Thread: Updating and Upgrading My Skeeter F-80 Strada

Bon Temps sent me a boat he was looking at that some of the models have a rod storage locker in this area. A "Slab" Sized Idea is Forming! I should say "Saws-all Slab".

Originally Posted by Rojo

Bon Temps sent me a boat he was looking at that some of the models have a rod storage locker in this area. A "Slab" Sized Idea is Forming! I should say "Saws-all Slab".

I checked if there was room under the bow livewell for rod tips and Skeeter left no room. The livewell liner is right on top of the hull. Even if I cut the floor out to recess the rod storage in the floor I could only fit 5ft rods in it. I have a small rod locker that holds 6ft rods now. No Saws-all surgery for this boat.

Originally Posted by Rojo

I checked if there was room under the bow livewell for rod tips and Skeeter left no room. The livewell liner is right on top of the hull. Even if I cut the floor out to recess the rod storage in the floor I could only fit 5ft rods in it. I have a small rod locker that holds 6ft rods now. No Saws-all surgery for this boat.

Dang, I was counting on a Saws-all-Slab job...well maybe next time.....lol

Livewell hoses sure do cause lots of problems, especially the ones you can't readily see for maintenance. Less is more IMHO.

Originally Posted by Slab

Dang, I was counting on a Saws-all-Slab job...well maybe next time.....lol

Livewell hoses sure do cause lots of problems, especially the ones you can't readily see for maintenance. Less is more IMHO.

When my Saws-all comes out I generally use a straight edge with it. That said I will be cutting in a floor rod storage in my 171SC Champion. It has a huge void under the deck. I think I could make it hold 8Ft rods easy.

When I'm wetting a boat for the first time, even one I built from scratch I never leave the dock before I at least look in the bilge, Livewell connections, and around the Rub Rail using a Mechanic's mirror. I didn't even get the chance to see the bilge as it was already flooded. I will be asking by Bud who I got the boat from did he take the connection off. I don't think he did, just shrinkage from the hose's age along with deterioration of the Hose sidewall, it just popped off on its own. Wakeup call for others on this site that have older boats as it can just as easily happen to them. I see a older boat in a chop bouncing the hoses off.