Flounder Boat Upgrades

[Mini-x Fan]

I would have never thought of running the fan and outboard at the same time!! Genius!

[FishNette]

So..... how's it work?

Overkiller, it steers like a motorcycle on wet ice. I think we'll add 2 more smaller rudders on either side of the larger one to see if that improves steering response. Right now you have to plan ahead pretty far when going slow. If the prop is spinning fast, then the steering becomes more responsive. BTW, it tops out at 4.3 mph on the fan alone. 26.9 mph with the outboard alone, and 31.6 with both running. That's with a load of 4 people.

[FishNette]

sweet! the fab. job is worth more than the boat.

That brings up the age old question "isn't it cheaper to just buy fish?" Of course it is, but where's the fun in that?

You are correct. I think when I get it like I want it, I'll find a better hull to put it all on.LOL

[Overkiller]

So..... how's it work?

[SUPER SPOOK]

sweet! the fab. job is worth more than the boat.

[Curmudgeon]

Very cool!

[Gulfcoast13]

Pimp my boat.

[wishbone]

Awesome job

[FishNette]

We also fabricated and installed a propeller brush gaurd and rudder for steering. The steering cable is too short to mount the wheel up front, so we mounted it as far forward as we could. We'll need to get a longer cable and move the wheel to a better location soon, but we can make this work for a while.

[FishNette]

We spent this past weekend working on our flounder boat. Just thought I'd share a few pics with you of what we did.


We had to enlarge the propeller bore to make it fit the coupler.

Propeller installed

We installed a new throttle cable

We fabricated and installed some small floatation pods.

They were both welded inside and out as much as we could get to

Plasma cutting pieces for the pods

Pods installed