Thanks for the kind words. I'm with you on admiring boats. As a kid, I did pretty well using my bicycle to get to the hotspots, but I was really happy when I got my first boat, and that joy has never left. Now, I work on boats for a living, working on 2-stroke outboards, mostly, and I occasionally will renovate a boat for resale, but that is just work.

This boat is one I kind of cobbled together, and I've had lots of fun with it. Had someone offer to buy it yesterday, which is kind of funny, seeing how ugly it is, but the answer was NOOO......

Still, I DO have a boat I'm going to work on soon, but will probably be for resale. A 1998 Crestliner Fishhawk 1650:
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It's not too bad looking, but the interior is really bad. Will need all the carpet redone, new or recovered seats, and of course, a motor. Trying to decide whether to put a 50 HP or a 70 HP on it. Leaning toward a 50, as it is lighter, and should push the boat close to 40. Last time I put on a 70, it was only 4-5 MPH faster, and it drank more gas. But some people can never have too much HP!

Any thoughts on that?

The other thing I'm going to do is add LED lighting. I'm very happy with my bow lights, and I just got my hatch switches to light up the compartments, so it should work out pretty nicely. I'll make sure to start a separate post and try to remember to take pictures this time. :D

Thanks again.

-Tony