Trailer is in nice shape as well with a brand new wheel and tire. Have clean and clear title from the original owner. Its the old cable and pulley style steering so will need to be fixed or updated. The boat itself is in nice shape with no major cracks anywhere. These are the only ones that I had available. If interested call or text me and I can send better pictures. Most of the wires are frayed but last time i checked it had spark and had near perfect compression 140lbs +. I paid $400 for the motor alone! all it needs is the wiring to be gone over. Might need to adjust the height of the motor since i believe the old one was a short shaft. Has a newer 1981 ish mercury 40 hp long shaft motor on the back. It sounds like you are very comfortable in this field.are you in the business, or is this just for fun? My wife, after reading your note suggested that you must be an engineer.Hello All, I have a 1961 Johnson Runabout boat in fairly descent shape. Thank you very much for your help so far, and if it's possible to send the pictures to you I'm sure you would have a better understanding. Ideally, if it were possible, I would like to emulate the bow rider design, and l'm assuming here that the windshield can be replaced with one that opens in the middle. Although fishing provides the main desire for change, we now have our first two grandchildren and would also like to be able to create more space in the runabout, which is quite restricted with the closed bow. If you would like to reach me, my address is To briefly answer your questions.the fish we prefer to catch is walleye.
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I have taken a few digital pix of my boat, but I'm not sure how to get them to you since I don't have your email.
In my limited experiences with forums in the past I have never been treated to such a helpful response. Wow, Joey, thank you for your very articulate and thoughtful reply to my question.
#Fishing runabout boat free
Feel free to email me with any questions. If you want to send me some pics of your boat(including underneath the deck) I would be glad to walk you thru the whole proccess. Keep in mind that this is not a difficult conversion, and whatever you decide to do can be made to provide the same or more structual support to your boat. Well, as usual, what makes sense as I'm writing it seems very confusing when I re-read it I hope this helps and not causes more confusion. I guess I should ask will this will be a welding or riveting/bolting application? That will make a difference as to what tecniques you can use. Obviously, what makes a good walleye boat may not make a good bass boat and vise-versa. I'm not sure what kind of fish you are after. Figure out what you want to achieve before starting. Made all the difference in the world as far as "fishability". I recently removed a crowned/closed bow deck from a 16' Valco and replaced it with a flat diamond plate deck at the same location, along with adding a pedistal seat mount. (Anybody help me on this?) I assume you have a fully enclosed bow with a slightly crowned deck at the top of the sides. When you say "runabout design",(Ive never been quite clear on what the definition of "runabout" is. Remember that if you cut the existing deck out, you will need to add some kind of gunwale to the top of the sides for support, and possibly adding a foredeck. Maybe all you need is a flat deck, placed several inches down from the top of the side? You may be able to just trim and drop your existing deck as needed. What exactly do you want up front? Bow rider? Then you probably need a bulkhead with a walk thru area. After the deck is removed, then you can layout a new deck, a new bulkhead if needed, vertical panels, etc. Will it spring shut if you remove the deck? If so, than simply add some temporary supports to hold the beam dimensions while you remove the deck. Look for latitudinal(side to side) bracing beneath and independent of the deck. Others rely on the deck tying everything together at the bow. Some boats are fully supported, and the deck acts as nothing more than a lid. What you need to look at is how much support the deck provides to the structural integrity of your boat.
I have done many conversions, both closed bow to open, and open to closed.
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