Jetski/old fishin boat

[mickyryan]

so, I have been toying with the idea because Monishka drafts 3ft, to build a lil fishing boat but wanted to use a jetski setup.

A friend donated to me a 750 ss jetski that's been sitting awhile so I found a donor boat yesterday boat and trailer 350.00 supposedly a 1967 rebel boat however it looks to me like a conversion from a runabout to a cap removed fishing boat from long ago.
Hull in good shape but I am gutting it anyways so I didn't care what the floor was like was going to go and build a wooden boat for this but decided hey atm me and carpenter bee's are already fighting over occupancy on monishka so id rather not do that with 2 boats!

 

[kcassells]

Earwegoagain! he's gots da feva!:lol:

 

[CrazyFinn]

After seeing your last build, I'm thinking this is going to be interesting... and nothing like anything any of us are imagining.

 

[mickyryan]

imma put my crazy away and try to keep it in check lol but not gonna lie I was eyeballing the extra sterndrive I had and thinking hmm , lol but it would defeat the purpose lol so far today I have removed two floors from the boat ... got to love the quick fix however both floors looked to be 10 plus years old so id say he got his money out of it honestly I'm just looking to make a decent fishing crabbing boat so I don't mess other one up everyone keeps saying its too nice looking for that, maybe they being kind but ill take it

 

[kcassells]

Gots to add a pot puller.

 

[mickyryan]

Id have to have commercial lic. In florida ugh

 

[Corjen1]

Going along for the ride.....there was a thread a while back where a collage student was grafting a jetski motor into a boat. Ill see if I can find it...

 

[mickyryan]

i got the itch ugh praying to get thru this part quickly lol

 

[sphelps]

So this is what you were after when our conversation got cut off ... Sorry I was in a bad cell spot or maybe you were idk ..
Why not just add a casting deck to the wave runner ?
Will that motor in the WR be big enough to push that boat around ? Seems to me it would be much easier to fix the rotten boat and hang a tiller on there and go fishin ! But then we couldn't watch you stick the WR motor in there and watch it go fly around the creeks ! op2:
Gunna be an interesting project !
Btw , get you a tennis racquet and go after those bees like John Mcenroe !!

 

[Corjen1]

Here is the thread I was talking about....

http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat...-senior-project-convert-to-twin-jetski-drives

 

[mickyryan]

See sam i was thinking the same thing fix and go but the tinkerer in me says otherwise lol
Really wish i knew who made this hull im actually leaning towards a 60's cobia just because of the flare goes from front to back and its only 60's hull i seen do that

 

[mickyryan]

man pressure rocks for getting foam off !

test fitting lines up with hull real nice

haven't decided yet on transom but thinking I'm in this deep I'm going to cut out so when i do i can make it a perfect fit then put a small mount on back for the trolling motor .

 

[mickyryan]

now for the grinding and stringer 1 stringer replacement lol actually I think I will modify that a bit to make things fit better
original glass work looks like hell however it is a 1967 so .... I think it proves looks don't always account for longevity lol

 

[sphelps]

How much of the hull bottom needs to be cut out ? Or does it ?
I know very little how a jet ski propulsion system works . All I know is water goes in somehow and then squirts out really fast .

 

[fhhuber]

He essentially has to cut out such that the portion of jet ski will drop through the hole.

 

[Ned L]

Neat project Micky! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with this.
I've read some articles and seen some pictures about what people have put PWC drives into. Some are just beautiful.

 

[mickyryan]

Thanks ned , i have sworn off wood here in florida , i have been battling carpenter bees on the lil monishka! So this will be glass or at least coated wood with glass , lets see them bees chew through that!

 

[mickyryan]

How much of the hull bottom needs to be cut out ? Or does it ?
I know very little how a jet ski propulsion system works . All I know is water goes in somehow and then squirts out really fast .

basically the suction area and the output area so not much

 

[mickyryan]

swore it was a good solid transom

 

[mickyryan]

ok so here is my delimma the bottom of the jet ski seems to be all gelcoat I have ground down to almost nothing in a couple test areas seems all the way through so I'm kinda wondering how strong of a bond I will get to the bottom of the jetski when I bond it to the floor of the boat, any ideas tricks ?