pond boat

[joshfish]

i been looking for a small boat other than my pontoon boat to use for pond fishing. came across this boat for $35. it needs a little work but should be good for one or two people to cruise ponds. i have a trolling motor but im going to put some oar locks on it and probably row it more than use a trolling motor. the boat is 8' long and 43" wide

[TaylerW]

if it floats and has no major rot or cracks buy it, heck for 35 its worth buying some fiberglass and recoating...

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Looks pretty cool to me....

[joshfish]

Tayler I agree for $35 I couldn't pass so I picked it up. I'm going to sand the whole thing down repair what needs repaired a repaint it.

[KJE]

Man, $35 is practically free. Welcome to the pram world!

We should get a pram shad-a-thon together, anyone interested?

[joshfish]

is there a formula for determining what length of oar is needed? i need to get a set of oars for this boat but dont know what length of oar to get.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I think 7 foot would be good........

[joshfish]

thanks bill.

[joshfish]

Decided since i got this boat mainly for fishing ponds and i want to keep it cheap that i wasnt going to go all crazy fixing up this boat. I figure fix the cracks, paint it and go fishing.Got the cracks fiberglassed up. Need to put one more layer of glass on the transom and then it's time for paint. Hopefully will make its maiden voyage this weekend.

[joshfish]

Also found that the company western plastics in gerber ca that built this boat went out of business in 1977 so the boat is pretty old.