Boat Rebuild (pic heavy)

[Rugburn]

 Last spring I bought a 15' Duroboat off of C list. I knew from the start it would be in need of some work, but it had a good design for a rebuild. These boats were built in Seattle, Wa, and have a good following in the Peugeot Sound area. It was cheap, and had a decent galvanized trailer. It would suit my current needs for the time being. It's light enough I can tow it with my Outback. I ran it last year to be sure I wanted to go into the bowels of the beast.      

[Rugburn]

  The main issues were a sagging transom, and a marginal spongy floor.

[Rugburn]

The easy part was gutting it.....

[Rugburn]

Another issue was all the Styrofoam beads from the floatation would eventually end up in the bilge. No way could I install a pump, it would have choked on the debris. Turns out age and rodents where the cause of this. It's a 1988.






The old transom vs. the new aluminum one.  

[Rugburn]

  The transom bolted in nice, plus a bilge pump.

[Rugburn]

 I'm a little out of order here, new rear sheet before structural.

[Rugburn]

  Needed some floatation. Now this I wasn't so sure about, but it was the only thing I could get my grubby paws on. FREE. The stringer system is actually mounted onto a bed of quality foam rubber. The side support braces push from above deck the whole base assembly down. It's the sum of the parts that works. Pretty cool system.  

[Rugburn]

  For the deck I used king starboard, textured plastic.


 

[Rugburn]

  The next step was to add a waterproof switch, a fuse panel and ground buss.

[Rugburn]

 I have no intentions of repainting, I like the RATROD look. I can bang it around and not worry. Solid is what we're after here. With the ratrod theme going on my buddy donated an old skidoo windshield.     Also added a poly transducer mounting block.

[Rugburn]

  Tank test time.

[Rugburn]

  Better throw some fishing gear in......

[Rugburn]

 Moved the one seat forward, it was positioned along side of the drivers seat which didn't work out.

[Rugburn]

  Well.....I missed some fishing but now I can go out knowing what I've got under me. If you see the yellow Ratrod out on the water give a wave!  

[lowjack12]

 Well.....I missed some fishing but now I can go out knowing what I've got under me. If you see the yellow Ratrod out on the water give a wave!  

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