.
The license plate on that trailer tells me you live in Minnesota. What area are you in? I have family in MN. My parents grew up in the Twin Cities in the 1920s and 30s.
Are you using a parts cleaning brush to seal the wooden seats, tell me it ain't so Mustie!!!
Enough Holes in a boat and it won't float.
I'd say two inches for the thickness of the transom. I' think the transom should be full width its affects its integrity….Those brackets that are missing off the corner of the transom are called transom knee's. You should put some in there they normally just cut some up out of plywood.
I did the same thing to a boat I got from my dad. I used all stainless hardware.
In all fairness, that video is a testament to the toughness and durability of aluminium small boat engineering and construction. For any boat to suffer literally years of neglect and abuse – including at least one collision – and still stay fundamentally watertight and seaworthy is astonishing.
Fantastic content, as always.Â
Some notes from a long-time boat guy: The seats may not strictly be teak. Plenty of boatbuilders substitute other woods. Teak is nowadays very costly, and is environmentally protected. Could be any number of tropical hardwoods. Also popular these days is cedar.
Before you take the boat out on the water, make sure the Good Ship Mustie is equipped with life preservers, an anchor, mooring and anchoring lines, and at least one oar or paddle. Because, ya know, even the most expertly-repaired marine motors have been known to quit at inconvenient times.
Don’t put pressure treated wood back in for the transom the chemicals they use will oxidize the aluminum behind it
Mahogany seats!!
love the ship on the back
amazing
The spicy line definitely harm because freon presently load around a puzzling palm. ignorant, useless package
When you pulled the trash out at the beginning, it looked like there was a throttle control box. Maybe someone had a center consol, maybe with a wheel?