Project Of My Own

[JimmyS]

I live about 3 miles from the Intercostal waterway , a friend told me about a good whiting drop , I put my 12 ft. jon boat in and ran to the drop. anchored in 40 ft. of water. had jist caught one whiting when a BIG boat came by at full throttle pushing a big wake. my anchor rope was tight with no slack and I knew I was in trouble, I put on my life jacket just as the first wake broke over the bow, I thought I was going down but the anchor rope pulled a little slack and the next wake did not come over the bow. I pulled the anchor and came home. started looking for a bigger boat for salt water. I wanted the one sage rebuilt, had the money but was afraid I might get in the medicare dough nut hole and need the money to pay for my medicine so I passed it up, I found a 14 ft. open fiberglass boat with a live well and bought it. it needs some glass work but will make a good boat when I am finished with it. will post some pics when I am finshed with it. may ask for some advice from you experts. Thanks. Jimmy S.

[huntinslabs]

There is some guys with serious talent on microskiff and customgheenoe. Sounds like a hull many of them on microskiff have refinished with amazing results. Good luck and glad the worst did not happen to ya.

[litewirehooker]

Good to see you getting smarter as you get older......Those 12 footers are scary to me.......and in the Big Water.......no way. I helped a neighbor redo a fiberglass boat . Not too bad..........We were working in the hot sun with fiber glass rosin and epoxy.....and had some gas close by..........Next thing we knew......Boat was up in smoke. Learned a good lesson...

[TnT]

I had a similiar experience with a 17 1/2' aluminum boat...Went to a larger fiberglass and will never go back to a smaller boat...Good luck on getting it the way you want it Jimmy!!!...Looking forward to seeing the pics.

[JimmyS]

Thanks guys, hey Curtis that sounds a little scarey. but it makes me want to laugh at myself. yesterday I was glassing and did not have any gloves. when I finished my hands were in a mess AND getting sort of stiff. I began to look for my gas can , it was empty! I began to PANIC ! I picked up my weed eater, was lucky it had some fuel in it. man that was scarey. guess what I bought today before I started glassing? right! gloves. almost finished with it. thanks for the site to get some help . Jimmy S.

[Speckanator]

Scary trip Jimmy.....Good luck on the project!

[JimmyS]

Thanks Speckanator !