pond boat

[joshfish]

got all the fiberglass work done. need to finish painting and its ready to go.

[joshfish]

got the inside all painted. need to get some more paint to finish the outside and bottom.

[Scott V]

Looking nice, seems almost time to stink it up with the sweet smell of fish.

[joshfish]

Took the boat out today for its maiden voyage. Boat worked great. Stable enough to Stand up and fish. Didn't do any fly fishing just had our conventional gear. with me and my son it was fine with the spinning rods but fly fishing will have to be done with just one person in the boat. So far worth every bit of the $50 I have into it.

[joshfish]

here are some updated pics. got the oars mounted but may have to raise them up some. got my dolly all done also.

[Scott V]

I am very jealous of your $50 boat. And that dolly is really nice.

[pvsprme]

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.

Rafts & Cats use the following:
Distance between oarlocks x 1.5 = oar length.
i.e. 72" @ oarlocks = 96" oar length

[SHigSpeed]

Well done! Can it be car topped? How heavy di you figure it is?

_SHig

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Most people have oars that are too short on most prams I have seen like 5 to 6 feet long.

These are going to probably be perfect......

[joshfish]

Shig, my guess on weight is 50lbs. I would think you could car top it just fine. I have an s10 pickup so I just slide it in the bed. I keep it on a roll around jet ski cart and keep my trolling motor and gear in it. When I want to go fish I just slide it off the stand into my truck and off I go. The oars that are on it belong to my pontoon boat but at 6' they seem to be ok in length. The boat is only 43" wide at the oar locks. My brother and took it out Friday and it did fine. With the two of us and gear we had about 450 lbs in the boat.